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 Miners May Be Due a Breather After Spot ETF Approval, JPMorgan Says

The total market cap of the listed miners in the bank’s coverage has increased 131% since the end of September, the report said.

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Finance

Bitcoin ETFs Win SEC Approval, Bringing Easier Access to Biggest Cryptocurrency

The asset management industry has tried launching a spot bitcoin ETF for over a decade. Hopes are high they will lure more investors into crypto.

SEC logo (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

Finance

VanEck to Donate 5% of BTC ETF Profits to Bitcoin Core Developers

The company last year made a similar pledge to Ethereum developers with respect to its ether futures ETF.

Coin jar (Josh Appel/Unsplash)

Markets

U.S. 216K Jobs Adds in December Tops Estimates for 170K

The closely watched report is likely to add to early 2024 jitters surrounding interest rates.

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Markets

Bitcoin Rebounds Above $44K as Spot BTC ETF Approval Looks Increasingly Likely

Reports swirled Thursday that the SEC was giving final comments to issuers and may approve multiple spot-based bitcoin ETF applications very soon.

Bitcoin price today (CoinDesk)

Markets

Crypto Investment Products Saw $2.2B of Inflows in 2023: CoinShares

A mundane year of flows turned nicely higher in the final quarter of last year as excitement rose surrounding spot bitcoin ETFs.

Crypto asset flows (CoinShares)

Markets

Coinbase Buckles 10% as Crypto Stocks Falter Despite Bitcoin Topping $45K

Michael Saylor's MicroStrategy was a rare crypto name moving higher on Tuesday.

Coinbase share price (TradingView)

Markets

Jim Cramer Capitulates on Bitcoin: 'Technological Marvel … It's Here to Stay'

The Mad Money Host three months ago was highly bearish on the world's largest cryptocurrency.

Jim Cramer

Markets

Bitcoin Spot ETF Anticipation Boosts BTC Price to Nearly $46K in Strong Start to 2024

Speculation has been growing that regulatory approval for a U.S.-based spot bitcoin ETF is coming this week.

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Markets

Who Won Crypto in 2023? The CoinDesk Market Index Broken Down in 6 Charts

Tokens from Injective, a layer-1 blockchain in the Cosmos ecosystem, and Render, a GPU rendering network that migrated this year to Solana from Ethereum, dominated the year's return rankings among the CoinDesk Market Index (CMI) benchmark index of 184 digital assets.

Ranking Assets for 2024 Performance (Shutterstock)