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

Bitcoin Slumps Below $94K, but One Analyst Says $500K Forecast Remains in Play

Recent U.S. regulatory filings are show a broadening in the base of buyers for bitcoin ETFs.

Crypto plunges in quick fashion (Unsplash)

Finance

Blockchain Security Firm Blockaid Raises $50M to Tackle On-Chain Threats

The funding will help the company scale operations as blockchain adoption accelerates.

Padlock and chain (Georg Bommeli/ Unsplash)

Finance

MARA Holdings Closes Deal for Texas Wind Farm

The acquisition adds 114 megawatts of wind capacity to MARA’s asset base as it expands into energy infrastructure.

Wind farm in Cádiz, Spain (Luca Bravo/Unsplash)

Finance

Tether Made 'Unsolicited' Bid for Majority Stake in $1B LatAm Agribusiness Adecoagro

Adecoagro owns farmland and industrial facilities across Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay.

Tether already holds a minority stake in the agricultural commodities producer. (Unsplash/Getty Images)

Markets

Bitcoin-Focused Metaplanet to Spit Stock 10:1 After 3,900% Price Surge

The Tokyo-based company has accumulated more than 2,000 bitcoin.

BTC in stasis ahead of the jobs report (AhmadArdity/Pixabay)

Markets

Strategy Could Be Eligible for S&P 500 Inclusion in June if Bitcoin Closes Q1 Above $96K

The last hurdle for MSTR to qualify for the S&P 500 is to achieve positive GAAP net income over the trailing 12 months.

MicroStrategy Executive Chairman Michael Saylor (CoinDesk/Danny Nelson)

Markets

SafeMoon to Launch Memecoin on Solana After Burning Most of SFM Supply

SFM holders will have an opportunity to sell their tokens despite current low liquidity levels.

Credit: Jp Valery, Unsplash

Markets

Wisconsin More Than Doubled BlackRock Bitcoin ETF Holdings to 6M Shares

The state’s investment board's stake is worth more than $340 million at IBIT's current price of $56.10.

The state of Wisconsin has bought roughly $321.5 million worth of BlackRock's spot bitcoin ETF. (Nick Youngson)

Markets

Abu Dhabi Discloses $437M Stake in BlackRock Spot Bitcoin ETF

The ownership interest was held via Mubadala Investments, one of the country's sovereign wealth funds

Abu Dhabi

Markets

Bitcoin Looks to Break Long Streak of Weekend Skids

The world's largest crypto has declined for five consecutive weekends, noted Standard Charterd's Geoff Kendrick.

Bitcoin Looks to Break Long Streak of Weekend Skids