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

Ark and 21Shares to Disclose Spot Bitcoin ETF Reserves Via Chainlink Integration

The move comes after fellow spot bitcoin ETF issuer Bitwise drew applause from industry experts for making its wallet address public in January.

Ark Invest CEO Cathie Wood (Marco Bello/Getty Images, modified by CoinDesk)

Finance

Bitcoin Tops $63K for First Time Since November 2021

Spot bitcoin ETFs are seeing massive inflows of money and BTC is crossing $1,000 milestones one after another in quick succession.

Bitcoin price rose 20% in a week (CoinDesk)

Finance

Solana Veterans Raise $17M for 'Backpack' Crypto Wallet, Exchange

Armani Ferrante's and Tristan Yver's startup raised the funds at a $120 million valuation.

Armani Ferrante (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Markets

Bitcoin Tops $57K as Rally Picks Up Steam

The spot ETFs posted record volumes on Monday as bitcoin gained 6% during U.S. trading hours.

(David Mark/Pixabay)

Markets

Stablecoin Market Cap Hits $140B, Highest Since 2022 Amid USDC Resurgence, Tether Growth

Stablecoin supply is a "thermometer" for money flows entering the crypto market, one analyst noted.

Stablecoin market capitalization (K33 Research)

Markets

Bitcoin ETF High Volume Doesn't Always Mean Heavy Buying: NYDIG

The "turnover ratio" offers an indication of the proportion of a fund's assets traded each day.

Scrabble letters spelling ETF arranged a rack

Markets

Bitcoin Tops $54K, May Run Towards $58K as Crypto Rally Resumes

Bitcoin could target $58,000 after the breakout, Swissblock analysts suggested.

Bitcoin price on Feb. 26 (CoinDesk)

Finance

Tornado Cash Reportedly Suffers Backend Exploit, User Deposits at Risk

The exploit has the function to steal deposit data and deposited funds.

Tornado Cash website and Discord taken offline (Nikolas Noonan/Unsplash)

Finance

Michael Saylor's MicroStrategy Purchased an Additional 3K BTC, Now Holds $10B Worth

The company now has about a $3.8 billion in unrealized profit on its bitcoin stash.

MicroStrategy Executive Chairman Michael Saylor (Getty Images)

Finance

OANDA Opens FCA-Registered Crypto Trading Platform in the UK

OANDA Crypto is the summation of last year’s acquisition of a majority stake in FCA-registered crypto firm Coinpass, and will offer trading in over 63 cryptocurrency pairs, including bitcoin, ether, and XRP.

Crypto lobbying groups are arguing the Bank of England and the Financial Conduct Authority should rethink some of their ideas for regulating stablecoins. (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)