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 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.

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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.

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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)

Markets

Bitcoin's Modest Rally Sends Crypto-Related Stocks Sharply Higher

The crypto mining sector is posting the largest gains in Monday trading.

Las acciones de compañías de la industria cripto se dispararon el lunes. (Midjourney/CoinDesk)

Finance

Bitcoin Retakes $17K as Interest Rates Plunge Following Economic Reports

Friday morning's reports on job and wage growth suggested further slowing in the economy.

Bernstein spells out what it believes could be catalysts for the next bull market in crypto. (Kameleon007/Getty Images)

Finance

US Adds 223K Jobs in December, Unemployment Rate Falls to 3.5%

Bitcoin was steady in the immediate aftermath of the report at $16,750.

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

Markets

Marathon Digital, Coinbase Lead Bounce for Crypto-Related Stocks

Modest gains across cryptocurrencies were enough to jump start a rally in the beaten-down shares.

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

Finance

Crypto Broker Genesis' CEO Tells Clients It Needs More Time to Sort Out Finances

Genesis halted withdrawals in November in aftermath of FTX's collapse.

(Genesis Trading, modificado por CoinDesk)