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

Roughed-Up Bitcoin Miner Stocks Attempt Rally as BTC Retakes $27K

Many in the sector are down 50% or more over the past two months.

(Sandali Handagama)

Markets

Bitcoin at $26.4K Set for Weekly Gain, but Rallies Might Continue to be Sold

The world's largest crypto has bounced from a 3-month low below $25,000 hit on Monday.

Bitcoin remains flat. (Sebastian Huxley/Unsplash)

Finance

German Finance Heavyweights Develop Fully-Insured Crypto Staking Offering, Plan 2024 Release

Boerse Stuttgart Digital has already obtained a digital asset custody license in Germany.

Stuttgart Stock Exchange, owner of Boerse Stuttgart Digital (Boerse Stuttgart)

Finance

BitGo, Swan to Form Bitcoin-Only Trust Company

"It's important to us to build a custodian without the risks of securing many altcoins within the same trust company as bitcoin," Swan CEO Cory Klippsten said.

Full Shows – Consensus: Distributed

Finance

Islamic Coin in Pact With CoinDesk Indices to Discuss Sharia-Compliant Benchmarks

Islamic Coin is the native currency of HAQQ, a blockchain focused on developing a Shariah-compliant financial ecosystem.

The HAQQ network is focused on developing a Shariah-complaint ecosystem (May Lim/Unsplash)

Markets

Bitcoin Steady at $26K, SOL Slightly Dips After FTX Gets Approval to Sell Crypto

Crypto exchange FTX got court approval to sell part of its $3.4 billion digital asset holdings.

Bitcoin price today (CoinDesk)

Markets

U.S. CPI Inflation Jumped to 3.7% in August, More Than Expected

Higher oil prices were behind the big rise in headline inflation last month.

(Getty Images)

Finance

CoinDesk Indices Expands Into Asia-Pacific Through Deal With Major Exchange Operator ICE

ICE Futures Singapore's bitcoin futures contracts will now be known as CoinDesk Bitcoin Futures contracts.

Singapore skyline (Mike Enerio/Unsplash)

Markets

Fear of FTX-Spurred Crypto Crash Is Overblown, Analysts Say

Crypto markets slumped Monday amid concern FTX will unload some of its $3.4 billion of crypto assets.

FTX EU will allow customers to withdraw funds that have been locked on the platform. (CraigRJD/Getty Images)

Markets

Crypto Price Whipsaw Triggers $256M in Liquidation Losses

Liquidations are likely to have less impact on spot prices thanks to declining open interest, FalconX's head of research noted.

The swift price movements over the past two days wiped out leveraged long and short positions. (Kurt Anderson/Unsplash)