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

Ethereum’s Pectra Upgrade Goes Live on ‘Holesky’ Testnet, but Fails to Finalize

The upgrade was pushed out on Monday, but it wasn't entirely clear why the test network was not finalizing.

The latest Ethereum upgrade, Pectra, is partly named after Electra, one of the "seven sisters" in the star constellation known as Pleiades, shown in an artistic rendering here inside the ring of circles. (Wikipedia)

Markets

Bitcoin Slips Under $94K as Stocks Try to Shake Last Week's Jitters

Macro uncertainty combined with carnage in most of the rest of crypto is weighing bitcoin down.

COLD STORAGE: A polar bear on the archipelago of Svalbard, where the Bitcoin Core code repository will be kept in an abandoned mineshaft. (Credit: Shutterstock)

Finance

Citadel Plans Crypto Market-Making Business: Bloomberg

The company had previously been wary, but the friendlier U.S. regulatory outlook has that stance.

FastNews (CoinDesk)

Finance

Chintai Tokenizes $570M Real Estate Cash-Flow for RealNOI

The platform gives investors access to cash flows of nearly 1,900 apartments, while helping property owners access capital.

Chintai

Markets

Wall Street-Backed Crypto Exchange EDX Markets Adds 17 New Cryptocurrencies, Including XRP, SOL, Trump Coin

The expansion significantly broadens trading options for users, reflecting a friendlier regulatory environment in the U.S.

 Wall Street-backed crypto exchange EDX Markets expands cryptocurrency offering as it gets ready for growing institutional demand. (Unsplash)

Markets

Strategy Bitcoin Stack Just Shy of 500K Tokens After Latest $2B Purchase

The Michael Saylor-led company used funds from last week's $2 billion 0% convertible note offering.

FastNews (CoinDesk)

Markets

Plunging U.S. Stocks Help Add to Crypto's Bad Day

The week's uptrend was quickly upended by the hack at crypto exchange Bybit.

Ether has fallen below a key bull market trendline.  (Eva Blue/Unsplash)

Policy

U.S. Marshals Service Can't Say How Much Crypto It Holds, Complicating Bitcoin Reserve Plan

The agency has been plagued with procedural and organizational issues for years.

Credit: Getty Images

Policy

U.S. Senate Banking Committee Sets Hearing on Crypto Legislation Next Week

The congressional committee that was a roadblock in the previous session has scheduled a Feb. 26 hearing on "bipartisan legislative frameworks" for crypto.

FastNews (CoinDesk)

Markets

Costa Rica Makes First Foray Into Crypto with New Bitcoin ETF

It will mark the first time that Costa Ricans will have access to any type of crypto investment product through the country's banking system.

Toucan in Costa Rica. Credit: Zdeněk Macháček