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

XRP, APT, ADA Tumble Another 15%; Investors May Be Paring Longs Ahead of CPI Data

Bitcoin is again outperforming, sliding just 3% back to $95,000.

Bear (mana5280/Unsplash)

Markets

Microsoft Shareholders Vote Down Bitcoin Treasury Proposal

The negative vote was expected even as MicroStrategy Executive Chairman Michael Saylor tried to convince Microsoft shareholders otherwise.

Microsoft shareholders voted against adding bitcoin to its company's treasury. (Photo by Craig T Fruchtman/Getty Images)

CoinDesk Indices

CoinDesk 20 Performance Update: BCH Falls 10% as Nearly All Assets Trade Lower

Bitcoin was the only gainer in the Index since late Monday, rising 1%.

9am CoinDesk 20 Update for 2024-12-10: laggards chart

Markets

Crypto Crumbles in Broad Selloff Led 20% Declines Across Numerous Altcoins

Bitcoin was an outperformer, but still lower by 5% over the past 24 hours to just above $95,000.

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

Policy

El Salvador to Change Bitcoin Law as Part of New IMF Deal: FT

Salvadoran merchants reportedly will no longer be compelled to accept bitcoin as a means of payment anymore.

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

Markets

CoinDesk 20 Performance Update: FIL Declines 13% as Nearly All Assets Trade Lower

Ethereum Classic joined Filecoin as a top underperformer, falling 11.7%.

9am CoinDesk 20 Update for 2024-12-09: leaders chart

Finance

MicroStrategy Makes Another Large Bitcoin Purchase, Buying 21,550 BTC for $2.1B

This latest buying spree brought the company's total holdings to 423,650 tokens worth nearly $42 billion.

Michael Saylor at Bitcoin 2024 in Nashville, Tennessee

Markets

U.S. Added 227K Jobs in November, Topping Estimates for 200K

Friday morning's jobs report is one of the last pieces of key economic data the Fed will see prior to its mid-December interest-rate decision.

United States Capitol Building in Washington D.C (ElevenPhotographs/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

Markets

Bitcoin Hits Major Milestone of $100K, Nears $2 Trillion Market Value

The early November election of crypto-friendly Donald Trump restarted what had been a stalled rally through much of 2024.

Bitcoin tops $100K

Markets

CoinDesk 20 Performance Update: DOT Gains 17.3% as Index Climbs Higher

Filecoin joined Polkadot as a top performer, gaining 16.3% from Tuesday.

9am CoinDesk 20 Update for 2024-12-04: leaders chart