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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Policy

SEC Chair Gary Gensler: 'Far Too Many Frauds and Bankruptcies'

The Securities and Exchange Commission chief shared his views on the crypto industry.

Gary Gensler's SEC must now decide what to do about multiple applications for BTC and ETH ETFs (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Finance

Stacks' STX Soars 27% on Positive Comments From Tim Draper

The venture capitalist believes applications built on bitcoin will perform similarly to how Microsoft applications did in the internet boom.

Venture Capitalist Tim Draper (CoinDesk TV)

Markets

Bitcoin Spot ETF Biggest Development on Wall Street in Last 30 Years, Says Michael Saylor

A large increase in demand coupled with lower supply should set the stage for higher prices in 2024, he predicted.

Michael Saylor, executive director, MicroStrategy (Marco Bello/Getty Images)

Finance

Real-World Assets Build on Solana as Ondo Finance Expands Tokenized Treasury Offering

The combined market cap of tokenized Treasuries mushroomed to over $760 million from $110 million earlier this year, according to RWA.xyz data.

a hundred dollar bill

Markets

Crypto Market Outlooks for 2024 from a16z, Fidelity, Coinbase, Pantera and More

Also among those gazing into next year are Bitwise, VanEck and Hashdex.

Checking the crystal ball for 2024 (Michael Dziedzic, Unsplash)

Finance

Injective's INJ Year-to-Date Gain Rises to 3,000% After Latest Jump

Artificial Intelligence hype is among the catalysts for the outsized move.

INJ/USD (TradingView)

Finance

Galaxy Digital Looking to Buy More Crypto Bankruptcy Assets After Deal to Sell FTX's Coins: FT

Mike Novogratz's firm is also interested in companies FTX invested in as a venture capital provider.

Mike Novogratz, founder and CEO of Galaxy Digital

Finance

Bitcoin ETF Ad War Officially Underway With Bitwise Campaign

The short video advertisement featured the actor best known for portraying the "Most Interesting Man in the World."

Actor Jonathan Goldsmith (C Flanigan/Getty Images)

Policy

Bank of Korea Governor Sees CBDC Introduction as Case for 'Urgency:' Report

Stablecoins' widespread usage and frequent instability could reduce the effectiveness of central bank monetary policies, Rhee Chang-yong said.

Bank of Korea

Markets

TradFi Goes All-In on Fed Rate Cuts. What It Means for Bitcoin

The U.S. central bank yesterday signaled that far easier monetary policy is in store for 2024.

Fed Chair Jay Powell Signaled Easier Monetary Policy on Wednesday (Win McNamee/Getty Images)