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

Why DeFi Projects Could Be Ready to Outperform: Kaiko Research

Regulatory clarity may provide a boost for DeFi projects.

Uniswap logo on phone (appshunter.io/Unsplash)

Markets

BlackRock Adds Its IBIT Bitcoin ETF to Alternative Asset Model Portfolio

The world’s biggest asset manager added a 1% to 2% allocation to its target allocation portfolios.

(BlackRock)

Markets

Bitcoin Dip-Buyers Step in Friday, but What Might Weekend Action Bring?

Punitive tariffs against Mexico, Canada and China could go into effect on Tuesday.

Fear headed into weekend

Finance

Coinbase, NEAR, Others Form Alliance to Develop Open AI Services

The Open Agents Alliance (OAA) consists of NEAR AI, the payments and AI arms of crypto exchange Coinbase and an array of other blockchain and AI projects.

Illia Polosukhin, Co-Founder, NEAR Protocol (Stephen Lovekin/Shutterstock/CoinDesk)

Finance

Here's How Mainland China May Allow Chinese Traders Access to Bitcoin

Beijing isn't going to allow crypto exchanges to directly operate BTC in China, but there might be a way that Hong Kong crypto ETFs can be traded in the mainland.

Yifan He, CEO of Red Date technology. (CoinDesk, Personae Digital)

Tech

How SenseiNode Is Building Proof-of-Stake Infrastructure in Latin America

Staking service provider SenseiNode operates from Brazil, Argentina, Mexico, Chile, Costa Rica and Colombia.

Latin America (Leon Overwheel/Unsplash)

Markets

Tech Tumble Takes Toll on Bitcoin; Hedge Funder Targets $70K Handle in March

Crypto had plenty of reasons on its own to head lower, but now a general macro risk-off sentiment can be added to the mix.

Crypto plunges in quick fashion (Unsplash)

Tech

Blackbird, Blockchain Restaurant Loyalty App, Goes Live With Flynet Mainnet

Blackbird’s layer-3 mainnet, Flynet, is built on Coinbase’s Base chain. The team claims that building a layer-3 for its program benefits the restaurant industry because it eliminates middlemen and reduces transaction costs.

CoinDesk

Finance

Illicit Crypto Volume in 2024 Hit a Record $40B in 2024: Chainalysis

Criminals are no longer using BTC, but instead choosing stablecoins, the report revealed.

(Pixabay)

Markets

Crypto Holds as TradFi Sinks on Latest Trump Tariff Threat

Already having posted sharp losses over the past days, the price of bitcoin held about steady following the news.

Donald Trump (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)