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

Coinbase Stock a Buy With Over 60% Upside Amid Trump's New Crypto Regime: Bernstein

The broker initiated coverage of Coinbase shares with $310 price target and outperform rating.

Coinbase. (appshunter.io/Unsplash)

Markets

Bakkt Shares Drop 35% After Loss of Two Major Customers

The company is also delaying the filing of its annual report.

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Markets

Bitcoin Edges Higher to $84K as Analyst Warns of Another Leg Down for Crypto

A crypto rally to new highs may have to wait until later this year, said Coinbase Institutional's head of research.


Markets

Robinhood Brings Prediction Market Hub to Market After Success of Crypto-Based Polymarket

The move comes after prediction platform Polymarket rose to fame during the U.S. Presidential election last year, attracting over $3.6 billion in bets.

A Macbook Pro opened to Robinhood's website. (PiggyBank/Unsplash)

Markets

Bitcoin Network Hashrate Inched Higher in March as Mining Economics Weakened: JPMorgan

U.S.-listed miners maintained their share of the network hashrate at around 30%, the report said.

JPMorgan building (Shutterstock)

Markets

Ether in Structural Decline, Year-End Price Target Slashed to $4K: Standard Chartered

Layer 2 blockchains were meant to improve scalability on the Ethereum network, but Coinbase's Base has reduced ether's market cap by $50 billion, the report said.

Standard Chartered. (Shutterstock)

Policy

ECB's Villeroy Says U.S. Crypto Support Could Trigger Next Financial Emergency

The U.S. "risks sinning through negligence," Villeroy said in an interview with French newspaper La Tribune Dimanche

 Banque de France's Governor François Villeroy de Galhau (Image via Wikimedia Commons)

Markets

Strategy Leverages STRK ATM to Acquire 130 More Bitcoin

The Michael Saylor-led company now holds 499,226 BTC purchased for an average price of $66,360 per token.

MicroStrategy executive chairman Michael Saylor (CoinDesk archives)

Policy

SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce on the New Crypto Task Force

The longtime SEC commissioner explains how she wants to reshape the agency's approach to digital assets regulation.

SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

Markets

Bitcoin Tops $84K, Battling Key Level for Bulls; SOL, LINK Lead Gains

The rebound in risk assets propelled BTC above its 200-day moving average, a key benchmark for the long-term trend.

Bitcoin Bulls (Unsplash)