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

CoinDesk 20 Performance Update: Index Plunged, With All 20 Assets Declining

The CoinDesk 20 Index dropped by 5.7% since Thursday afternoon, with LTC and ATOM leading the decline.

CoinDesk 20 leaders (CoinDesk Indices)

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U.S. Added 206K Jobs in June as Unemployment Rate Rose to Highest Since November 2021

Bitcoin dipped a hair on the news but prices had already crashed over the past 48 hours as markets dealt with a crush of new supply.

The government's jobs report for January was released Friday (David McNew/Getty Images)

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DeFi Tokens Plunge 10%-20%, Led by Pendle Amid Weak Crypto Price Action This Week

Pendle has recently lost $3 billion of its TVL with the June expiry as a result of diminishing airdrop farming hype and lower yields amid muted crypto activity.

CoinDesk DeFi Index

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CoinDesk 20 Performance Update: XRP and LTC Top Performers as Crypto Market Tumbles

The CoinDesk 20 index declined 4.2% since late Thursday afternoon.

CoinDesk 20 leaders (CoinDesk Indices)

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Bitcoin Losing $60K Handle May Trigger Wave of ETF Liquidations: Analyst

The world's largest crypto has now declined 14% over the past four weeks.

outflows (Unsplash)

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Investors Added Money to Bitcoin ETFs Even as Prices Slipped 7% in June

BlackRock's iShares Bitcoin Trust continued to lead as the largest of the funds.

Scrabble tiles spelling out "ETF GROWTH"

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CoinDesk 20 Performance Update: ADA and XRP Lead

Half of the CoinDesk 20 assets traded higher in overnight action, though the index overall was modestly lower.

9am CoinDesk 20 Update for 2024-07-02

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Bitcoin's Retreat From $70K Characterized by 'Vol Lethargy'

Deribit's BTC DVOL index, a measure of volatility expectations, has slipped to its lowest since early February.

Deribit's BTC DVOL index. (TradingView/CoinDesk)

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Bitcoin's Bottom in Price Could Be Near or Already In, the Coinbase Premium Index Suggests

Previous deeply negative readings occurred near local bottoms in price, with the most recent occurring just prior to BTC's rally between October and March to all-time highs, FalconX's David Lawant noted.

The Bitcoin Coinbase Premium Index has fallen to levels not seen since the FTX collapse (CryptoQuant)

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CoinDesk 20 Performance Update: NEAR and AVAX Lead

Over the weekend, NEAR and AVAX led the CoinDesk 20 with only one asset posting a loss.

CoinDesk 20 leaders (CoinDesk Indices)