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

U.S. February Job Growth of 151K Roughly Matches Forecasts

In a bit of weakness, the unemployment rate edged up to 4.1% and January's job gains were revised lower.

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Policy

SBF Pardon Plea Tour Continues With Tucker Carlson Podcast Appearance

The former CEO of FTX claimed that he had a better relationship with the Republican Party in the lead-up to his exchange's downfall.

FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Markets

Interest Rate Fears Replace Tariff Fears as Crypto Pulls Back

The "Art of the Deal" might be growing tiresome. Did someone say "stagflation?"

Donald Trump (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Finance

Tokenized Asset Manager Superstate Registers Transfer Agent with SEC

Superstate Services will first support the firm's two funds with plans to expand services to other issuers as the market for tokenized securities grows.

Robert Leshner, CEO of Superstate (Superstate)

Markets

SUI Surges on Trump-Affiliated World Liberty Financial Reserve Asset Deal

The DeFi protocol will add Sui assets to its token reserve and explore product development opportunities.

Donald Trump (BarBus/Pixabay)

Finance

Inside Solana's Debate on a Major Reduction in SOL Inflation

Solana validators are voting on a major cut to SOL's staking rewards.

Solana

Markets

Bitcoin Crosses $90K as Trump Delays Canada, Mexico Auto Tariffs

Bitcoin's fundamentals held up well during the latest dip, suggesting underlying strength, Swissblock analysts said.

Donald Trump (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Markets

Tether, Circle Vie for Upper Hand in Stablecoin Industry Regulatory Push

A WSJ article delved into the contrasting styles between Tether's Giancarlo Devasini and Circle's Jeremey Allaire.

Coins falling from a jar. (Josh Appel/Unsplash)

Markets

Why this Crypto Hedge Fund Expects Bitcoin Dominance to Drop

The Trump administration will unleash a new era of crypto innovation, said ZX Squared founder CK Zheng.

BTC rebounds to $92K. (Paolo Feser, Unsplash)

Tech

Ethereum's Second Buggy 'Pectra' Test Could Lead to a Delayed Upgrade

Developers encountered issues during Ethereum's Sepolia test for the upcoming Pectra upgrade, raising concerns.

Vitalik Buterin (David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images)