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

Binance CEO Zhao Taking Different Acquisition Tack Than FTX's Bankman-Fried

Both have said they're willing to spend $1 billion in deals this year.

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Finance

Elon Musk Proposes to Proceed With Twitter Acquisition

Alongside a spike in Twitter shares, Musk crypto favorite dogecoin has moved higher.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk (Christian Marquardt - Pool/Getty Images)

Finance

Compute North Files for Bankruptcy as Crypto-Mining Data Center Owes up to $500M

The company's CEO stepped down earlier this month and its COO will serve as the president.

Compass' Wolf Hollow site in Granbury, Texas (Compute North)

Finance

First Guilty Plea in Coinbase-Related Insider Trading Charges

The brother of a former Coinbase product manager, Nikhil Wahi, in late July was arrested for trading on confidential information.

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Finance

Asset Manager Stone Ridge Shutting Bitcoin Futures Fund

Launched in 2019, the fund failed to garner significant assets under management.

Stone Ridge is closing its bitcoin futures fund (Unsplash)

Policy

US Senators Press Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg to Combat Crypto Scams

An FTC study shows 49% of crypto-related frauds originated on social media platforms like Facebook, members of the Senate Banking Committee say.

Miembros del Comité Bancario del Senado buscan respuestas por parte de Mark Zuckerberg, CEO de Meta Platforms, sobre las estafas con criptomonedas. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Finance

Investment Management Giant Franklin Templeton to Offer Digital Asset Strategies to Wealth Managers

Introduced in partnership with crypto-focused Eaglebrook Advisors, the platform will be available for U.S. investors in mid-October.

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Finance

Failed Crypto Lender Celsius Fires Back, Accusing Ex-Employee of Fraud

KeyFi founder and CEO Jason Stone has previously filed suit against Celsius, accusing his former employer of market manipulation, among other charges.

Celsius has filed a countersuit against an ex-employee. (Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

Finance

North Korea's Lazarus Hackers Blamed in deBridge Finance Cyberattack

Company co-founder Alex Smirnov warns all Web3 teams that the campaign is likely widespread.

La billetera de criptomonedas BitKeep sufrió un hackeo de US$1 millón de tokens. (Unsplash)

Finance

Celsius Accused of Fraud in Lawsuit by Ex-Employee

The roughed-up crypto lender froze withdrawals last month and later said it was exploring restructuring options.

The Celsius booth at Bitcoin 2022 (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)