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

DOGE, SHIB Spike After Elon Musk Tweet About Mascot Dog's Passing

The price action underscores Musk's market-moving sway on the canine-themed meme coins.

A physical representation of doge and shiba inu token. (Kevin_Y/Pixabay)

Policy

British-Chinese Money Launder Sentenced to 6 Years in Prison for Role in $6B Fraud: FT

Jian Wen, 42, who was alleged to have carrying out the laundering on behalf of her former boss, was found guilty in March

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Markets

Ether and Uniswap Advance on Regulatory Actions: CoinDesk Indices Market Update

Bitcoin relinquished early gains above $70,000 to close the week only marginally higher.

CoinDesk 20 leaders (CoinDesk Indices)

Markets

U.S. Bitcoin ETF Holdings Hit New High of More Than 850K Tokens

Grayscale’s GBTC remains the biggest of the funds, with more than $20 billion of bitcoin at current prices, but BlackRock's IBIT is only a small bit behind.

Scrabble tiles spelling out "ETF GROWTH"

Markets

AI-Focused Tokens Edge Higher Ahead of Nvidia Earnings Results

NEAR, FET, RNDR, TAO and AGIX gained even as the broader market benchmark CoinDesk 20 Index saw a slight decline during the day.

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Finance

BitGo to Offer Custody Services for CoinDesk 20 Constituents

The broad crypto price gauge has seen about $5 billion in perpetual futures volume since launching in January.

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Markets

Ether Rally Prompts Over $300 Million ETH Inflow to Crypto Exchanges: Nansen

The fast move likely signals short-term profit taking after ether's rapid 30% rally, one observer noted.

Bitcoin ETF net inflows approach $1B (Shutterstock)

Finance

Trump Becomes First Major Party Candidate to Accept Crypto Donations

The likely GOP flag bearer in the upcoming U.S. presidential election signaled his friendliness to crypto at a Mar-a-Lago event earlier this month.

Donald Trump at an NFT event at Mar-a-Lago on May 8, 2024. (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Finance

Crypto Sleuth Ogle Proposes Security-Centric 'Glue' Blockchain

The upcoming layer-1 takes a hands-on approach to ensuring project security.

The Glue homepage (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Finance

Hex Trust Issues First Native Stablecoin on Layer-1 Blockchain Flare

The stablecoin is backed 1:1 and can be staked on the Flare blockchain.

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