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

Near Record High Funding Rate Suggests Bitcoin Pullback Not Over

The recent dip in price doesn't appear to have dented optimism from traders betting on a continued bull run.

Funding rate suggests bitcoin correction not over (CryptoQuant)

Markets

Choppy Bitcoin Price Action Continues Ahead of Friday's Jobs Report

Flows into the new spot ETFs have been subdued for a couple of weeks, possibly prompting a renewed interest in macro drivers for price direction.

Crypto markets were choppy ahead of the Ethereum Merge. (Creative Commons, modified by CoinDesk)

Finance

Cathie Wood Attributes Bitcoin's Rise to National Currency Devaluations

Wood called bitcoin an "insurance policy against rogue regimes and horrible fiscal and monetary policies."

Ark Invest CEO Cathie Wood

Finance

Bermuda-Licensed Relm Insurance Unveils Suite of Crypto Risk Products

As well as cyber and crime markets, Relm is offering reimbursement for losses associated with staking on the Ethereum network.

Bermuda-licensed Relm Insurance unveils suite of crypto risk products (Shutterstock)

Markets

Bitcoin Cash's 29% Advance Led CoinDesk 20 Gainers Last Week: CoinDesk Indices Market Update

All but three cryptos in the index posted losses last week, with alternative L1s NEAR, APT, and AVAX declining the most.

cd20 leaders

Finance

Argentina President Milei Disappoints Some Bitcoiners as Crypto Registration Rule Begins

The nation unveiled a mandatory registration process for cryptocurrency platforms.

President of Argentina Javier Milei (Photo by Tomas Cuesta/Getty Images)

Markets

Silk Road Bitcoin Worth $2B Moved by U.S. Government: On-Chain Data

The last confirmed government sale was just more than a year ago.

(Shutterstock)

Markets

Tether Added Nearly 8.9K Bitcoin to Holdings in First Quarter: On-Chain Data

The stablecoin issuer's BTC stack now tops 75,000 tokens worth about $5 billion.

Tether 's logo painted on a wooden background.

Finance

U.S Has its 11th Spot Bitcoin ETF After Hashdex Fund Conversion

The fund comes with a small twist in that it can allocate up to 5% of its assets into bitcoin futures contracts.

Scrabble tiles spelling out "ETF GROWTH"

Finance

NEAR Launches Multichain Transaction From One Account Feature

Chain signatures allow users to transact on any network from one account.

Illia Polosukhin, Co-Founder, NEAR Protocol (Stephen Lovekin/Shutterstock/CoinDesk)