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

Ether Tumbles 5.8%, Leading Large Crypto Losses, With Bitcoin Sliding Below $71K

Crypto-linked stocks such as MicroStrategy, Coinbase, Robinhood and bitcoin miners MARA, RIOT also suffered sizable declines.

Bitcoin (BTC) price on Oct. 31 (CoinDesk)

CoinDesk Indices

CoinDesk 20 Performance Update: APT Falls 4%, Leading Index Lower From Wednesday

Uniswap joined Aptos as an underperformer, declining 3.9%

9am CoinDesk 20 Update for 2024-10-31: laggards

Policy

Freed From Prison, Binance Founder CZ Gets Ovation in Dubai and Talks New Educational Venture

Changpeng Zhao, who stepped down as the crypto exchange's CEO last year amid a multi-billion-dollar settlement with the U.S., spoke at a conference in front of a standing-room-only crowd.

Changpeng Zhao makes first public appearance since prison release (Nik De/CoinDesk)

Policy

MyTrade Head First to Plead Guilty Among Group of Firms Accused of Gaming Markets

MyTrade was among more than a dozen targets of U.S. authorities in cases earlier this month focusing on crypto market manipulation, including alleged wash trading.

The U.S. Department of Justice grabbed another of the men it alleges moved billions in criminal money at BTC-e.  (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Finance

Michael Saylor's MicroStrategy Plans to Raise $42B to Buy More Bitcoin Over Next 3 Years

The company reported its third quarter earnings results after the close of trading on Wednesday afternoon.

MicroStrategy Executive Chairman Michael Saylor (CoinDesk/Danny Nelson)

Markets

Institutional Investors Position for Bitcoin Volatility Into the U.S. Election

Some $350 million notional value of November call options traded on CME with a breakeven bitcoin price of nearly $80,000, anticipating a rally next month, one analyst noted.

(Paul Kenny McGrath/Unsplash)

Markets

Ether Gains 2.5%, Outperforming BTC and Maybe Primed for More Upside

The second-largest crypto has been locked in a sizable downtrend relative to bitcoin.

ETHUSD chart (TradingView)

Finance

Coinbase, Visa to Allow Real-Time Crypto Deposits Through Debit Card

While millions of users are already using debit cards to connect to their Coinbase accounts, the Visa debit card holders offer near-instant transfers, which wasn’t possible before.

visa, credit cards

Finance

AI Data Collection Startup Sapien Raises $10.5M Seed Funding Led by Variant

The firm's founders, who have worked in the blockchain space for years, are using crypto to incentivize an army of people who can earn from labeling data for AI models.

Left to right; Trevor Koverko, Sunny Ray, Reed Ponak, Rowan Stone, and Tyler Koverko. (Sapien)

CoinDesk Indices

CoinDesk 20 Performance Update: BCH Drops 4.3% as Index Declines from Tuesday

NEAR Protocol was also among the underperformers, falling 2.8%.

9am CoinDesk 20 Update for 2024-10-30: laggards