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

Michael Saylor’s Bitcoin Billions Have Rebounded Since He Exited CEO Job a Year Ago

BTC’s price is around $29,000, up from less than $23,000 when he decided in 2022 to focus on buying the cryptocurrency.

MicroStrategy Executive Chairman Michael Saylor (Getty Images)

Markets

Fed's Rate Hike Cycle Has Peaked, Investment Banks Say

The end of the tightening cycle, however, doesn't necessarily imply a quick pivot toward zero interest rate policy, meaning animal spirits may not return to the crypto market anytime soon.

Fed's liquidity tightening cycle may have peaked. (stevepb/Pixabay)

Markets

Bitcoin Little Changed This Week as Broader Crypto Gauge Sheds 1.6%

The theme of relatively flat prices continued as July turned to August.

(Getty Images)

Finance

U.S. Added 187K Jobs in July, Missing Estimates for 200K, Bitcoin Slips to $29,100

The unemployment rate fell to 3.5% versus forecasts for 3.6%.

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Markets

Bitcoin Wobbles at $29K as XRP Leads Altcoin Losses; SHIB, Helium Gain

Cryptocurrency markets sold off Friday afternoon as equity markets gave up early gains and closed the day in red.

Bitcoin returns to $29K (CoinDesk Indices)

Finance

Curve Offers Hackers 10% Bounty in Exchange for Return of Crypto

"We will pursue you from all angles with the full extent of the law," said Curve, Metronome and Alchemix.

Actor Liam Neeson (Getty images)

Markets

Binance Boosts First Digital's Stablecoin With Zero Fees to Buy and Sell Bitcoin, Ether

The crypto exchange listed the Hong Kong-regulated First Digital's FDUSD stablecoin last week.

(Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

Markets

Bitcoin Barely Holds $29K Alongside Sizable Altcoin Selloff

Interest rates continue to move higher across the globe, putting pressure on risk assets.

Bitcoin weekly chart. (CoinDesk Indices)

Markets

Litecoin Plunges 6% to Fresh Monthly Lows on Halving Day

Historically, LTC has tended to peak ahead of its halving event, at which miner rewards are slashed by 50%.

LTC daily price (CoinDesk)

Markets

Bitcoin Sees Little Boost From Fitch Downgrade, Slumps on Binance Contagion

Correlations between movements in the crypto and stocks have turned negative of late.

(Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)