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

Genesis' Crypto Lending Businesses File for Bankruptcy Protection

The collapse of FTX in late 2022 was the final straw for Genesis, which earlier that year reportedly suffered losses of several hundred million dollars due to its exposure to failed crypto hedge fund Three Arrows Capital.

(Genesis Trading, modificado por CoinDesk)

Policy

Crypto Lender Nexo to Pay $45M, Cease Offering EIP in Settlement With SEC

Nexo began offering its Earn Interest Product to U.S. customers in June 2020.

Antoni Trenchev Co-Founder Nexo (Shutterstock/Coindesk)

Finance

Alameda Research-Connected Bank Exits Crypto Business

Farmington State Bank, a small community bank in the state of Washington, is also changing its name.

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Markets

Bitcoin Erases Entire FTX-Related Decline in Latest Surge

Wednesday morning gains for the crypto came after soft U.S. economic numbers suggested the possibility for easier monetary policy.

Staking crypto (Jay Radhakrishnan/Getty Images)

Markets

Left for Dead Crypto Names Roar Higher as Bitcoin Bounces

Bitcoin has put together its first sustained rally since the FTX collapse in early November.

La recuperación alcista de bitcoin logró que el interés abierto alcance máximos anuales. (Will Ess para Pixelmind.ai/CoinDesk)

Markets

Bitcoin Pushes Above $19K for First Time Since FTX Collapse

Crypto-related stocks are making even larger gains as the rally in the sector continues.

Red arrows moving upon wooden blocks, Business concept Growth, Conceptual Business Finance Growth (Sakchai Vongsasiripat)

Finance

Bitcoin Dips With Stocks After US Report of 6.5% CPI Inflation

Annualized inflation slowed to 6.5% in December from 7.1% previously, in line with economist forecasts.

(Getty Images)

Finance

Coinbase Rally May Be a Selling Opportunity, Says Bank of America

Analyst Jason Kupferberg downgraded the crypto exchange to underperform from neutral, saying 2023 estimates are still too high.

Bitcoin continued its downtrend of recent days. (Getty Images)

Finance

Market Maker Group One Discloses 13.5% Stake in MicroStrategy

Alongside a big drop in the price of bitcoin, MicroStrategy slumped more than 70% in 2022 but is bouncing early this year.

(David Mark/Pixabay)

Markets

Grayscale Bitcoin Trust Discount Narrows to 8-Week Low as DCG Faces Pressure

Digital Currency Group, Grayscale's parent company, has come under increasing pressure to address a discount that had widened to nearly 50% towards the close of 2022.

Grayscale's new ad campaign can be seen in New York's Penn Station. (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)