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 ETF Net Inflows Slow to a Trickle as Price Flattens

The 10 spot funds attracted only 500 bitcoin on Wednesday, the least since Feb. 6.

Scrabble letters spelling ETF arranged a rack

Finance

DeFi Startup Euler Finance Bounces Back with Revamped Lending Vaults

Euler v2, slated to go live in Q2, combines the Euler Vault Kit (EVK) to build customized lending markets, with an Ethereum Vault Connector (EVC), which enables vaults to be used as collateral for other vaults.

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Markets

Bitcoin Could Hit $150K This Year, Says Fundstrat's Tom Lee

Lee took note of fresh demand via the new spot bitcoin ETFs, the halving and expected monetary policy easing as being catalysts for higher prices.

Bitcoin price on Feb. 21 (CoinDesk)

Finance

Michael Saylor Not Interested in Selling: ‘Bitcoin Is the Exit Strategy'

MicroStrategy is up billions on its bitcoin bet, but Executive Chairman Michael Saylor told Bloomberg TV there’s no reason to sell the cryptocurrency.

MicroStrategy Executive Director Michael Saylor (CoinDesk)

Markets

Bitcoin Suffers Swift Reversal at $53K, Suggesting More Consolidation Ahead

For the third time in a week, prices quickly pulled back after testing the $53,000 level.

Bitcoin price on Feb. 20 (CoinDesk)

Finance

Galaxy Digital Is One of the ‘Most Diversified’ Ways to Play Crypto, Analyst Says

Investment bank Canaccord started research on the stock with a buy rating and C$17 per share price target, implying 30% upside.

Mike Novogratz, Founder and CEO, Galaxy Digital. (CoinDesk)

Markets

Gold Funds See Big Outflows Alongside Rush of Money Into Bitcoin ETFs

Whether the divergence means a migration from gold to bitcoin is a separate question.

Money is exiting gold ETFs to start the year.(Tarik Haiga/Unsplash)

Finance

Michael Saylor’s MicroStrategy Bitcoin Bet Tops $4B in Profit

The company was the owner of 190,000 bitcoins as of the end of January.

MicroStrategy Executive Director Michael Saylor (CoinDesk)

Finance

Food Company Mondelēz International Joins Hedera Council to Experiment With DLT

The company will use the Hedera Hashgraph technology to improve business efficiencies.

Stacked bars of Toblerone

Markets

Bitcoin Hits $52K, Regains $1T Market Cap; Genesis Cleared to Sell $1.3B GBTC Shares

Some traders are targeting the $64,000 level in the coming weeks as demand from spot bitcoin exchange-traded fund products grows.

Bitcoin price on Feb. 14 (CoinDesk)