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

Bitcoin Pumps Above $70K as Crypto Rally Resumes; Analyst Sets $83K Price Target

The gains were broad-based, with SOL and AVAX advancing more than 10% over the past 24 hours.

Bitcoin price on March 25 (CoinDesk)

Policy

Binance Blocked by Philippines Securities Watchdog

The Philippines Securities and Exchange Commission warned in November that the company was operating in the country without the necessary licenses.

The Philippines plans on issuing a wholesale CBDC (Alexes Gerard/Unsplash)

Markets

Bitcoin Slips to $64K as Large Grayscale GBTC Outflows Continue

U.S.-listed spot bitcoin ETFs are poised for their first week of net negative flows since late January.

Bitcoin price on March 22 (CoinDesk)

Markets

Aptos Soars 16%, Leading CoinDesk 20 as Broader Market Declines: CoinDesk Indices Market Update

Eighteen out of 20 cryptos in the index posted losses last week, led by Polkadot's 15% fall.

cd20 leaders

Markets

Michael Saylor's MicroStrategy Acquired Another 9,245 BTC for $623M

The company now holds approximately 214,246 bitcoins, which is more than 1% of all the 21 million of the tokens that will ever exist

Michael Saylor, executive chairman of MicroStrategy (Michael.com)

Finance

Ether ETFs Could Be Bigger Than Bitcoin ETFs, Says VanEck

The issuer of the VanEck Bitcoin Trust this week dropped its management fee to zero for a limited time in an attempt to attract more capital to that fund.

Bitcoin ETF net inflows approach $1B (Shutterstock)

Markets

Bitcoin Slumps 4%, Falling Below $70K; Solana Outperforms

Bitcoin could enter a period of consolidation before its next leg in the rally, observers noted earlier.

Bitcoin price on March 14 (CoinDesk)

Markets

Bitcoin Sells Off 3%; Is Macro Risk Returning to Market?

U.S. economic data on Thursday has sent interest rates and the dollar higher.

Macro risk returns (Getty Images)

Finance

Michael Saylor's MicroStrategy Raising Another $500M to Buy More Bitcoin

The debt offering comes just days after the company closed on an $800 million capital raise, also with proceeds used to buy bitcoin.

Michael Saylor, executive chairman of MicroStrategy (Michael.com)

Policy

El Salvador Axes Income Tax for Investments From Abroad

The nation, which is attempting to attract foreign capital, removed income tax on investment from overseas.

El Salvador (Esaú González, Unsplash)