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

Bitcoin’s Crypto Market Dominance Rises to 50% and It Could Go Higher, Say Analysts

Hopes for a spot bitcoin ETF and the latest regulatory actions could prove to be further catalysts.

(Yuichiro Chino / Getty Images)

Markets

Bitcoin Gives Up $27K in Sharp Tumble as Crypto Liquidations Top $100M

The price earlier on Monday had risen to above $27,400, its highest level since late August.

Bitcoin slides back below $27K (CoinDesk)

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)