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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Policy

SEC Backs Off Crypto Dealer Fight, Continues Resetting Industry Approach

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has been overhauling its digital asset legal strategy, and this week it dropped an appeal of the crypto dealer rule.

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission settled fraud accusations with firms associated with Archblock and the TrueUSD stablecoin. (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Finance

Onramp and Arch Launch Bitcoin-Backed Lending Service

The new lending product allows Bitcoin holders to access liquidity without selling their assets.

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Markets

Strategy Set for Another $2B in Bitcoin Buying Power as it Prices Latest Capital Raise

The convertible note offering is expected to close tomorrow.

Michael Saylor at Bitcoin 2024 in Nashville, Tennessee

Finance

Base DEX SynFutures Rolls Out AI Trading Agent

The final phase will allow users to deploy an AI agent to create and manage other agents.

Ether charts signal seller fatigue. (TheDigitalArtist/Pixabay)

Finance

Memecoin Craze Is 'Unquestionably Over' as Crypto Heads Towards Maturation, Nic Carter Says

The memecoin market, once pitched as a "fair launch" opportunity for traders, has been exposed as a rigged game, Carter said.

(Jacob Townsend/Unsplash)

Markets

Bitcoin Could Drop to $86K as Demand, Network Activity Falter: CryptoQuant

Bitcoin entered the final stretch of its weekly cycle and could bottom soon, a well-followed trader said.

Risks of a deeper pullback are growing for BTC (mana5280/Unsplash)

Policy

Crypto Industry Asks Congress to Scrap IRS's DeFi Broker Rule

In what may be a big test of the crypto sector's new influence over a markedly friendlier U.S. Congress, it's asking for the reversal of an incoming tax policy.

CoinDesk

Tech

Ethereum Developers Release New Initiative to Simplify Cross-Chain Transactions

Called the Open Intents Framework, the new scheme aims to bring “intents” to all corners of the Ethereum ecosystem.

The Open Intents Framework is a new initiative created by Ethereum ecosystem leaders to simplify and standardize cross-chain token transfers.  (Akinori UEMURA/Unsplash)

Markets

Bitcoin Rewards App Fold Volatile in Wall Street Debut

The firm, which holds 1,000 BTC, went public on the Nasdaq Wednesday via a SPAC merger.

Fold bitcoin reward app (Fold)

Finance

Binance.US Restores US Dollar Deposits and Withdrawals After Surviving Chokepoint 2.0

Access to fiat services begins Wednesday, and will be gradually rolled out to all eligible customers over the coming days, Binance.US said.

Binance.US Chief Operating Officer Christopher Blodgett (Binance.US)