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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Beleid

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)

Markten

Bitcoin's Wild Four Hours: New Record of $73K, Tumble to $69K, Rebound to $71K, $360M in Liquidations

Momentum behind bitcoin's rally has waned so expect a period of consolidation, Matrixport analysts noted.

Rollercoaster (Matt Bowden/Unsplash)

Markten

AVAX's 28% Advance Led CoinDesk 20 Gainers Last Week: CoinDesk Indices Market Update

All 20 cryptos in the gauge posted gains, with Solana's SOL also among those rising more than 20%.

CD 20

Financiën

U.S. CPI Unexpectedly Rises to 3.2% Annual Pace in February

Stubbornly high inflation so far in 2024 appears to be standing in the way of the Fed's willingness to begin cutting rates.

February inflation figures were released Tuesday (Frederick Warren/Unsplash)

Markten

XRP Jumps 20% After Mysterious Binance Transfers as Crypto Rally Expands to Laggards

The action could be a sign of traders rotating some of their capital to tokens that haven't moved yet.

XRP price action on March 11 (CoinDesk)

Financiën

'Bitcoin Is Going to Eat Gold': MicroStrategy’s Michael Saylor

MicroStrategy is the owner of 205,000 bitcoin worth nearly $15 billion at the current per token price of $72,000.

MicroStrategy Executive Chairman Michael Saylor said bitcoin will be a much more valuable asset than gold in the future. (Photo by Marco Bello/Getty Images)

Markten

Crypto Funds Weekly Inflows Surge to Record of $2.7B

The record annual inflow set in 2021 is likely to be reached next week.

Weekly crypto fund flows (CoinShares)

Markten

Bitcoin’s Market Cap Jumps to $1.4T, Surpassing Silver

Bitcoin jumped to a record high on Monday, fuelled by continued positive momentum of the spot ETFs.

Bitcoin market cap (CoinMarketCap)

Financiën

Donald Trump Sounds More Constructive on Bitcoin

Three years ago, the ex-president labeled bitcoin as a "scam."

Trump comments on BTC (Jon Tyson/Unsplash)

Markten

BlackRock's Bitcoin ETF Nears 200K BTC, Passing Michael Saylor's MicroStrategy

The asset manager's spot fund added just shy of 5,000 bitcoins Friday, bringing total holdings to 195,985 tokens.

BlackRock's IBIT has accumulated more bitcoin than MicroStrategy. (CoinDesk)