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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Bitcoin Rally Short-Circuited as Fed Chair Powell Raises Stagflation Fear

"We may find ourselves in the challenging scenario in which our dual-mandate goals are in tension," said Powell of the effect of the Trump tariffs.

Photo of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell

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Neutrl Raises $5M to Tokenize a Popular Hedge Fund Altcoin Trade

The protocol's NUSD token generates yield by arbitraging locked altcoins, a $10 billion private market, Neutrl co-founder Behrin Naidoo said in an interview.

U.S. dollar (Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

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Bitcoin's True Capitulation Zone Is $65K, Says Well-Followed Analyst

That level represents the average investor’s cost basis, said James Check, who expects the $50,000 area to offer strong long-term support.

(DALL-E/CoinDesk)

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Mantra Plans 'Comprehensive Burn Program' of OM Following 90% Crash

OM recently fell from over $6 to under $0.45 in a matter of hours on no apparent catalyst

Flames rise from charcoal (Alexas_Fotos/Pixabay)

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Resolv Labs Raises $10M as Crypto Investor Appetite for Yield-Bearing Stablecoins Soars

Stablecoins are "perfect rails for yield distribution," the protocol's CEO and founder Ivan Kozlov said in an interview.

Resolv Labs co-founder and CEO Ivan Kozlov (Resolv Labs)

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Semler Scientific Settles DOJ Probe, Says Ready to Buy More Bitcoin

In a Tuesday filing, the company said it had reached a loan agreement with crypto exchange Coinbase allowing it to borrow money — using its bitcoin stockpile as collateral — to pay the settlement.

Department of Justice (Getty Images/Dragon Claws)

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Securitize Acquires MG Stover's Unit to Become Largest Digital Asset Fund Administrator

The deal expands Securitize Fund Services' offerings and brings its assets under administration to over $38 billion across 715 funds, the company said.

Securitize CEO Carlos Domingo (Securitize)

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Janover Takes Page From Saylor Playbook, Doubling SOL Stack to $20M as Stock Soars 1700%

Former Kraken executives led by Joseph Onorati took over the real estate-focused fintech company aiming to become the first U.S.-listed firm with treasury strategy centered on Solana.

Janover's stock is taking off following its crypto pivot (Getty Images/Daniel Garrido)

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Bitcoin for Balance Sheet: Another Japanese Firm Mulls Michael Saylor's BTC Strategy

A Tokyo-listed company is looking to raise funds to buy bitcoin, expanding the trend in Japan of adopting BTC as a corporate treasury asset.

Tokyo, Japan (Jaison Lin/Unsplash)

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Binance's Potential Zcash Delisting Met With Dismay From Industry Heavyweights

The token appeared on a Binance delisting list alongside FTX's FTT token.

(Nghia Do Thanh/Unsplash)