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

Inside Solana's Debate on a Major Reduction in SOL Inflation

Solana validators are voting on a major cut to SOL's staking rewards.

Solana

Markets

Bitcoin Crosses $90K as Trump Delays Canada, Mexico Auto Tariffs

Bitcoin's fundamentals held up well during the latest dip, suggesting underlying strength, Swissblock analysts said.

Donald Trump (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Markets

Tether, Circle Vie for Upper Hand in Stablecoin Industry Regulatory Push

A WSJ article delved into the contrasting styles between Tether's Giancarlo Devasini and Circle's Jeremey Allaire.

Coins falling from a jar. (Josh Appel/Unsplash)

Markets

Why this Crypto Hedge Fund Expects Bitcoin Dominance to Drop

The Trump administration will unleash a new era of crypto innovation, said ZX Squared founder CK Zheng.

BTC rebounds to $92K. (Paolo Feser, Unsplash)

Tech

Ethereum's Second Buggy 'Pectra' Test Could Lead to a Delayed Upgrade

Developers encountered issues during Ethereum's Sepolia test for the upcoming Pectra upgrade, raising concerns.

Vitalik Buterin (David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Finance

Nvidia-backed CoreWeave To Acquire AI Developer Platform Ahead of IPO

The deal is valued at $1.7 billion, The Information reported.

cloud servers (CoinDesk archives)

Markets

Arbitrum Rises 12% Amid Robinhood Listing

The surges comes 24 hours after ARB hit an all-time low of $0.35.

ARBUSD chart (TradingView)

Markets

Bitcoin’s Risk-Adjusted Returns Took a Hit in February

The world's largest crypto is lower so far in 2025 after a number of violent price swings.

Price chart on an exchange (Nick Chong/Unsplash)

Finance

Ripple-Funded Non-Profit Aimed at Crypto Education Goes Live

The National Cryptocurrency Association is headed by Ripple Chief Legal Officer Stuart Alderoty.

(sweetlouise/Pixabay)

Policy

El Salvador's Bukele Says Bitcoin Purchases Won't Stop Due to IMF Deal

A clause in the country's recently-completed IMF financing deal suggested a prohibition against El Salvador accumulating any additional bitcoin.

Nayib Bukele, president of El Salvador (Ulises Rodriguez/APHOTOGRAFIA/Getty Images).