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Stephen Alpher

Co-regional news chief, Americas

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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Finance

Ether ETFs Could Be Bigger Than Bitcoin ETFs, Says VanEck

The issuer of the VanEck Bitcoin Trust this week dropped its management fee to zero for a limited time in an attempt to attract more capital to that fund.

Mar 14, 2024

Bitcoin ETF net inflows approach $1B (Shutterstock)

Markets

Bitcoin Slumps 4%, Falling Below $70K; Solana Outperforms

Bitcoin could enter a period of consolidation before its next leg in the rally, observers noted earlier.

Mar 14, 2024

Bitcoin price on March 14 (CoinDesk)

Markets

Bitcoin Sells Off 3%; Is Macro Risk Returning to Market?

U.S. economic data on Thursday has sent interest rates and the dollar higher.

Mar 14, 2024

Macro risk returns (Getty Images)

Finance

Michael Saylor's MicroStrategy Raising Another $500M to Buy More Bitcoin

The debt offering comes just days after the company closed on an $800 million capital raise, also with proceeds used to buy bitcoin.

Mar 13, 2024

Michael Saylor, executive chairman of MicroStrategy (Michael.com)

Policy

El Salvador Axes Income Tax for Investments From Abroad

The nation, which is attempting to attract foreign capital, removed income tax on investment from overseas.

Mar 13, 2024

El Salvador (Esaú González, Unsplash)

Markets

Bitcoin's Wild Four Hours: New Record of $73K, Tumble to $69K, Rebound to $71K, $360M in Liquidations

Momentum behind bitcoin's rally has waned so expect a period of consolidation, Matrixport analysts noted.

Mar 12, 2024

Rollercoaster (Matt Bowden/Unsplash)

Markets

AVAX's 28% Advance Led CoinDesk 20 Gainers Last Week: CoinDesk Indices Market Update

All 20 cryptos in the gauge posted gains, with Solana's SOL also among those rising more than 20%.

Mar 12, 2024

CD 20

Finance

U.S. CPI Unexpectedly Rises to 3.2% Annual Pace in February

Stubbornly high inflation so far in 2024 appears to be standing in the way of the Fed's willingness to begin cutting rates.

Mar 12, 2024

February inflation figures were released Tuesday (Frederick Warren/Unsplash)

Markets

XRP Jumps 20% After Mysterious Binance Transfers as Crypto Rally Expands to Laggards

The action could be a sign of traders rotating some of their capital to tokens that haven't moved yet.

Mar 11, 2024

XRP price action on March 11 (CoinDesk)

Finance

'Bitcoin Is Going to Eat Gold': MicroStrategy’s Michael Saylor

MicroStrategy is the owner of 205,000 bitcoin worth nearly $15 billion at the current per token price of $72,000.

Mar 11, 2024

MicroStrategy Executive Chairman Michael Saylor said bitcoin will be a much more valuable asset than gold in the future. (Photo by Marco Bello/Getty Images)
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