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 Price Decline on Germany, Mt. Gox and Miner Sell Pressure May Be Overblown: NYDIG

Recent blockchain movements sparked "irrational" fears, offering a buying opportunity for investors, NYDIG's Greg Cipolaro said.

Bitcoin's decline coincided with investor worries about supply overhangs (NYDIG)

Markets

Bitcoin at Pivotal Point as Bear Market Beckons: Onchain Data

Several factors point towards continued downside, but bitcoin whales continue to accumulate at the fastest rate in more than a year.

Bitcoin P&L index (CryptoQuant)

Markets

CoinDesk 20 Performance Update: RNDR and NEAR Lead Gains as Index Inches Higher

The CoinDesk 20 is currently trading at 1975.16, marking a slight 0.7% increase since yesterday's close.

CoinDesk 20 leaders (CoinDesk Indices)

Tech

Starknet, Layer-2 Chain on Ethereum, to Open Staking By End of Year

If approved by the community, staking could come to the mainnet by the end of 2024.

StarkWare CEO Eli Ben-Sasson (Margaux Nijkerk)

Markets

Bitcoin Little-Changed Above $57K as Fed Chair Powell Testifies to Congress

Jerome Powell made clear that central bank policymakers are focused on downside risks to the economy as much as they are inflation.

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Markets

CoinDesk 20 Performance Update: ICP and ETH Lead Gains as Index Climbs 1.9%

All 20 assets within the CoinDesk 20 are trading higher today.

CoinDesk 20 leaders (CoinDesk Indices)

Markets

Bitcoin Steady Above $57K as Germany Moves 6.3K BTC to Exchanges

The German government entity has moved hundreds of millions worth of BTC to exchanges in the past few weeks, contributing to selling pressure and bearish sentiment.

(Allef Vinicius/Unsplash)

Markets

AI Tokens Outperform CoinDesk 20 Index Tuesday Despite Clouds Forming Over Industry

New research from Goldman Sachs and Sequoia challenges assumptions that Artificial Intelligence and Large Language Models can change the world.

(Possessed Photography/Unsplash)

Finance

Crypto Wallet Provider Exodus Aims to Solve Web3's User-Friendly Issue With 'Passkeys Wallet'

The new wallet is able to bypass the need for seed phrases, browser extensions or email verifications to use decentralized apps.

16:9 Wallet (Prasanta Sahoo/PIxabay)

Finance

BlackRock's BUIDL Fund Tops $500M as Tokenized Treasury Market Soars

The overall market of tokenized U.S. Treasury products has reached $1.8 billion, rwa.xyz data shows.

BlackRock's corporate office in New York, New York. (Jim.henderson/Wikimedia Commons)