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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Finance

Crypto Giant OKX Goes Live With Off-Exchange Derivatives Trading

Asset manager CoinShares, along with crypto custody joint venture Komainu, are aiming for TradFi standards in derivatives settlement with much-reduced counterparty risk.

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Policy

Crypto Custodian Hex Trust Obtains Full Dubai Operating License

This final approval allows the firm to offer digital asset custodial services to institutional clients and sophisticated investors in Dubai.

Dubai (Wael Hneini/Unsplash)

Markets

Crypto Bulls Hit by $300M in Liquidations as Bitcoin, Ether Buckle on Fizzling ETF Momentum

Tuesday's sharp decline in crypto prices spurred the largest daily leveraged long liquidation since August, CoinGlass data shows.

Crypto liquidations per day for all assets combined (CoinGlass)

Markets

Bitcoin Drops 4% to $35K Despite Soaring Tradfi Markets, But Analysts Remain Optimistic

An unexpected slowdown in inflation sent stock and bond markets sharply higher, but crypto was left out, possibly due to declining enthusiasm about the imminent approval of a spot bitcoin ETF.

Bitcoin price on Nov. 14 (CoinDesk)

Finance

Fake BlackRock XRP Filing Referred to Delaware Department of Justice

A check of the process for registering a trust in the state apparently leaves a ready opening for bad actors.

(Jim Steinfeldt/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)

Markets

U.S. CPI Unexpectedly Flat in October; Bitcoin Adds Nearly 1%

In addition to the headline inflation beat, core CPI declined last month.

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Finance

Tokenized Cash Fintech Fnality Raises $95M Led by Goldman and BNP Paribas

DTCC, Euroclear, Nomura and WisdomTree also participated in the Series B funding round.

Art installation reminiscent of digital ecosystems

Markets

Solana, Avalanche, Chainlink Tumble 8%-12% as Crypto Rally Cools Amid Fake BlackRock XRP Trust Filing

Some analysts have warned that recent gains for crypto left markets vulnerable to a pullback.

Solana price (CoinDesk)

Finance

Bogus BlackRock XRP Filing Spoofs ETF Watchers, Crypto Traders

The fake filing sent XRP higher by more than 10% before the token gave back those gains.

BlackRock CEO Larry Fink (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

Markets

CPI Report Tuesday Could Provide Next Bitcoin Catalyst

The U.S. government tomorrow will report on October inflation data.

The April inflation report was released Wednesday morning (JLGutierrez/Getty Images)