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.

Stephen Alpher

Latest from Stephen Alpher


Markets

Bitcoin Falls Below $20K as 2023 Rally Reverses

A hawkish Fed, the demise of crypto-friendly Silvergate Bank, and a possible government sale of Silk Road-related bitcoin have given investors ample reason to sell.

Los traders inicialmente subieron los precios de xmon para obtener un airdrop de sudo, el token de gobernanza de SudoSwap. (Getty Images)

Markets

Bitcoin Climbs Above $22K as Powell Softens Tone on Day 2 of Congressional Testimony

The Fed chair said no decision has yet been made on the size of the coming March rate hike.

Fed Chair Jerome Powell (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Markets

Bitcoin Price Slides to $22K as Powell Warns on Inflation

The Federal Reserve chairman said economic figures from January were stronger than expected.

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell speaks at the Brookings Institute in Washington, D.C. on Nov. 30, 2022. (Helene Braun/CoinDesk)

Policy

House Digital Assets Panel Chair Ready to Work With Ag Committee on Crypto Framework

U.S. Representative French Hill is the chairman of the newly formed Financial Services Subcommittee on Digital Assets.

The United States Capitol (Getty Images)

Finance

401(k) Provider ForUsAll to Offer Crypto Investments Into CoinDesk Indices Constituents

This will be the first index-based digital asset offering available through a 401(k), says ForUsAll.

(DNY59/Getty Images)

Finance

Silvergate Loses a Bull as KBW Analyst Downgrades on Limited Visibility

The analyst slashed the investment bank's price target by about 36% to $16.

Morgan Stanley rebajó la calificación de las acciones del banco de criptomonedas Silvergate Capital para infraponderar desde igual valoración. (Unsplash)

Finance

Bitcoin Miner Marathon Digital to Restate Some Results on Accounting Issues

The firm will also delay the reporting of its 2022 Q4 earnings, which had previously been scheduled for late Tuesday afternoon.

Marathon Digital CEO Fred Thiel, at the Bitcoin conference in Miami (CoinDesk)

Markets

Bitcoin Price Falls Back Toward Week's Low on Inflation Worry

The January PCE Price Index – the Fed's favored inflation indicator – unexpectedly rose to 5.4%.

The government's inflation report for April was released Wednesday morning (Getty Images)

Finance

Bitcoin Price Remains Lower After Release of FOMC Minutes

The Federal Reserve raised its benchmark fed funds rate by 25 basis points at its most recent meeting.

Hawkish remarks by a Fed official sent bitcoin falling.(Getty Images/Tim Chapman)