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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Mercati

Why this Crypto Hedge Fund Expects Bitcoin Dominance to Drop

The Trump administration will unleash a new era of crypto innovation, said ZX Squared founder CK Zheng.

BTC rebounds to $92K. (Paolo Feser, Unsplash)

Tecnologie

Ethereum's Second Buggy 'Pectra' Test Could Lead to a Delayed Upgrade

Developers encountered issues during Ethereum's Sepolia test for the upcoming Pectra upgrade, raising concerns.

Vitalik Buterin (David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Finanza

Nvidia-backed CoreWeave To Acquire AI Developer Platform Ahead of IPO

The deal is valued at $1.7 billion, The Information reported.

cloud servers (CoinDesk archives)

Mercati

Arbitrum Rises 12% Amid Robinhood Listing

The surges comes 24 hours after ARB hit an all-time low of $0.35.

ARBUSD chart (TradingView)

Mercati

Bitcoin’s Risk-Adjusted Returns Took a Hit in February

The world's largest crypto is lower so far in 2025 after a number of violent price swings.

Price chart on an exchange (Nick Chong/Unsplash)

Finanza

Ripple-Funded Non-Profit Aimed at Crypto Education Goes Live

The National Cryptocurrency Association is headed by Ripple Chief Legal Officer Stuart Alderoty.

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Politiche

El Salvador's Bukele Says Bitcoin Purchases Won't Stop Due to IMF Deal

A clause in the country's recently-completed IMF financing deal suggested a prohibition against El Salvador accumulating any additional bitcoin.

Nayib Bukele, president of El Salvador (Ulises Rodriguez/APHOTOGRAFIA/Getty Images).

Mercati

Turnaround Tuesday Sees Crypto and Stocks Bounce Sharply From Worst Levels

Having sunk to as low as $81,500 earlier in the session, bitcoin (BTC) climbed above $88,000.

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Finanza

Crypto Prime Broker FalconX's Head of Trading Brian Strugats Has Left the Business

Strugats was based in New York and had worked for the crypto trading firm for more than three years.

(Paul Brennan/Pixabay)

Mercati

Circle's USDC to be First USD Stablecoin in Japan

SBI VC Trade will be the first to list Circle’s stablecoin under the country’s new payments framework.

Jeremy Allaire Circle CEO (The Washington Post / Getty Images)