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 Is Hitting All-Time Highs Around the World

The U.S. economy and its dollar has enjoyed relative strength over the past few years.

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Markets

Bitcoin ETF Buying Led by Retail, Hedge Funds, FAs; Larger Players Still to Come: Bitwise CIO

The large U.S. wirehouses have yet to offer the newish funds to their clients, Matt Hougan told CNBC.

Scrabble letters spelling ETF arranged a rack

Markets

Bitcoin ETFs Break Volume Record Led by BlackRock Amid Wild Crypto Price Action

Net inflows into U.S.-listed spot bitcoin ETFs accelerated this week, with BlackRock's IBIT pulling in $520 million in fresh funds on Tuesday, BitMEX Research data shows.

Larry Fink (Will Ess for Pixelmind.ai/CoinDesk)

Markets

Bitcoin Suddenly Plummets 7% After Hitting $64K, Triggering Over $700M Crypto Liquidations

The world's largest crypto soared to $64,000 Wednesday before quickly reversing to $59,000, CoinDesk data shows.

Bitcoin price (CoinDesk)

Markets

El Salvador's Bukele Says Value of Country's Bitcoin Holdings Up Over 40%

The country's bonds have also surged to over 80 cents on the dollar.

El Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele. (Government of El Salvador, modified by CoinDesk)

Finance

Ark and 21Shares to Disclose Spot Bitcoin ETF Reserves Via Chainlink Integration

The move comes after fellow spot bitcoin ETF issuer Bitwise drew applause from industry experts for making its wallet address public in January.

Ark Invest CEO Cathie Wood (Marco Bello/Getty Images, modified by CoinDesk)

Finance

Bitcoin Tops $63K for First Time Since November 2021

Spot bitcoin ETFs are seeing massive inflows of money and BTC is crossing $1,000 milestones one after another in quick succession.

Bitcoin price rose 20% in a week (CoinDesk)

Finance

Solana Veterans Raise $17M for 'Backpack' Crypto Wallet, Exchange

Armani Ferrante's and Tristan Yver's startup raised the funds at a $120 million valuation.

Armani Ferrante (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Markets

Bitcoin Tops $57K as Rally Picks Up Steam

The spot ETFs posted record volumes on Monday as bitcoin gained 6% during U.S. trading hours.

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Markets

Stablecoin Market Cap Hits $140B, Highest Since 2022 Amid USDC Resurgence, Tether Growth

Stablecoin supply is a "thermometer" for money flows entering the crypto market, one analyst noted.

Stablecoin market capitalization (K33 Research)