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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Finanza

RWA Tokenization Firm Securitize Raises $47M Led by Fund Partner BlackRock

BlackRock and Securitize last month teamed up to create the BlackRock USD Institutional Digital Liquidity Fund, which may prove to be geared toward RWA tokenization

(Jim Henderson, modified by CoinDesk)

Mercati

Bitcoin Tumbles Below $60K, Risking Deeper Pullback as Crypto Markets Endure Worst Month Since FTX Crash

Recent U.S. economic data could prompt more hawkish forward guidance from the Federal Reserve.

Bitcoin price in April (CoinDesk)

Politiche

Roger Ver Indicted for Tax Fraud

The man sometimes called "Bitcoin Jesus" did not pay capital gains on hundreds of millions of dollars he raised in selling bitcoin in 2017, the DOJ alleged.

Roger Ver (Wikimedia Commons)

Mercati

Ether Holds Up Despite Correction in CoinDesk 20: CoinDesk Indices Market Update

All 20 assets in the gauge posted declines over the past week, led by Solana, Cardano, and Aptos.

CoinDesk 20 leaders (CoinDesk Indices)

Mercati

BlackRock's BUIDL Becomes Largest Tokenized Treasury Fund Hitting $375M, Toppling Franklin Templeton's

BlackRock's first tokenized offering, created with Securitize, has captured almost 30% of the $1.3 billion tokenized Treasury market in just six weeks.

(Jim Henderson, modified by CoinDesk)

Finanza

Tokenized Asset Issuer Backed Raises $9.5M as Crypto's RWA Race Heats Up

The fundraising will help accelerate Backed's private tokenization offering and onboard asset managers to blockchains, the company said.

Art installation reminiscent of digital ecosystems

Mercati

Bitcoin Wavers Around $63K, Awaiting Hong Kong Spot Crypto ETF Debut

Despite muted anticipation for the new products, an executive of one of the issuers reportedly expects that the first-day issuance of the Hong Kong offerings will exceed the U.S. debut in January.

Bitcoin price on April 29 (CoinDesk)

Finanza

MicroStrategy Q1 Operating Loss of $53.1M After Bitcoin Holdings Impairment Charge of $191.6M

To this point, the company has not adopted fair value accounting for its bitcoin stack, resulting in the first quarter write-down despite a major rally in prices.

Michael Saylor, executive chairman of MicroStrategy (Michael.com)

Mercati

Press Briefing With ChinaAMC Executive Ahead of Tuesday Launch of Hong Kong Spot Bitcoin and Ether ETFs

Zhu Haokang is head of digital asset management and family wealth at one of the ETF providers, ChinaAMC, and expects initial subscriptions into the products will surpass those seen by the U.S. funds.

Hong Kong (Ruslan Bardash / Unsplash)

Mercati

Bitcoin Chops Around $64K, With Japanese Yen's Tumble Maybe Signaling 'Currency Turmoil,' Analyst Says

The yen's volatile episode may spread to other fiat currencies as U.S. rate cuts remain elusive amid sticky inflation, which could drive investors to gold and bitcoin, Noelle Acheson said in an interview.

Bitcoin price on April 26 (CoinDesk)