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

Galaxy Digital Is One of the ‘Most Diversified’ Ways to Play Crypto, Analyst Says

Investment bank Canaccord started research on the stock with a buy rating and C$17 per share price target, implying 30% upside.

Mike Novogratz, Founder and CEO, Galaxy Digital. (CoinDesk)

Markets

Gold Funds See Big Outflows Alongside Rush of Money Into Bitcoin ETFs

Whether the divergence means a migration from gold to bitcoin is a separate question.

Money is exiting gold ETFs to start the year.(Tarik Haiga/Unsplash)

Finance

Michael Saylor’s MicroStrategy Bitcoin Bet Tops $4B in Profit

The company was the owner of 190,000 bitcoins as of the end of January.

MicroStrategy Executive Director Michael Saylor (CoinDesk)

Finance

Food Company Mondelēz International Joins Hedera Council to Experiment With DLT

The company will use the Hedera Hashgraph technology to improve business efficiencies.

Stacked bars of Toblerone

Markets

Bitcoin Hits $52K, Regains $1T Market Cap; Genesis Cleared to Sell $1.3B GBTC Shares

Some traders are targeting the $64,000 level in the coming weeks as demand from spot bitcoin exchange-traded fund products grows.

Bitcoin price on Feb. 14 (CoinDesk)

Finance

Bitcoin ETF First Month Is in the Books: How It Went and What Comes Next

It's been a successful launch, but things could get really interesting once much of the wealth management industry comes on board, which could be sooner than thought.

BitcoinETF: What Comes Next?

Markets

Tether and Circle Stablecoin Purchases Dominate in Argentina

The country has long suffered from economic troubles and the inflation rate last year rose above 200%.

(Angelica Reyes, Unsplash)

Markets

Bitcoin Pushes Through $50K for First Time Since Late 2021

The world's largest crypto has now more than recovered since tumbling below $40,000 in the initial days following the opening of the spot ETFs.

CoinDesk's Bitcoin price index, which tracks price data on multiple exchanges, surpassed $50K on February 12. (CoinDesk)

Markets

Bitcoin Tops $50K as Spot ETF Inflows Accelerate; ETH Rallies Amid Franklin Templeton's Filing

Bitcoin topped Monday the $50,000 for the first time since December 2021, and could run further towards $52,000, one analyst noted.

Bitcoin price on February 12 (CoinDesk)

Finance

Digital Currency Group Reports Q4 Revenue of $210M, Up 59% Y/Y (Full Text)

Fourth quarter EBITDA was $99 million versus a loss of $7 million a year earlier.

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