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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Finanza

Mt. Gox Moves Seemingly Closer to Bitcoin Repayments for 2014 Hack Victims

Some former customers of the crypto exchange have reported receiving an email asking for confirmation of identity and account details on the mtgoxinsolvency subreddit group.

(CoinDesk)

Mercati

Bitcoin Slides Below $40K, Now Down Nearly 20% From Post-ETF Euphoria

Analysts at 10x Research are eyeing the $38,000 level for a potential bottom.

Bitcoin plunges below $40K (Eva Blue/Unsplash)

Mercati

Bitcoin Bulls Buoyed by Report of FTX's $1B GBTC Sale

Flows of fresh investor money into the newly approved spot bitcoin ETFs may be far higher than previously thought.

(John Angel/Unsplash)

Mercati

Bitcoin Plunges Below $41K as 'Sell the Bitcoin ETF News' Wins the Day

Large inflows in the new spot bitcoin ETFs have been sizably offset by outflows from not just from GBTC but other global bitcoin-related ETPs.

Bitcoin prices fell further on Thursday (Chris Liverani/Unsplash)

Mercati

Tether Reportedly Bought 8.9K Bitcoin for $380M, Remaining 11th-Largest BTC Holder

The stablecoin issuer announced in May 2023 that it would start buying bitcoin in an effort to diversify the backing of its USDT stablecoin.

(Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

Politiche

Crypto Crime Amounted to Over $24B in 2023: Chainalysis

The figure is nearly 40% less than that of 2022, however it is only provisional, Chainalysis stressed.

Crypto hacks, scams and exploits netted some $2 billion this year. (fikry anshor/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

Mercati

Bitcoin ETF Net Inflows Near $1B After Three Days

Total assets grew even as Grayscale's GBTC saw sizable outflows as investors cash in following its conversion to a spot ETF.

Bitcoin ETF net inflows approach $1B (Shutterstock)

Mercati

dYdX Tops Uniswap as Largest DEX by Volume

The decentralized exchange, which last year moved over to the Cosmos blockchain, just saw $757 million of volume over a 24-hour period.

Coinmarketcap

Finanza

Jamie Dimon Bashes Bitcoin Again: 'A Pet Rock'

The JPMorgan CEO said this will be the last time he airs his opinion on bitcoin.

JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon (CoinDesk)

Finanza

Bitcoin Miner Core Scientific to Emerge From Bankruptcy, Re-List Shares This Month

The company expects to see nearly $600 million in revenue this year.

Core Scientific's Marble facility in North Carolina. (Core Scientific)