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 Tops $100K After U.S. Added Fewer Than Forecast Jobs in January

The unemployment rate fell to 4%, rather than holding steady at 4.1%.

The U.S. released January jobs numbers Friday morning (Ernie Journeys/Unsplash)

Markets

Donald Trump Jr Says Crypto Is the 'Future of American Hegemony'

The son of the U.S. president made a surprise appearance at the Ondo Summit in New York City on Thursday.

Donald Trump Junior speaks the Ondo Summit in New York City. (CoinDesk/Krisztian Sandor)

Policy

Crypto's Debanking Worries Hit Another Big Stage in U.S. House

The industry's U.S. banking crisis may be retreating as a second congressional committee sheds light on how crypto businesses have been treated by regulators.

U.S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C. (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Policy

Czech Republic to Eliminate Taxes on Long-Term Crypto Gains

The country's central bank is also looking at whether or not to add bitcoin to its reserves.

Czech Republic flag ( Resource Database / Unsplash)

Markets

Strategy (MicroStrategy) Reports Q4 GAAP Loss of $3.03 Per Share, BTC Holdings of 471,107 Tokens

The company earlier on Wednesday changed its name to Strategy as its primary focus for some time has been bitcoin, not software.

MicroStrategy Executive Chairman Michael Saylor (CoinDesk/Danny Nelson)

Finance

Raydium is Solana's AMM King. Can it Corner the Perps Market Next?

The AMM's month-old perps service is already seeing $100 million in daily volume.

raydium perps

Finance

MicroStrategy Rebrands to Strategy

The company said that the name change was a “natural evolution” given its strong focus on bitcoin.

MicroStrategy Executive Chairman Michael Saylor (CoinDesk/Danny Nelson)

Finance

Blackrock Plans to Launch a Bitcoin ETP in Europe: Bloomberg

The fund would be based in Switzerland and BlackRock could start marketing it as soon as this month, according to the story.

 EU flag (Unsplash)

Markets

Bitcoin Drops Below Key 2025 Realized Price Level, Raising Risk of Further Downside: Van Straten

Over 2.6 million bitcoin in supply are currently at a loss, one of the highest levels this year.

BTC: Exchange Average Withdrawal Price (by Year) (Glassnode)

Markets

Bitcoin Extends Losses to Below $97K Following David Sacks Press Conference

It was mostly a wonky discussion from Sacks and four Senate/House committee chairs.

Bitcoin plunges below $40K (Eva Blue/Unsplash)