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

BlackRock’s Bitcoin ETF First to Reach $2B in AUM

The fund now holds nearly 50,000 bitcoin after adding almost another 4,300 tokens on Thursday.

BlackRock's corporate office in New York, New York. (Jim.henderson/Wikimedia Commons)

Markets

Bitcoin Could Fall Back to Mid-$20K Area: Chris Burniske

The former crypto lead at Cathie Wood's Ark Invest remains bullish over the longer term.

Chris Burniske (CoinDesk)

Markets

First Mover Americas: Bitcoin Regains $41K in End of Week Rally

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for Jan. 26, 2024.

BTC price Jan. 26, 2024 (CoinDesk)

Policy

Spot Ether ETF Applications Decisions Delayed by SEC

Grayscale and BlackRock are among the companies trying to bring spot ether ETFs to market.

Grayscale ad in NYC (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

Markets

Bitwise Becomes First Spot Bitcoin ETF Provider to Provide Wallet Address

The move drew applause from industry experts.

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Markets

Grayscale's GBTC Has Moved More Than 100K BTC to Exchange Since Spot Bitcoin ETF Launch

Bitcoin pressure has picked up this week as AUM at the Grayscale Bitcoin Trust has declined more than $1 billion per day thanks to a combination of exiting bitcoin and lower prices.

Exit, Voice and Bitcoin

Finance

Bitcoin Miner Hut 8 Hits Out at Short-Selling Report

Hut's shares slid more than 23% on Jan. 18 when short-selling firm JCapital Research said the USBTC merger had the makings of a pump and dump.

A photo of four mining rigs

Finance

Mt. Gox Moves Seemingly Closer to Bitcoin Repayments for 2014 Hack Victims

Some former customers of the crypto exchange have reported receiving an email asking for confirmation of identity and account details on the mtgoxinsolvency subreddit group.

(CoinDesk)

Markets

Bitcoin Slides Below $40K, Now Down Nearly 20% From Post-ETF Euphoria

Analysts at 10x Research are eyeing the $38,000 level for a potential bottom.

Bitcoin plunges below $40K (Eva Blue/Unsplash)

Markets

Bitcoin Bulls Buoyed by Report of FTX's $1B GBTC Sale

Flows of fresh investor money into the newly approved spot bitcoin ETFs may be far higher than previously thought.

(John Angel/Unsplash)