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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Block CEO Jack Dorsey (CoinDesk)
Jack Dorsey's Block Adding More Bitcoin to Balance Sheet, Presents Road Map for Others
The company announced the news alongside its first quarter earnings report on Thursday afternoon.
Block CEO Jack Dorsey (CoinDesk)
U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell (screen capture courtesy of the Senate Banking Committee)
Federal Reserve Holds Policy Steady, Says Progress on Inflation Has Stalled
Hopes for a series of interest rate cuts in 2024 have all but vanished over the past few weeks as both the economy and inflation exhibit unanticipated strength.
U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell (screen capture courtesy of the Senate Banking Committee)
Michael Saylor, executive chairman of MicroStrategy (Michael.com)
MicroStrategy Q1 Operating Loss of $53.1M After Bitcoin Holdings Impairment Charge of $191.6M
To this point, the company has not adopted fair value accounting for its bitcoin stack, resulting in the first quarter write-down despite a major rally in prices.
Michael Saylor, executive chairman of MicroStrategy (Michael.com)
Spot bitcoin and ether ETFs coming to Hong Kong on Tuesday (Ruslan Bardash / Unsplash)
Press Briefing With ChinaAMC Executive Ahead of Tuesday Launch of Hong Kong Spot Bitcoin and Ether ETFs
Zhu Haokang is head of digital asset management and family wealth at one of the ETF providers, ChinaAMC, and expects initial subscriptions into the products will surpass those...
Spot bitcoin and ether ETFs coming to Hong Kong on Tuesday (Ruslan Bardash / Unsplash)
Gold bars stacked close up (Unsplash)
Exploding Gold Sales at Pawnshops Offers Lesson for Bitcoin Bulls
As always, rising prices bring forth boosted supply.
Gold bars stacked close up (Unsplash)
food shopping in brown bags
U.S. CPI Comes in Faster Than Hoped, Rising 0.4% in March, 3.5% Y/Y
Stubbornly high inflation has shattered Wall Street expectations for a long series of rate cuts in 2024.
food shopping in brown bags
JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon (CoinDesk)
JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon's Annual Letter: Interest Rates Could Go Far Higher Than Many Expect (Full Text)
Dimon believes investors are being overly optimistic with respect to the chances for an economic soft landing.
JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon (CoinDesk)
The government's jobs report was released Friday morning (David McNew/Getty Images)
U.S. Added 303K Jobs in March, Outpacing Expectations for 200K
The ETF-led bitcoin rally has stalled over the past three weeks, at least in part thanks to economic indicators pointing to higher than expected interest rates.
The government's jobs report was released Friday morning (David McNew/Getty Images)
Minneapolis Federal Reserve Bank President Neel Kashkari (Fox News)
Bitcoin Adds 4.5% as Stocks Reverse Lower on Hawkish Fed Commentary
The world's largest crypto regained the $69,000 level at one point in the session before slipping a bit.
Minneapolis Federal Reserve Bank President Neel Kashkari (Fox News)
Funding rate suggests bitcoin correction not over (CryptoQuant)
Near Record High Funding Rate Suggests Bitcoin Pullback Not Over
The recent dip in price doesn't appear to have dented optimism from traders betting on a continued bull run.
Funding rate suggests bitcoin correction not over (CryptoQuant)