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

Activist Investor Starboard Has Built Stake in Bitcoin Miner Riot: WSJ

Starboard is reportedly pushing the miner to convert some of its mining sites into data centers.

Activist investor reported to have been pushing Riot to move into HPC. (Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

CoinDesk Indices

CoinDesk Performance Update: LINK Gains 15.9%, Leading Index Higher from Wednesday

Uniswap joined Chainlink as a top performer, rising 8.6%.

9am CoinDesk 20 Update for 2024-12-12: leaders chart

Markets

Bitcoin Going to $200K, Coinbase to Join S&P 500: Bitwise's 10 Predictions for 2025

This year was good for crypto, but 2025 might turn out even better for the sector, according to Bitwise Asset Management.

Bitwise CIO Matt Hougan (Suzanne Cordiero/CoinDesk/Shutterstock)

Markets

Stablecoin Market Cap Hits $200B Milestone, Could Double in 2025 as Adoption Accelerates

Asset manager Bitwise sees the stablecoin market growing to $400 billion next year, with U.S. legislation, fintech adoption and global payments driving the growth.

Stablecoin market cap (CCData)

Markets

Bitcoin Crosses Above $101K as XRP, AI Tokens Lead Crypto Rally Following CPI

Wednesday morning's in line U.S. inflation data seemingly cleared the way for a Fed rate cut next week.

Crypto stocks surged after Trump's announcement rebounded the market.(Torsten Asmus/Getty images)

Markets

XRP, APT, ADA Tumble Another 15%; Investors May Be Paring Longs Ahead of CPI Data

Bitcoin is again outperforming, sliding just 3% back to $95,000.

Bear (mana5280/Unsplash)

Markets

Microsoft Shareholders Vote Down Bitcoin Treasury Proposal

The negative vote was expected even as MicroStrategy Executive Chairman Michael Saylor tried to convince Microsoft shareholders otherwise.

Microsoft shareholders voted against adding bitcoin to its company's treasury. (Photo by Craig T Fruchtman/Getty Images)

CoinDesk Indices

CoinDesk 20 Performance Update: BCH Falls 10% as Nearly All Assets Trade Lower

Bitcoin was the only gainer in the Index since late Monday, rising 1%.

9am CoinDesk 20 Update for 2024-12-10: laggards chart

Markets

Crypto Crumbles in Broad Selloff Led 20% Declines Across Numerous Altcoins

Bitcoin was an outperformer, but still lower by 5% over the past 24 hours to just above $95,000.

Ether has fallen below a key bull market trendline.  (Eva Blue/Unsplash)

Policy

El Salvador to Change Bitcoin Law as Part of New IMF Deal: FT

Salvadoran merchants reportedly will no longer be compelled to accept bitcoin as a means of payment anymore.

Nayib Bukele, president of El Salvador (Ulises Rodriguez/APHOTOGRAFIA/Getty Images).