Stephen Alpher

Stephen is CoinDesk's managing editor for Markets. He previously served as managing editor at Seeking Alpha. A native of suburban Washington, D.C., Stephen went to the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School, majoring in finance. He holds BTC above CoinDesk’s disclosure threshold of $1,000.

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Markets

OKX and NYSE partner to bridge tradfi and crypto markets in joint venture led by Andrew Cuomo

The goal is to enable OKX’s 120 million global users to access ICE futures and NYSE tokenized equities markets, the two U.S. companies announced.

NYSE (Tobias Deml/Wikimedia Commons)

Finance

Bitmine added $92 million of ETH, with Tom Lee continuing to believe in 'crypto spring'

The largest Ethereum treasury firm slowed its buying pace but remains on track to reach its goal of owning 5% of ETH supply.

Tom Lee on the Mainstage at Consensus Miami 2026

Markets

Bitcoin mining network becoming more sensitive to price swings, JPMorgan says

A growing share of miners are operating near breakeven levels, making hashrate and mining difficulty increasingly responsive to bitcoin's price movements, the bank said.

Racks of crypto mining machines.

Markets

Strategy added $35 million in bitcoin, $300 million in cash reserves last week

The boost to cash reserves is meant to reassure investors about dividend payments on the company's hard-hit preferred shares, STRC.

Strategy's Michael Saylor (CoinDesk)

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Live markets: Bitcoin gives up morning gains as Nasdaq sheds more than 1%

Eased ETF selling and improving risk appetite are being offset by a firmer dollar and cautious institutional flows, leaving bitcoin range-bound, one analyst said.

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Live markets: price action turns panicky in Saylor's STRC as bitcoin drops below $63,000

Total crypto market value has held steady near $2.26 trillion since Tuesday, with the recovery losing momentum after the Fed killed rate-cut hopes and spot ETFs swung back to outflows.

Strategy Executive Chairman Michael Saylor (CoinDesk Television)

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Fed holds rates steady in first decision under new Chairman Kevin Warsh

The accompanying policy statement and updated economic projections, however, took a hawkish turn.

Kevin Warsh (Getty Images)

Finance

Moody’s rolls out credit ratings on Solana in tokenized asset push

The ratings giant is embedding credit scores directly into blockchain-based securities, a move aimed at boosting institutional adoption.

Solana sign and logo

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Kevin Warsh's first Fed meeting could be more about communication than rates

While monetary policy is expected to remain unchanged, markets are focused on whether the new chair begins reshaping how the U.S. central bank communicates.

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SpaceX's $2.6 trillion market cap nearly double that of bitcoin

Eight days after its IPO, SpaceX has surged past $2.5 trillion to become the world's sixth-largest company. And market watchers say it is pulling the risk capital crypto wants.

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