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

Jamie Dimon Bashes Bitcoin Again: 'A Pet Rock'

The JPMorgan CEO said this will be the last time he airs his opinion on bitcoin.

JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon (CoinDesk)

Finance

Bitcoin Miner Core Scientific to Emerge From Bankruptcy, Re-List Shares This Month

The company expects to see nearly $600 million in revenue this year.

Core Scientific's Marble facility in North Carolina. (Core Scientific)

Finance

BlackRock Wants to Follow Bitcoin ETF With an Ethereum ETF. Marketing It Might Not Be So Simple

Larry Fink has been talking up a spot ether ETF, but index provider CF Benchmarks sees a conundrum when it comes to selling that product.

Larry Fink (Will Ess for Pixelmind.ai/CoinDesk)

Markets

Grayscale Moves Another 9K Bitcoin to Exchange in Preparation for Sale

The news sent bitcoin tumbling early Tuesday, but the price quickly recovered.

Bitcoin Price (CoinDesk)

Opinion

Will the Next Bitcoin Halving Be Another Hype Cycle?

After investors "sold the news" of the launch of bitcoin ETFs, market watchers are looking for the next event that could drive market prices.

The bitcoin halving could lead to a "miner exodus," CoinShares said in a new report. (Tony Litvyak/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

Markets

Bitcoin Miners May Be Due a Breather After Spot ETF Approval, JPMorgan Says

The total market cap of the listed miners in the bank’s coverage has increased 131% since the end of September, the report said.

(Sandali Handagama)

Finance

Bitcoin ETFs Win SEC Approval, Bringing Easier Access to Biggest Cryptocurrency

The asset management industry has tried launching a spot bitcoin ETF for over a decade. Hopes are high they will lure more investors into crypto.

SEC logo (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

Finance

VanEck to Donate 5% of BTC ETF Profits to Bitcoin Core Developers

The company last year made a similar pledge to Ethereum developers with respect to its ether futures ETF.

Coin jar (Josh Appel/Unsplash)

Markets

U.S. 216K Jobs Adds in December Tops Estimates for 170K

The closely watched report is likely to add to early 2024 jitters surrounding interest rates.

(Unsplash)

Markets

Bitcoin Rebounds Above $44K as Spot BTC ETF Approval Looks Increasingly Likely

Reports swirled Thursday that the SEC was giving final comments to issuers and may approve multiple spot-based bitcoin ETF applications very soon.

Bitcoin price today (CoinDesk)