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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Policy

Crypto's Bet on Election Betting Expands to Solana

Perpetuals trading hub Drift protocol is adding a Polymarket-style prediction market – with some DeFi twists.

Donald Trump (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

CoinDesk Indices

CoinDesk 20 Performance Update: UNI Drops 5.8% as Index Trades Lower

NEAR and RNDR were also among the larger decliners in mixed performance for CoinDesk 20's top assets.

9am CoinDesk 20 Update for 2024-08-19: Laggards

CoinDesk Indices

CoinDesk 20 Performance Update: UNI leads with 3.8% Gains as Index Rises

Twelve assets in the CoinDesk 20 Index gained, with ADA joining UNI among the largest advancers.

9am CoinDesk 20 Update for 2024-08-16: leaders

Finance

Goldman Sachs Joins Morgan Stanley in Holding Bitcoin ETFs as Institutional Interest Grows: 13F Wrap

Investment advisors held more than $4.7 billion worth of U.S.-based spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds as of the end of the second quarter.

Mathew McDermott, Global Head of Digital Assets for Goldman Sachs, speaks at Consensus 2024 by CoinDesk.(Shutterstock/CoinDesk)

Markets

Bitcoin Tumbles Back Under $58K as Crypto Quickly Crumbles Thursday Afternoon

The blame this time can't be laid on macro jitters, as stocks are up big again, with the Nasdaq and S&P 500 both more than erasing early August declines.

Crypto plunges in quick fashion (Unsplash)

CoinDesk Indices

CoinDesk 20 Performance Update: LTC and ICP Take the Lead as Index Inches Higher

Litecoin gained 2.1% while Internet Computer rose 1.9% in overnight trading.

9am CoinDesk 20 Update for 2024-08-15: leaders

Markets

U.S. Moves $600M of Silk Road Bitcoin to Coinbase Prime, but Not Necessarily to Sell

Bitcoin continued under pressure for the day at around $59,000.

(Alpha Photo/Flickr)

CoinDesk Indices

CoinDesk 20 Performance Update: RNDR and SOL Propel Index to a 1.3% Increase

Render climbs 3.3% while Solana adds 3.0%, helping drive the CoinDesk 20 upward.

CoinDesk 20 leaders (CoinDesk Indices)

Markets

U.S. CPI Rose 0.2% in July, Matching Expectations

Bitcoin continued with modest daily gains at $61,300 following the report.

food shopping in brown bags

Policy

Crypto Is a 'Purple Issue': Circle's Jeremy Allaire

The CEO of the stablecoin issuer cited prior bi-partisan work on stablecoin legislation and FIT21 as proof crypto doesn't belong to a particular political party

Jeremy Allaire, CEO of Circle (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)