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

First Mover Americas: Cryptocurrency Trading Volumes Increase for First Time in 3 Months

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for July 5, 2023.

(CCData)

Tech

Ethereum-Based Yield Powerhouse Pendle Finance Expands to BNB Chain

Pendle offers users yields in the form of tradable digital tokens, with some strategies offering as much as 82% annualized yields on ether (ETH) and ether derivative tokens.

Decentralized network. (Shubham Dhage/Unsplash)

Finance

Celsius to Potentially Sell More Than $170M in ADA, MATIC, SOL and Altcoins for BTC, ETH

Court documents from last November give a rough picture of the lender’s altcoin holdings.

(Unsplash/Modified by CoinDesk)

Markets

Bitcoin Tumbles on Report of SEC Saying Spot BTC ETF Filings Inadequate

Spot bitcoin ETF applications from BlackRock and Fidelity, among others, had helped drive bitcoin higher over the past two weeks.

Bitcoin daily price chart. (CoinDesk Indices)

Markets

First Mover Americas: Fidelity Joins the Rush for Spot Bitcoin ETF

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for June 30, 2023.

Fidelity Investments sign (Jonathan Weiss/Shutterstock)

Finance

Fidelity Refiles for Spot Bitcoin ETF

The refiling for the asset manager's previously-rejected fund comes about two weeks after BlackRock applied for its own spot bitcoin ETF.

Fidelity Investments sign (Jonathan Weiss/Shutterstock)

Policy

Stablecoin Wallet Rpay Secures License from OFAC to Continue Operating in Venezuela

The approval does not absolve Rpay of its compliance duties, but does eliminate growing regulatory risks, the company said.

Bandera de Venezuela. (Archivo)

Markets

First Mover Americas: Coinbase Responds to the SEC’s Lawsuit

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for June 29, 2023.

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong (Coinbase)

Policy

Slovakian Crypto Tax-Cutting Bill Passes National Parliament

Lawmakers wanted to see a 7% income tax rate for crypto held longer than a year.

Slovakian lawmakers voted on crypto tax-cutting (Leonhard Niederwimmer/Pixabay

Tech

Compound Founder Forms 'Superstate' to Create Bond Fund With Ethereum for Record-Keeping

The new fund will invest in short-term U.S. government bonds, relying on a traditional Wall Street transfer agent for keeping track of holders but using Ethereum as a secondary record-keeping source.

Compound founder Robert Leshner speaks at Token Summit 2019. (CoinDesk)