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 Still Sees ‘No Value’ in Bitcoin

The crypto's main uses are for sex trafficking, money laundering and ransomware, claimed Dimon, a longtime foe of bitcoin.

Jamie Dimon speaks on stage during "The State of the Global Economy" panel for The Atlantic Festival 2024 on September 20, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)

Finance

Azuki Announces Native ANIME Token, Related NFTs Rise 9.1%

The majority of the token's supply has been allocated to the community.

Azuki release native token (Azuki)

Markets

MicroStrategy Added 2,530 Bitcoin for $243M, Bringing Holdings to 450K BTC

During a presentation in Orlando on Monday, Saylor told executives to invest in bitcoin instead of bonds, which he labeled as "toxic."

MicroStrategy Executive Chairman Michael Saylor

Markets

Why High Net-Worth Investors Are Super Bullish on Bitcoin Right Now

The difference in outlook between traders and high net-worth individuals has never been greater, according to David Siemer, CEO of Wave Digital Assets.

KULR expands bitcoin holdings to 510 BTC (Jacco Rienks, Unsplash)

Markets

U.S. Added 256K Jobs in December, Blowing Past 160K Estimate

Crypto markets have fallen sharply over the past few days as stronger than expected economic data sent interest rates surging and called into question the idea that the Fed will continue easing monetary policy.

The U.S. released January jobs numbers Friday morning (Ernie Journeys/Unsplash)

Markets

Bitcoin Heads to $90K as Crypto Selloff Gathers Steam

Strong economic data and a slumping bond market have called into question the idea of any rate cuts this year.

Ether has fallen below a key bull market trendline.  (Eva Blue/Unsplash)

CoinDesk Indices

CoinDesk 20 Performance Update: RNDR Falls 5.1% as Nearly All Assets Trade Lower

Litecoin (LTC) was the lone gainer, rising 1.9% from Wednesday.

9am CoinDesk 20 Update for 2025-01-09: laggards chart

Markets

XRP Interest Jumps as Brad Garlinghouse Meets With Trump

The native token of the XRP Ledger rose more than 2% on Wednesday while most of the rest of the crypto sector saw steep losses.

Brad Garlinghouse, the CEO of Ripple Labs (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Markets

Bitcoin Slips Below $93K in Crypto Selloff, but Trader Sees Short-Term Bounce

Mining stocks including WULF, BTDR, IREN and HUT dropped over 5%, while BTC holder medical devices firm Semler Scientific plunged 10%.

Bull and Bear (nosheep/Pixabay)

Policy

U.S. CFTC Chief Benham's Last Words to Crypto: Protect the Investors

In what will be his final public speech as head of the derivatives agency, Rostin Benham had a lot to say about digital assets supervision in the U.S.

CFTC Chair Rostin Behnam (Suzanne Cordeiro/Shutterstock/CoinDesk)