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

Trump-Supported World Liberty Financial Taps Chainlink Data Services as DeFi Platform Takes Shape

Chainlink will provide crucial pricing data and cross-chain interoperability infrastructure for the nascent DeFi platform.

Donald Trump at BTC 2024 (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Finance

How a $115M Crypto Fund With Big Ambitions Plans to Invest In Latin America

Hyla Fund Management is starting a new LatAm crypto funds and wants to become the "Goldman Sachs for digital assets."

Paola Origel, the CEO and co-founder of Hyla Fund Management. (Credit: Hyla Fund)

Markets

Bitcoin Surges to New Record Over $93K as Strong U.S. Demand Crushes Resistance Level

The move came as U.S. markets opened for trade, suggesting strong demand from American investors.

Bitcoin price on Nov. 13 (CoinDesk)

Finance

Robinhood Adds SOL, PEPE, ADA, XRP Following Trump Victory

Crypto-friendly Donald Trump’s win in the U.S. presidential race will likely result in a change in leadership at the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Trading app Robinhood has added Solana, Pepe, Cardano and XRP to the list of cryptocurrencies available to trade on its platform. (Unsplash)

CoinDesk Indices

CoinDesk 20 Performance Update: HBAR Falls 11.4%, Leading Index Lower From Tuesday

Aptos and NEAR Protocol were the only gainers, each rising 1.7%.

9am CoinDesk 20 Update for 2024-11-13: laggards

Markets

U.S. CPI Meets Estimates, Rising 0.2% in October; Bitcoin Moves Above $89K

The core CPI rate rose 0.3% last month, also in line with forecasts.

food shopping in brown bags

Markets

Bitcoin Blasts to $90K as Crypto Rally Shakes Out $900M of Leveraged Bets

Crypto prices continue melting upwards since Donald Trump's election victory as investors reprice digital assets in anticipation of a friendlier government.

(David Mark/Pixabay)

Markets

Stablecoin Supply Expands by $5B Since U.S. Election as Investors Pile Into Crypto

Stablecoin exchange balances grew to a yearly high of $41 billion this week, providing dry powder to buy digital assets, one analyst noted.

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Markets

El Salvador's Bitcoin Stash Rises Above $500M, but Bhutan Story Might Be Even Bigger

Monday’s bitcoin rally propelled El Salvador and Bhutan’s crypto stashes to $500 million and $1.1 billion respectively.

Nayib Bukele, president of El Salvador (Ulises Rodriguez/APHOTOGRAFIA/Getty Images).

CoinDesk Indices

CoinDesk 20 Performance Update: POL Declines 7.7%, Leading Index Lower

Cardano was also among the underperformers, falling 7% since Monday.

9am CoinDesk 20 Update for 2024-11-12: laggards