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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Markets

U.S. CPI Unexpectedly Flat in October; Bitcoin Adds Nearly 1%

In addition to the headline inflation beat, core CPI declined last month.

(Getty Images)

Finance

Tokenized Cash Fintech Fnality Raises $95M Led by Goldman and BNP Paribas

DTCC, Euroclear, Nomura and WisdomTree also participated in the Series B funding round.

Art installation reminiscent of digital ecosystems

Markets

Solana, Avalanche, Chainlink Tumble 8%-12% as Crypto Rally Cools Amid Fake BlackRock XRP Trust Filing

Some analysts have warned that recent gains for crypto left markets vulnerable to a pullback.

Solana price (CoinDesk)

Finance

Bogus BlackRock XRP Filing Spoofs ETF Watchers, Crypto Traders

The fake filing sent XRP higher by more than 10% before the token gave back those gains.

BlackRock CEO Larry Fink (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

Markets

CPI Report Tuesday Could Provide Next Bitcoin Catalyst

The U.S. government tomorrow will report on October inflation data.

The April inflation report was released Wednesday morning (JLGutierrez/Getty Images)

Markets

Crypto Fund Inflows of $293M Bring Yearly Total Above $1B: CoinShares

It's not just bitcoin as ether-related funds saw their largest weekly inflow in more than a year.

A third straight week of strong inflows (CoinShares)

Finance

Ethereum Wallet Drainer Steals $60M in Six Months

Hackers are using a piece of code called Create2 to bypass security alerts when users sign malicious signatures.

Hacker (Towfiqu Barbhuiya/Unsplash)

Policy

IRS 'Raided' by Crypto Investors as Industry Puts Up Fight Against U.S. Tax Proposal

The proposal to establish a U.S. tax regime for digital assets has drawn a stunning 120,000 comments and will be the focus of an IRS hearing today.

The U.S. is weighing crypto tax rules, and a hearing today will hear from industry representatives worried about the government going too far. (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk.)

Finance

Hacker Steals $27M in Tether From Wallet Linked to Binance Deployer

The funds were then bridged to bitcoin on the THORChain bridge.

Two RPC interfaces for Polygon and Fantom were impacted in a DNS hijack attack. (Mika Baumeister/Unsplash)

Markets

Bitcoin Fund Holdings Hit All-Time High as Spot ETF Excitement Entices Crypto Investors

Digital asset funds surpassed $1 billion in net inflows this year, with money overwhelmingly flowing into BTC-focused investments, CoinShares reported.

Bitcoin held by funds (ByteTree)