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

Tokenized Gold Hits Record $1.4B Market Cap as Trading Volumes Soar in March

The overall stablecoin market, including tokens pegged to currencies and commodities, crossed $230 billion rising for the 18th consecutive month, CoinDesk Data's report show.

A gold bar (Scottsdale mint/Unsplash)

Markets

GameStop Tumbles 25% Following Bitcoin Convertible Bond Plan. What's Happening?

The sell-off might have to do with the convertible note pricing, while some speculated that it's a sign of investor disapproval of the bitcoin acquisition plans.

(John Smith/VIEWpress)

Markets

Possible Blow to Crypto as CoreWeave Reportedly Slashes Valuation to $23B

A separate report said the AI-related firm is also cutting the size of its IPO to just $1.5 billion.

cloud servers (CoinDesk archives)

Finance

Tether Boosts Stake in $1.12B Agricultural Firm Adecoagro to 70%

AGRO shares jumped over 7% to $11.95 in pre-market trading following the announcement

Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino (Tether)

Markets

Ripple Partners With Chipper Cash to Boost Payments in Africa Using XRP

Chipper Cash, which claims to have five million customers across nine African countries, said the move will allow consumers to speedily receive funds from around the world, around the clock.

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Finance

Northern Trust to Provide Custody, Cash Management Services for Stablecoin Issuer Haycen

Haycen provides stablecoin-based solutions for non-bank lenders in global trade.

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Markets

GameStop Raising $1.3B Via Convertible Debt to Buy Bitcoin

The offering comes 24 hours after the company announced its intention to begin adding bitcoin to its balance sheet.

(Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

Markets

GameStop Bitcoin Pivot Spurs Social Media Chatter as Stock Soars 16%

The gaming retailer will spend some of its $4.8 billion cash holdings to buy bitcoin and stablecoins, sparking discussions around how much it will actually buy.

A GameStop store (CoinDesk Archive)

Markets

Bitcoin Rally Reverses Despite Supposedly Bullish GameStop News

At least one analyst questioned why GameStop's plan to buy bitcoin was necessarily a good thing.

Bitcoin (BTC) price on March 26 (CoinDesk)

Markets

99% of Crypto Tokens Are Going to Zero: Fund Manager

Money managers in crypto are able to use trading strategies that stopped working in TradFi more than a decade ago.

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