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.

Stephen Alpher

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Markets

First Mover Americas: Bitcoin Continues in Holding Pattern Ahead of June U.S. Inflation Data

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for July 12, 2023.

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Finance

Aptos Voting to Enable Fungible Assets With Network Upgrade

The week-long vote includes changes to tokenomics and backend services underpinning the layer 1 blockchain.

An Aptos-branded hat. (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Markets

MATIC Surges 10% as Polygon's 2.0 Upgrade Draws Closer

Open interest for MATIC trading pairs has risen from $109 million to $160 million in the past 24 hours.

MATIC open interest (Coinalyze)

Markets

First Mover Americas: GBTC Discount Narrows to Lowest Since May 2022

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for July 11, 2023.

Grayscale CEO Michael Sonnenshein (CoinDesk)

Markets

Grayscale Bitcoin Trust Discount Narrows to Lowest Since May 2022

Buying for the trust has picked up on hopes the SEC might soon approve a spot bitcoin ETF.

GBTC's discount to NAV (Ycharts)

Markets

First Mover Americas: Bitcoin Holding Above $30K After Quiet Weekend

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for July 10, 2023.

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Finance

U.S. Added 209K Jobs in June, Missing Expectations for 230K

The unemployment rate fell to 3.6% versus 3.7% in May and against expectations for 3.7%.

The government's jobs report for January was released Friday (David McNew/Getty Images)

Markets

Bitcoin Retreats to $30.6K as Blowout ADP Report Strengthens Fed Rate Hike Bets

Traders now see a 94% chance of the Fed raising rates by 25 basis points later this month.

Bitcoin's price (CoinDesk/Highcharts.com)

Markets

First Mover Americas: Bitcoin Cash Rises More Than 10%

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for July 6, 2023.

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Finance

BlackRock CEO Larry Fink Says Bitcoin Could ‘Revolutionize Finance’

The asset management giant in mid-June filed paperwork with the SEC for a spot bitcoin ETF.

BlackRock CEO Larry Fink