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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CoinDesk Indices

CoinDesk 20 Performance Update: BCH and SOL Gains Lead as Index Inches Up 0.3%

BCH gained 1.6% and SOL rose 1.5%, contributing to modest index growth.

CoinDesk 20 leaders (CoinDesk Indices)

Finance

German State-Owned Development Bank Prepares for Tokenized Bond Issuance with Boerse Stuttgart Digital in ECB Trial

Traditional finance institutions are increasingly exploring ways of putting assets like bonds, credit and funds on blockchain rails, known as RWA tokenization, to pursue operational benefits.

Frankfurt, Germany (Sinan Erg/Unsplash)

CoinDesk Indices

CoinDesk 20 Performance Update: APT Soars 17.3% as Index Declines Slightly

DOT's 3.5% drop and SOL's 2.8% fall helped drag the CoinDesk 20 lower.

CoinDesk 20 leaders (CoinDesk Indices)

Finance

Defi Hacks Remain a Major Threat Despite 50% Decline in 2023: Halborn

The report warns that protocols should improve security by using multi-sig wallets and vetting counterparty code.

Crypto companies hit by newsletter breach (Mika Baumeister/Unsplash)

Markets

Tether's USDT and Circle's USDC Combined Supply Grew $3B Amid Crypto Market Rebound

Stablecoins serve a key role in the crypto space and their expanding supply is usually a sign of health of the broader market.

Ethereum ETFs drew in inflows despite ETH's plunge on Monday.(Shutterstock)

CoinDesk Indices

CoinDesk 20 Performance Update: XRP's 7.8% Decline Weighs on Index

APT gained 3.9% and BCH rose 2.7%, helping to balance out XRP’s losses.

9am CoinDesk 20 Update for 2024-08-09: laggards

Finance

Medical Data Company OneMedNet Latest to Pursue Bitcoin Treasury Strategy After Capital Raise

Crypto investment fund Off the Chain Capital Management was among the investors in a private placement that funded the bitcoin purchase.

Medical data company OneMedNet late last month purchased $1.8 million of bitcoin (Fusion Medical Animatin/Unsplash

Markets

Bitcoin Nears $60K as Crypto Bounce Accelerates, but Recovery Might Be Choppy

While the crypto rally was broad-based, with ETH, SOL, NEAR gaining 8%-10%, prices rarely go up in a straight line following major capitulation events such as Monday's crash, one observer noted.

Bitcoin price on Aug 8 (CoinDesk)

Finance

JPMorgan Remains Cautious on Bitcoin as Positive Catalysts Mostly Priced-In

Retail investors seems to have played large role in recent crypto selloff that saw sharpest correction since FTX, the bank said.

(Shutterstock)

Finance

Gyroscope Rolls Out Yield-Bearing Version of Stablecoin Targeting Over 10% Yield

The Galaxy-backed project aims to attract DAO treasuries to allocate to its new stablecoin.

(Danielbaise/Wikimedia Commons)