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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La cassure du Bitcoin vers 45 000 $ est « imminente », déclare Matrixport

Le MATIC de Polygon et le LINK de Chainlink ont ​​mené les gains d'altcoin mercredi après-midi.

CoinDesk Bitcoin Price Index (CoinDesk)

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Bitcoin Breakout Toward $45K 'Imminent' Says Matrixport

Polygon's MATIC and Chainlink's LINK led altcoin gains Wednesday afternoon.

CoinDesk Bitcoin Price Index (CoinDesk)

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Rompimento do Bitcoin em direção a US$ 45 mil é 'iminente', afirma Matrixport

MATIC da Polygon e LINK da Chainlink lideraram os ganhos das altcoins na tarde de quarta-feira.

CoinDesk Bitcoin Price Index (CoinDesk)

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Il breakout Bitcoin verso i 45.000$ è 'imminente', afferma Matrixport

Mercoledì pomeriggio MATIC di Polygon e LINK di Chainlink hanno guidato i guadagni di altcoin.

CoinDesk Bitcoin Price Index (CoinDesk)

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Bitcoin Fees Soar Nearly 1,000% Since August as Ordinals Are Back in Vogue

Higher fees are also boosting bottom lines for the industry's beleaguered miners, 21Shares noted.

Number of Ordinals inscription on Bitcoin (21.co/Dune Analytics)

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New Cryptocurrencies Getting Created at Slowest Pace in 3 Years, CertiK Data Shows

Excluding memecoins, some 293 new tokens were added to the CoinMarketCap website, less than a fourth what was added during the bull market of late 2021, according to new data compiled by the smart-contract auditor CertiK.

The number of new tokens (excluding memecoins) added each quarter to CoinMarketCap fell in the most-recent period to its lowest since at least the first quarter of 2021. (Certik/CoinMarketCap)

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Robinhood to Expand Crypto Trading Into EU, Plans to Start UK Brokerage

The crypto trading platform for EU will open in "coming weeks," said the company.

Robinhood app on a smartphone (Shutterstock)

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U.S. Consumer Finance Watchdog Wants to Oversee Major Tech, Some Crypto Payments

A proposed rule would let the CFPB supervise nonbank payment providers and transactions between people, including some crypto transactions.

CFPB office in Washington, D.C. (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

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Bitcoin Squeezes to $35.5K as 'Mini Altcoin Season' Lifts Crypto Market Cap to $1.3 Trillion

Capital rotation from bitcoin to altcoins accelerated further but steady inflows into BTC funds compensated, one analyst noted.

CoinDesk Bitcoin Price Index on Nov. 7 (CoinDesk)

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Ether Could Hit $3,000 as Soaring Network Activity Turns Token Deflationary

The Ethereum blockchain settled $250 billion of transactions last week, the highest since mid-March, underpinning ether's bullish outlook.

Ethereum (Unsplash)