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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Tech

Layer-2 BOB's 'Bitcoin DeFi' Continues Progress With Fireblocks Integration

Fireblocks users can now earn yield on their BTC holdings via BOB's network

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Markets

The Morning After: Bitcoin Slips Back Below $90K Following Crypto's Wild Sunday

President Trump's social media post on a crypto reserve sent markets soaring, but raised questions.

Roller coaster ride for bitcoin on Monday (Getty Images)

Finance

Donald Trump-Linked Firm May be Looking to Start NFT and Metaverse Platform

DTTM Operations filed a trademark application that hints at software that manages crypto, NFTs and virtual reality services.

Trump Trading Cards Series 2 (OpenSea)

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)