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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Mercados

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.

(CoinDesk)

Mercados

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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Finanças

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)

Política

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)

Finanças

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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Mercados

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)

Mercados

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)

Mercados

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.

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Finanças

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)

Finanças

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)