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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Finance

Superstate Debuts Tokenized Short-Term Treasury Fund on Ethereum to Compete for Zero-Yield Stablecoins

Superstate's USTB token aims to offer institutional investors an alternative to stablecoins to earn a yield on their on-chain cash holdings, company founder and CEO Robert Leshner said in an interview.

Robert Leshner, CEO of Superstate (Superstate)

Web3

Web3 Gaming Company Saltwater Raises $5.5M Seed Funding

Saltwater closed its seed round on the heels of acquiring gaming developers Maze Theory, Nexus Labs and Quantum Interactive

16:9 Saltwater (ahmadams1978/Pixabay)

Markets

Bitcoin Dips to $42.4K as Fed's Powell Pours Cold Water on March Rate Cut

"The market has gotten ahead of itself on the rates side," said one analyst.

Bitcoin price on Jan. 31 (CoinDesk)

Markets

Fed Leaves Rates Unchanged, Sounds Hawkish Note on March

Bitcoin investors have mostly been focused on spot ETFs and the upcoming halving, but central bank monetary policy is also likely to play a sizable role in the 2024 price outlook.

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

Finance

Crypto Market Maker GSR Appoints Former JPMorgan Executive as Head of Trading

The new hire happens as digital asset markets are maturing and have become increasingly intertwined with traditional finance.

GSR co-founders Cristian Gil and Rich Rosenblum (GSR)

Markets

Ether Could Hit $4,000 With Likely Spot ETH ETF Approval in May: Standard Chartered

The British bank expects the SEC will treat spot ether ETF applications similarly to bitcoin ETFs and anticipates approvals on May 23.

(Unsplash)

Markets

Bitcoin Price Nears $44K as ETFs See Net Inflows for First Time in a Week

The last previous net inflow day was January 22, when the spot products as a group added just over 1,200 bitcoin.

The 10 spot bitcoin ETFs on Monday experienced their first net inflows in a week (Jim Wilson/Unsplash)

Finance

German Police Seize $2.1B Worth of Bitcoin in Piracy Sting

One of the suspects voluntarily transferred the bitcoin to the Federal Criminal Police Office.

German police announce $2.1B bitcoin seizure (Markus Spiske/Unsplash)

Markets

Crypto Funds Saw $500M in Outflows Last Week as GBTC Bleed Outweighed Rivals' Gains: CoinShares

While the exit of money from Grayscale has slowed, so too has the rush of new money headed into the other bitcoin ETFs.

Weekly crypto fund flows (CoinShares)

Markets

Anthony Scaramucci Predicts Bitcoin to Hit at Least $170K Post Halving

Scaramucci also praised BlackRock CEO Larry Fink for “[doing] his homework” on bitcoin and changing his mind on the asset.

Anthony Scaramucci sees bitcoin soaring to at least $170,000 after the halving in April. (Shutterstock/CoinDesk)