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

Fan Tokens Surge Following Tether’s Juventus FC Investment

JUV rose 200%, with tokens like LAZIO and PORTO also experiencing significant price jumps.

South Korea's K League will let fans create a sort of fantasy team using blockchain tokens representing players. (Waka77/Wikimedia Commons)

Finance

CZ's Dog Made a Killing for One Memecoin Creator and Murdered Everyone Else

Broccoli coin is the latest example of the dangers of playing in an anything goes market.

CZ and Broccoli

Finance

GameStop Mulling Investment in Bitcoin/Crypto: CNBC

Eyebrows were raised this past weekend when GameStop CEO Ryan Cohen posted a picture of himself with Michael Saylor.

(John Smith/VIEWpress)

Markets

Coinbase Posts $2.27B in Q4 Revenue, Blowing Through $1.84B Estimate

The crypto exchange benefited from a major bull move in crypto during the fourth quarter surrounding Trump's election victory.

Coinbase app opening screen on mobile phone (appshunter.io/Unsplash)

Finance

MetaDAO Hires Futarchy's Creator Robin Hanson as Adviser

Hanson, who devised the new form of governance a quarter century ago, gives a boost to the year-old crypto group.

metaDAO

Finance

Zoom Communications Should Embrace Bitcoin as Treasury Asset, Eric Semler Says

The Semler Scientific chair introduced the first member of his "Zombie Zone" companies that could benefit from adding bitcoin to their balance sheet.

Bitcoin, Semler Scientific

Finance

Peter Thiel-Backed Plasma Raises $20M to Develop Bitcoin-Based Network for Stablecoins

The project, which also claims Tether's Paolo Ardoino as an investor, aims to enhance stablecoin adoption through a Bitcoin sidechain that allows zero-fee USDT transactions.

Plasma (Ramon Salinero/Unsplash)

Finance

Binance Founder CZ Fuels Potential BNB Chain Memecoin Craze

The former CEO of the globe's largest crypto exchange plans to post a picture of his dog on social media and suggested he could interact with some of the ensuing memecoins on BNB Chain.

Binance ex-CEO Changpeng "CZ" Zhao (CoinDesk archives)

Markets

U.S. January PPI Rose a Faster Than Expected 0.4%; Annual Pace Jumped to 3.5%

Under pressure this morning ahead of a coming Trump tariff announcement, the price of bitcoin didn't immediately react to the data.

(Getty Images)

Finance

Robinhood's Big Earnings Beat Could Bode Well for Coinbase

The popular trading platform said revenue for fourth quarter rose 115% from last year, mainly driven by crypto.

Robinhood shares could benefit from SEC dropping Coinbase case. (Shutterstock)