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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Finance

WisdomTree Bets on Adviser Adoption for Bitcoin ETF Success

Of the new spot funds, WisdomTree has so far attracted the lowest amount of AUM at roughly $12.8 million.

Jonathan Steinberg, CEO, WisdomTree (Shutterstock/CoinDesk)

Markets

Bitcoin To Reach $70K By Year End: Markus Thielen

The macro environment, monetary tailwinds, U.S. election cycle and increasing TradFi demand all point to higher prices.

(Getty Images)

Policy

El Salvador's Bitcoin-Friendly President Nayib Bukele Wins Re-Election

Under Bukele, the country in 2021 became the first nation to adopt bitcoin as legal tender.

El Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele. (Government of El Salvador, modified by CoinDesk)

Markets

Bitcoin ETF Provider Valkyrie Adds BitGo as Second Custodian in Risk Mitigation Move

The digital asset investment firm has become the first of the ETF providers to diversify custody of its coins by tapping BitGo's expertise in addition to Coinbase

16:9 Custodian (Tim Evans/Unsplash)

Markets

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)

Finance

Superstate Debuts Tokenized Short-Term Treasury Fund on Ethereum to Compete for Zero-Yield Stablecoins

Superstate's USTB token aims to offer institutional investors an alternative to stablecoins to earn a yield on their on-chain cash holdings, company founder and CEO Robert Leshner said in an interview.

Robert Leshner, CEO of Superstate (Superstate)

Web3

Web3 Gaming Company Saltwater Raises $5.5M Seed Funding

Saltwater closed its seed round on the heels of acquiring gaming developers Maze Theory, Nexus Labs and Quantum Interactive

16:9 Saltwater (ahmadams1978/Pixabay)

Markets

Bitcoin Dips to $42.4K as Fed's Powell Pours Cold Water on March Rate Cut

"The market has gotten ahead of itself on the rates side," said one analyst.

Bitcoin price on Jan. 31 (CoinDesk)

Markets

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 outlook.

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Finance

Crypto Market Maker GSR Appoints Former JPMorgan Executive as Head of Trading

The new hire happens as digital asset markets are maturing and have become increasingly intertwined with traditional finance.

GSR co-founders Cristian Gil and Rich Rosenblum (GSR)