Stephen Alpher

Co-regional news chief, Americas

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.

Latest from Stephen Alpher

Markets

Bitcoin Climbs to $105K; Crypto ETF Issuer Sees 35% Upside

Cryptocurrencies reversed early losses as risk assets shrugged off the Moody's U.S. debt downgrade.

May 19, 2025

Bitcoin (BTC) price on May 19 (CoinDesk)

Finance

JPMorgan To Allow Clients To Buy Bitcoin, Says Jamie Dimon

A longtime vocal critic of bitcoin, Dimon said the bank he runs will now let clients to buy the crypto.

May 19, 2025

JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Markets

XRP Futures Start Trading on CME

Spot XRP ETFs are only a matter of time, according to one industry expert.

May 19, 2025

Policy

Roman Storm's Defense Team Wants to Know if DOJ Withheld Evidence

Storm's attorneys filed a letter Friday asking a judge to order prosecutors to review their records.

May 19, 2025

Tornado Cash's Roman Storm, second from left, and his legal team – Brian Klein (left), Keri Axel and Kevin Casey – outside court in New York. (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

Finance

Alchemy Acquires Solana Developer DexterLab for Undisclosed Sum

The purchase will accelerate the development of Solana-based Web3 applications to meet growing enterprise demand, Alchemy said

May 16, 2025

Alchemy CEO Nikil Viswanathan and CTO Joseph Lau (Alchemy)

Markets

Crypto Miners Soar on OpenAI-CoreWeave Deal; Galaxy Jumps in Nasdaq Debut

Asset prices across markets largely shrugged off surging Inflation expectations, with crypto prices consolidating sideways.

May 16, 2025

OpenAI's Sam Altman, who has proposed Universal Basic Compute as a fix for automation-driven global equality. (Village Global/Flickr)

Consensus Toronto 2025 Coverage

Ethereum Backers Respond to Critics: ‘Markets Will Catch Up’

Ethereum insiders pushed back on criticism of the network’s leadership and roadmap, arguing that the ecosystem is built for long-term value.

May 16, 2025

Markets

DeFi Development Surges 30% on BONK Validator Partnership, More SOL Purchases

The real estate tech enterprise turned Solana-focused public company now holds 609,190 SOL tokens worth over $107 million.

May 16, 2025

A Solana booth at ethDenver (Danny Nelson)

Consensus Toronto 2025 Coverage

Could Wellness Be an Onramp to Web3? Moonwalk Fitness’ Caitlin Cook Thinks So

In an interview ahead of Consensus 2025 in Toronto, Cook said the fitness app is seeing strong growth in Africa and Southeast Asia.

May 16, 2025

Moonwalk Fitness Director of Growth Caitlin Cook

Consensus Toronto 2025 Coverage

Filmmaker David Goyer Bets on Blockchain for Next Sci-Fi Franchise

The Blade and Foundation screenwriter is turning to blockchain and AI to build a community-driven sci-fi franchise, backed by Web3 startup Story Protocol.

May 16, 2025