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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CoinDesk Indices

CoinDesk 20 Performance Update: LTC and BCH Lead as Index Gains 0.4%

Litecoin added 2.4% while Bitcoin Cash rose 2% in overnight trading.

9am CoinDesk 20 Update for 2024-08-30: Leaders

Markets

Bitcoin Returns to $59K as Bulls Fail to Flip Key Resistance; AI Cryptos Lead Losses

AI-focused tokens such as FET, Render's RNDR and Bittensor's TAO slipped 7%-10% following Nvidia's post-earnings slump.

Bitcoin price on Aug. 29 (CoinDesk)

Markets

El Salvador's Bukele Says Bitcoin Strategy a 'Net Positive,' but Adoption Lags

El Salvador now holds $400 million in its "public wallet alone," President Nayib Bukele said in an interview with TIME.

El Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele. (Government of El Salvador, modified by CoinDesk)

CoinDesk Indices

CoinDesk 20 Performance Update: UNI and ICP Lead Gains as Index Climbs 1.1%

Uniswap gained 3.4% and Internet Computer rose 2.8% in overnight trading.

9am CoinDesk 20 Update for 2024-08-29: leaders

Markets

Bitcoin Bounce Fizzles as Nvidia's Slide Ahead of Earnings Adds to Risk-Off Mood

Ether's year-to-date gain has narrowed to less than 10% in crypto's latest price tumble.

Bitcoin price August 28

Markets

Blur, Tensor Tokens Dip After NFT Marketplace OpenSea Receives SEC Wells Notice

The U.S. regulator alleged that NFTs sold on OpenSea are securities, the OpenSea CEO said earlier Wednesday.

BLUR price on Aug. 28 (CoinDesk)

Markets

Ether Spot ETF Flows Have Underwhelmed Versus Bitcoin: JPMorgan

Spot ether exchange-traded funds have seen net outflows of $500M since their launch, the report said.

(Shutterstock)

CoinDesk Indices

CoinDesk 20 Performance Update: Index Tumbles 3.2%, With RNDR the Only Asset to Advance

RNDR was the lone gainer while MATIC and NEAR suffered steep losses of 8.9% and 7.5% respectively.

9am CoinDesk 20 Update for 2024-08-28: laggards

Tech

Maker, Now Rebranded to Sky, Draws Ire From DeFi Community on Controversial Stablecoin Change

MakerDAO co-founder Rune Christensen said the feature won't be live when the USDS token goes live and the old DAI token will remain in circulation unchanged.

(Jacob Lund/Shutterstock)

Finance

BlackRock Lists Ethereum ETF on Brazilian Stock Exchange

The company earlier this year listed its iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF in the South American country.

BlackRock's iShares Ethereum Trust (ETHA) coming to Brazil’s B3 exchange (Unsplash)