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

Ripple to Acquire Prime Broker Hidden Road for $1.25B, Expanding Institutional Push

Among other things, the deal is expected to strengthen Ripple’s stablecoin ambitions.

Money in hand (Unsplash)

Markets

Ripple, BCG Project $18.9T Tokenized Asset Market by 2033

Tokenization of assets could save significant costs for asset managers and issuers, driving broader adoption, the report noted.

(Ryan Quintal/Unsplash, Modified by CoinDesk)

Markets

Jamie Dimon Warns Tariffs Could Prompt Inflation, Global Economic Downfall

The CEO of JPMorgan Chase wrote a note to shareholders on Monday, voicing concerns about President Donald Trump’s tariff policy.

JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon (CoinDesk)

Markets

Bitcoin Pops and Drops as Markets Swing Wildly on Tariff News

The White House denied a report that it was mulling a 90-day delay on imposition of tariffs.

Price bounce (Getty Images)

Markets

Bitcoin Drops Below $79K as Cryptos Plunge, Stock Futures Fall Another 5%

Hedge funder Bill Ackman called President Trump's tariff plan "economic nuclear war" and urged a Monday pause.

Bitcoin plunges below $40K (Eva Blue/Unsplash)

Markets

Bitcoin Begins to Decouple From Nasdaq as U.S. Stocks Crumble

Is the long-awaited "decoupling" finally here? Bitcoin bulls hope so.

Bitcoin begins to go its own direction as stocks tumble (Caleb Jones/Unsplash)

Markets

Jerome Powell Makes No Promise to Ease Policy; Fed to Stay Focused on Inflation

The Fed chair spoke Friday with markets in full blown panic following the Trump tariff announcement.

U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Markets

GameStop CEO Cohen Buys $10M of GME Shares Following Bitcoin Acquisition Plan

The company earlier this week closed on a $1.5 billion capital raise, with the funds to be mostly used to buy bitcoin.

(Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

Finance

Creators of DeFi Firm Aave Launch Social Media Developer Network Lens Chain

Lens Chain mainnet goes live using an inexpensive Ethereum overlay blockchain designed for building decentralized social media applications.

Stani Kulechov, founder and CEO of Aave, speaks at Consensus 2019.