Stephen Alpher

Co-regional news chief, Americas

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.

Latest from Stephen Alpher

Marchés

Bitcoin Remains in Tight Range Around $29.3K; Stellar's XLM Leads Altcoin Gainers

Fresh U.S. economic data Thursday morning delivered good news on inflation and economic growth.

26 juil. 2023

Finance

RFK Jr. Confirms Recent Bitcoin Purchases

The Democratic presidential candidate has previously been supportive of Bitcoin, promising to exempt the crypto from capital gains taxes.

26 juil. 2023

US presidential candidate Robert F Kennedy Jr.

Marchés

Paradigm Moves $3.5M in MakerDAO's MKR Tokens Following Peer a16z's Maneuver

Fellow venture capital firm a16z over the past week transferred $7 million of its MKR holdings to crypto exchange Coinbase.

26 juil. 2023

Paradigm's MKR transfers (Arkham Intelligence)

Marchés

Stellar, Ripple and Solana-Based Investment Funds See AUM Spike in July

The large gains began following Ripple’s partial court victory over the SEC in the middle of the month.

26 juil. 2023

Marchés

Federal Reserve Hikes Fed Funds Rate by 25 Basis Points

The move was fully anticipated by market participants who will now look to Chairman Jerome Powell’s imminent post-meeting press conference for clues about whether the central bank intends to continue tightening monetary policy.

26 juil. 2023