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

Ether Could Hit $3,000 as Soaring Network Activity Turns Token Deflationary

The Ethereum blockchain settled $250 billion of transactions last week, the highest since mid-March, underpinning ether's bullish outlook.

Ethereum (Unsplash)

Markets

XRP, LINK, DOGE Lead Altcoin Gains as Bitcoin Sits at $35K

A few days of outperformance has ignited chatter about "altcoin season."

XRP price on Nov. 6 (CoinDesk)

Markets

Cathie Wood Likes Bitcoin as Both Deflationary and Inflationary Hedge

Wood would choose bitcoin over gold "hands down" as an asset to hold for the next ten years.

Ark Invest CEO Cathie Wood (Marco Bello/Getty Images, modified by CoinDesk)

Markets

Bitcoin Stalls at $35K as Gains Flow to Altcoins in Crypto's 'Early Bull Market Rotation,' Analyst Says

Layer 1 cryptocurrencies and DeFi tokens soared this week as bitcoin and ether chopped sideways.

Bitcoin price on Nov. 3 (CoinDesk)

Markets

Prescient Bitcoin Whale Moves $244M in BTC to Crypto Exchange. Has BTC Price Topped?

The whale wallet was the 14th-largest individual bitcoin owner in March, holding 46,500 tokens.

(Todd Cravens/Unsplash)

Markets

What Happens to Bitcoin Price if Spot ETF Isn’t Approved?

Bitcoin's recent strong performance at least in part is due to optimism regarding the imminent launch of multiple spot ETF products.

BitcoinETF: What Comes Next?

Finance

BitGo and Copper Combine Crypto Custody Settlement Networks

The network effect of BitGo’s cold storage settlement system and Copper’s ClearLoop comprises exchanges like Bybit, OKX, Powertrade, Bitget, Gate.io, Deribit, BIT, Bitfinex and Bitstamp.

CEO of BitGo Mike Belshe in a chair on-stage at Consensus 2023

Finance

U.S. October Jobs Up 150K, Missing Forecasts for 180K; Bitcoin Remains Lower at $34.3K

Interest rates of late have fallen sharply across the U.S. yield curve as traders place bets the Fed is finished tightening monetary policy.

(Helene Braun/CoinDesk)

Markets

Solana Is Down 15% Since Hitting a 14-Month High. Is the Rally Over?

The token is up more than four-fold in 2023 after starting the year at around $10.

Solana price on Nov. 2 (CoinDesk)

Markets

Here's Why Bitcoin Will 10X From Here: Michael Saylor

"For the industry to move to the next level, we need to migrate to adult supervision," said the MicroStrategy executive chairman.

MicroStrategy Executive Director Michael Saylor (CoinDesk)