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 Slides to $66K, Ether Dives 5% in Market-Wide Selloff

Cryptocurrencies weren't spared as stocks, bonds, gold and oil all declined on Wednesday.

Bitcoin price action.

Markets

Trump Polymarket Odds Briefly Dip After His No. 2 Bull Adds Bet on Harris

The former president's probability of retaking the White House slid to 59% Wednesday before rebounding.

GREENSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA - OCTOBER 22: Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump dances on stage after speaking at a campaign rally at the Greensboro Coliseum on October 22, 2024 in Greensboro, North Carolina. With 14 days to go until Election Day, Trump continues to crisscross the country campaigning to return to office. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Markets

Solana Hits Record vs. Ether, Outperforms Bitcoin as AI Memecoin Frenzy and Surging Revenues Fuel Rally

Solana was the best-performing asset in the CoinDesk 20 Index through the week, advancing 11%, while BTC and ETH declined.

Solana's SOL price (CoinDesk)

Finance

Scroll's Token Declines 32% as Whales Scoop Up Airdrop

TVL on the Scroll network has dropped by 24% in the past week.

Scroll SCR token distribution (Scroll)

Finance

Bitcoin Miners Are Pivoting to AI to Survive. Core Scientific Entered the Race Years Ago

AI clusters and bitcoin mining operations have vastly different needs. Core Scientific's chief development officer gets down to the nitty gritty.

Core Scientific's Marble facility in North Carolina. (Core Scientific)

CoinDesk Indices

CoinDesk 20 Performance Update: LINK Falls 5.7% as Nearly All Index Constituents Decline

Internet Computer was the only gainer, rising 2.3% from Tuesday.

9am CoinDesk 20 Update for 2024-10-23: laggards

Policy

Binance's Gambaryan Free to Leave Nigeria for Medical Treatment After Money Laundering Charges Dropped: Reports

Reuters reported that the government did so to allow Gambaryan to seek medical treatment abroad.

Tigran Gambaryan, Binance's head of crime compliance, is one of two executives detained in Nigeria. (Shutterstock/Consensus)

Finance

Bitcoin Exchange River Financial Allowing Users to Earn BTC Interest on Cash Deposits

Not a bank itself, River has teamed up with Lead Bank, a member of the FDIC, meaning user deposits are protected up to the value of $250,000

River (hunter-er/Pixabay)

Markets

Paul Tudor Jones: 'All Roads Lead to Inflation;' He's Long Bitcoin and Gold

The U.S. government's debt and deficit issues aren't going anywhere no matter who wins the presidency next month, said Jones.

Paul Tudor Jones, founder of Tudor Investment Corporation and The Robin Hood Foundation. (Kevin Mazur/Getty Images)

CoinDesk Indices

CoinDesk 20 Performance Update: HBAR Drops 3.5%, Leading Index Lower From Monday

NEAR Protocol was also among the underperformers, falling 2.9%.

9am CoinDesk 20 Update for 2024-10-22: laggards