Stephen Alpher

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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Bitcoin price rose 20% in a week (CoinDesk)
Bitcoin Tops $63K for First Time Since November 2021
Spot bitcoin ETFs are seeing massive inflows of money and BTC is crossing $1,000 milestones one after another in quick succession.
Bitcoin price rose 20% in a week (CoinDesk)
A rocket blasting off from a launch pad
Bitcoin Tops $57K as Rally Picks Up Steam
The spot ETFs posted record volumes on Monday as bitcoin gained 6% during U.S. trading hours.
A rocket blasting off from a launch pad
CoinDesk's Bitcoin price index, which tracks price data on multiple exchanges, surpassed $50K on February 12. (CoinDesk)
Bitcoin Pushes Through $50K for First Time Since Late 2021
The world's largest crypto has now more than recovered since tumbling below $40,000 in the initial days following the opening of the spot ETFs.
CoinDesk's Bitcoin price index, which tracks price data on multiple exchanges, surpassed $50K on February 12. (CoinDesk)
Barry Silbert. CEO & Founder Digital Currency Group (DCG)
Digital Currency Group Reports Q4 Revenue of $210M, Up 59% Y/Y (Full Text)
Fourth quarter EBITDA was $99 million versus a loss of $7 million a year earlier.
Barry Silbert. CEO & Founder Digital Currency Group (DCG)
The government's jobs report for January was released Friday (David McNew/Getty Images)
U.S. Added 353K Jobs in January, Blowing Past Estimates
The latest update on the labor market came less than two days after the Fed's Jerome Powell poured cold water on market hopes of a rate cut in March.
The government's jobs report for January was released Friday (David McNew/Getty Images)
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell (Win McNamee/Getty Images)
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 outl...
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell (Win McNamee/Getty Images)
Chris Burniske (CoinDesk)
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)
Grayscale has moved more than 100K bitcoin to exchange (Wesley Tingey/Unsplash, modified by Speaking of Bitcoin)
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 p...
Grayscale has moved more than 100K bitcoin to exchange (Wesley Tingey/Unsplash, modified by Speaking of Bitcoin)
Bitcoin plunges below $40K (Eva Blue/Unsplash)
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)
Bitcoin bulls mull some good news (John Angel/Unsplash)
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.
Bitcoin bulls mull some good news (John Angel/Unsplash)