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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Policy

One Year of Javier Milei: Why Argentinian Crypto Folks Can’t Get Enough of Him

Javier Milei isn’t a crypto president, but his fight against inflation has made him a darling of the Argentinian digital asset sector.

President of Argentina Javier Milei (Photo by Tomas Cuesta/Getty Images)

Markets

Grayscale Files to Convert Solana Trust Into ETF

Currently a closed-end fund opened by Grayscale in 2021, the Solana Trust has $134 million in assets under management.

A Solana booth at ethDenver (Danny Nelson)

News Analysis

MicroStrategy Looks Poised to Join Influential Nasdaq-100 Index. Here's What That Means for the Stock.

This would guarantee new money flowing into Michael Saylor's stock and would bring more bitcoin into an important TradFi benchmark.

Michael Saylor speaks on stage during Bitcoin Conference 2023 at Miami Beach Convention Center on May 19, 2023 in Miami Beach, Florida. (Jason Koerner/Getty Images)

Markets

Bitcoin, XRP Briefly Wick Down 30% on South Korean Exchanges as Martial Law Declared

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol declared "emergency martial law" late Tuesday evening.

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Markets

CoinDesk 20 Performance Update: XRP Falls 9.9%, Leading Index Lower from Monday

Litecoin also joined Ripple as an underperformer, falling 6.1%.

9am CoinDesk 20 Update for 2024-12-03: laggards chart

Finance

Tokenized Uranium Goes Live on the Tezos Blockchain with Archax, Cameco Involved

Uranium.io aims to bring investment in the yellow metal to retail investors while the nuclear industry is having a revival, Arthur Breitman, director of the protocol's development firm said in an interview.

Nuclear power plant (Getty Images/Unsplash)

Markets

Silk Road Bitcoin Worth Nearly $2B Moved to Coinbase Prime

The transfer could spark selling pressure in the market as it indicates that the U.S. government is preparing to sell or has already sold the assets.

Silk Road

Markets

Bitcoin's 'Illiquid' Supply Soars to New All-Time High Near 15M Tokens

Alongside, bitcoin on exchanges have fallen to almost a four-year low, suggesting heightened investor demand.

BTC Illiquid Supply (Glassnode)

Markets

CoinDesk 20 Performance Update: HBAR Surges 42.3% as Index Climbs Higher from Friday

XRP joined HBAR as a top performer, gaining 38.5%.

CoinDesk 20

Markets

MicroStrategy Added 15.4K Bitcoin for $1.5B as Saylor Pitches BTC to Microsoft

The purchases took place over the week ended Sunday and were funded with share sales under the company's ATM program.

MicroStrategy Executive Chairman Michael Saylor (Credit: CoinDesk/Danny Nelson)