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

Will Lawsuit Against DCG Impact GBTC’s Chances of an ETF Conversion?

Analysts are speculating over whether the lawsuit might have any implications for its GBTC conversion chances.

Grayscale ad (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

Markets

Spot Bitcoin ETF Approval Might Be Near, but Analysts Differ on Possible BTC Price Reaction

One line of thought envisions a major rally, while another suggests approval has been fully baked into prices.

Analysts differ on bitcoin's ultimate reaction to a spot ETF (Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

Markets

Jimmy Zhong Arrest Details Revealed in New Report

Zhong is now serving a one-year sentence related to the theft of bitcoin from the Silk Road marketplace.

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Markets

Bitcoin Holds $28K as Stocks Buckle Under Interest Rate Concerns

Also, there's a growing consensus that SEC approval of a spot bitcoin ETF is surely in the cards.

(Getty Images)

Policy

U.S. Treasury Targets Gaza Crypto Business in Sanctions to Squeeze Hamas

The Treasury Department issued a list of sanctions that included a business providing money transfers and digital assets exchange services in Gaza.

The U.S. Treasury Department's financial crimes arm reported on the use of bitcoin in human trafficking and other global crimes. (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Finance

Bitcoin Financial Services Firm Unchained Looks to Attract Wealthy Clients With New Advisory Service

Sound Advisory will offer a network of "bitcoin-competent" financial planners to help HNWIs build distribution and utilization strategies and address potential tax and inheritance issues.

Unchained Capital co-founders Dhruv Bansal (left) and Joe Kelly (Unchained)

Finance

Investment Manager Methodic Unveils Ether Staking Fund Offering Exposure to ETH Price and Yield

The fund uses the CoinDesk Ether Total Return Index and BitGo will custody and stake the fund's assets.

Ethereum (Unsplash)

Markets

Bitcoin 'Bollinger Bandwidth' Signals Wild Price Swings Ahead

The widely-tracked technical analysis gauge recently tanked to levels that have historically presaged a return of volatility to the crypto market.

(Gustavo Rezende/Pixabay)

Markets

Reddit-Based Tokens Plunge on Report of Wind Down of Community Points

MOON, BRICK and DONUT tokens prices are each lower by 60%-90%.

Reddit has submitted a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to go public on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol “RDDT.” (Brett Jordan/Unsplash)

Markets

Tokenized RWAs Could Grow to a $10T Market by 2030 as Crypto Converges to TradFi: Report

Digital dollars, also known as stablecoins pegged to the U.S. dollar, represent the "first successful tokenization implementation," 21.co analysts said.

Crypto adoption is in a "turning point" as it converges to the existing financial system (21.co)