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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Finance

Crypto Exchange Kraken Facing SEC Probe, Settlement Could Come Soon: Bloomberg

The U.S. regulator is in the late stages of an investigation into the company's possible sale of unregistered securities, according to the report.

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Finance

Bitcoin Rises to $23.3K as Jerome Powell Repeats 'Disinflationary Process' Comment

The Fed chair spoke days after the central bank last hiked interest rates.

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell (Helene Braun/CoinDesk)

Finance

Charlie Munger Hasn't Taken the Time to Study Bitcoin: MicroStrategy's Michael Saylor

A longtime skeptic of digital assets, the Berkshire Hathaway vice chairman earlier this week called for the U.S. government to ban cryptocurrencies.

Executive Chairman MicroStrategy, Michael Saylor (CoinDesk)

Finance

Bitcoin Falls After 517,000 Jobs Added in January, Beating Expectations

The U.S. government also reported the unemployment rate fell to 3.4%, below the forecast of 3.6%.

The U.S. government released its latest jobs figures Friday (David McNew/Getty Images)

Finance

MicroStrategy Books Impairment Charge of $197.6M on Q4 Bitcoin Holdings

The business software company reported its fourth-quarter results on Thursday afternoon.

MicroStrategy CEO Michael Saylor at the Bitcoin 2022 Conference in Miami (Marco Bello/Getty Images)

Markets

Bitcoin Blasts Through $23.5K as Powell Speaks Following Fed Rate Hike

The U.S. central bank earlier Wednesday lifted its benchmark interest rate 25 basis points.

Bitcoin price chart shows a price jump on Wednesday. (CoinDesk)

Finance

Federal Reserve Lifts Interest Rates Another 25 Basis Points

Bitcoin's price was little changed in the minutes following the announcement.

U.S. Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome Powell (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Markets

Bitcoin Little Changed on Soft Economic Data Ahead of Fed Meeting

Wednesday morning's ADP jobs and ISM manufacturing reports both came in weaker than expected.

The U.S. government released its latest jobs figures Friday (David McNew/Getty Images)

Markets

Crypto Bank Silvergate Shares Move Higher After BlackRock Boosts Stake

Silvergate stock is down about 90% over the past year thanks to the crypto bear market and its deposit relationship with FTX.

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Markets

Bank of Canada Signals Pause to Rate Hike Cycle

Bitcoin is mostly ignoring the news, but it's a potentially bullish sign.

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