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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Finance

Digital Currency Group Files for Dismissal of New York Attorney General’s Lawsuit

The crypto firm's boss, Barry Silbert, also filed a motion to dismiss the Attorney General’s accusation that he concealed losses at the firms and so cheated customers and investors.

Barry Silbert. CEO & Founder Digital Currency Group (DCG)

Markets

Bitcoin ETFs Smash $10B Trading Volume Record Amid Wild BTC Price Action

Last week's volume record coincided with strong ETF inflows, but Tuesday's action could indicate heavy profit-taking, with traders perhaps deciding to sell shares to lock in gains.

Scrabble letters spelling ETF arranged a rack

Markets

Bitcoin/Euro Suffers Flash Crash on Coinbase

The tumble occurred shortly after bitcoin hit a record high of $69,325.

BTC/EUR trading pair on Coinbase (TradingView)

Markets

Bitcoin Soars to a Record – but What's the Price? And What Was the Old All-Time High?

From Coinbase to Reuters and CoinDesk, there's disagreement over BTC's price.

What's the all-time high for bitcoin's price? (Uday Mittal/Unsplash)

Tech

Jupiter’s Perpetual Crypto Trading Falters as Bitcoin Hits Record

The Solana-based trading platform was experiencing issues with its price feed infrastructure.

Planet Jupiter and its great red spot

Markets

CoinDesk 20 Hits Record as SHIB and DOGE Soar: CoinDesk Indices Market Update

All 20 cryptos in the index appreciated last week, leading to a one-week gain of 24%.

CoinDesk 20 leaders (CoinDesk Indices)

Markets

Bitcoin Tumbles 10% After Hitting Record High; Triggers $1B Crypto Liquidations

Bitcoin's new all-time high Tuesday quickly turned into a bloodbath, flushing out overzealous leveraged traders.

Bitcoin price action on March 5 (CoinDesk)

Markets

Bitcoin Soars to New All-Time High Above $69K

The success of the spot ETFs which opened for business on Jan. 11 was the catalyst for this latest bull run for the world's largest crypto.

rocket lifting off

Markets

Michael Saylor's MicroStrategy to Raise $600M to Buy More Bitcoin

Taking advantage of a massive run-up in the stock, the company is looking to add to its 193,000 bitcoin stack.

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

Markets

Bitcoin Tops $68K, Nearing Silver's $1.38T Market Cap

Ether also hit a new milestone, recording its highest price since January 2022.

Bitcoin price on March 4 (CoinDesk)