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

Mantra Plans 'Comprehensive Burn Program' of OM Following 90% Crash

OM recently fell from over $6 to under $0.45 in a matter of hours on no apparent catalyst

Flames rise from charcoal (Alexas_Fotos/Pixabay)

Finance

Resolv Labs Raises $10M as Crypto Investor Appetite for Yield-Bearing Stablecoins Soars

Stablecoins are "perfect rails for yield distribution," the protocol's CEO and founder Ivan Kozlov said in an interview.

Resolv Labs co-founder and CEO Ivan Kozlov (Resolv Labs)

Policy

Semler Scientific Settles DOJ Probe, Says Ready to Buy More Bitcoin

In a Tuesday filing, the company said it had reached a loan agreement with crypto exchange Coinbase allowing it to borrow money — using its bitcoin stockpile as collateral — to pay the settlement.

Department of Justice (Getty Images/Dragon Claws)

Finance

Securitize Acquires MG Stover's Unit to Become Largest Digital Asset Fund Administrator

The deal expands Securitize Fund Services' offerings and brings its assets under administration to over $38 billion across 715 funds, the company said.

Securitize CEO Carlos Domingo (Securitize)

Markets

Janover Takes Page From Saylor Playbook, Doubling SOL Stack to $20M as Stock Soars 1700%

Former Kraken executives led by Joseph Onorati took over the real estate-focused fintech company aiming to become the first U.S.-listed firm with treasury strategy centered on Solana.

Janover's stock is taking off following its crypto pivot (Getty Images/Daniel Garrido)

Markets

Bitcoin for Balance Sheet: Another Japanese Firm Mulls Michael Saylor's BTC Strategy

A Tokyo-listed company is looking to raise funds to buy bitcoin, expanding the trend in Japan of adopting BTC as a corporate treasury asset.

Tokyo, Japan (Jaison Lin/Unsplash)

Finance

Binance's Potential Zcash Delisting Met With Dismay From Industry Heavyweights

The token appeared on a Binance delisting list alongside FTX's FTT token.

(Nghia Do Thanh/Unsplash)

Markets

Applied Digital Tumbles 30% on Revenue Miss; Plans Selling Cloud Computing Unit

The Texas company, which pivoted from crypto mining to high-performance computing, said it will sell its cloud computing business to struggling cloud computing business.

Crypto mining machines (lmstockwork/Shutterstock)

Markets

MSTR vs. MSTY: Growth or Income? A 12-Month Showdown

MSTY’s portfolio consists primarily of U.S. Treasury bills, cash, and short-term call options on MSTR, allowing it to synthetically replicate exposure without directly owning the stock.


Finance

Ethena Agrees With Regulator to Withdraw From German Market

All existing users will be onboarded to Ethena's entity in the British Virgin Islands.

(Bartolomiej Pietrzyk/Shutterstock)