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's Next Move Might be Decided by Friday's Jobs Report

A recent dovish shift in the outlook for monetary policy has played a sizable role in big gains for both crypto and traditional markets.

The government releases jobs data for November on Friday (YinYang/Getty)

Markets

Galaxy-Backed Gyroscope's 'All-Weather' Decentralized Stablecoin Goes Live on Ethereum Mainnet

The GYD dollar-pegged token aims to protect against the risks of holding stablecoins by offering an alternative to centralized and algorithmic designs.

Gyro stablecoin (Gyroscope)

Markets

Altcoins Heat Up With AVAX and HNT Leading the Way

Money is flowing into more speculative names following bitcoin's big run higher.

Avalanche Price Chart (CoinDesk)

Finance

BlackRock Spot BTC ETF Seed Funding is a Step Forward, but Just a Step

The move appears to be more for "operational purposes," said one ETF expert.

BlackRock HQ

Finance

Crypto ETP Issuer 21Shares' COO Exits

Lucy Reynolds, a former WisdomTree executive, had been with the company since 2020.

21Shares COO has left the firm (mcmurryjulie/Pixabay)

Markets

Fresh Money Flows to Crypto as Stablecoin Market Expands After 18-Month Downtrend

Tether's USDT added $7 billion to its market cap since September, a sign of capital entering the crypto market, Matrixport noted.

Stablecoin market cap (Coin Metrics)

Markets

Bitcoin Blasts to $44K on Coinbase, Could Run Toward $48K Resistance: LMAX Analyst

The sharp move higher from $42,000 Tuesday prompted $73 million in liquidations, mostly from leveraged positions betting on lower prices.

Bitcoin price is up almost 5% over the past 24 hours (CoinDesk)

Markets

Bitcoin ETFs Got BTC Surging, but Tumbling Interest Rates Have Helped, Too

The abrupt recent turn in expectations for Federal Reserve monetary policy has helped asset prices across the board.

Lower rates may be behind bitcoin's big move (© Eugene Mymrin)

Markets

Bitcoin Rally to $42K Fueled by 'Panic Buying,' Pushes Crypto Market Cap Over $1.5T

The combined market value of cryptocurrencies is the highest since May 2022, when Terra's collapse marked the beginning of the crypto winter.

Bitcoin price is up almost 6% over the past 24 hours (CoinDesk)

Finance

Tokenization of RWAs Gets Push in Europe as AXA, Generali Buys SocGen's Green Bonds on Ethereum

SocGen said tokenized bonds provide greater transparency and traceability, as well as speedier transactions and settlements.

SocGen branch