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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Markets

Bitcoin May Be Headed Towards a 2021-Like Double Top

Several on-chain metrics are pointing toward waning momentum as bitcoin attempts to reach its January record just above $109,000.

Bear (mana5280/Unsplash)

Finance

Cantor Equity Partners Discloses $458M Bitcoin Acquisition

The bitcoin treasury company made the purchase via Tether at an average price of $95,320 per BTC.

Strike CEO Jack Mallers speaks at the Bitcoin 2022 conference in Miami. (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Markets

Crypto and Stock Trading Platform EToro IPO Pricing Looking Strong: Bloomberg

The offering is expected to price after the close of U.S. markets on Tuesday.

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Finance

Morgan Stanley Crypto Chief Exits to Launch DeFi Fund in Switzerland: Bloomberg

Andrew Peel plans to start fundraising for the new venture soon, according to the story.

Morgan Stanley (Shutterstock)

Markets

Coinbase Shares Could See $16B of Buying Pressure From S&P 500 Index Inclusion: Bernstein

The exchange is the first and only crypto company to join the S&P 500 index.

Coinbase. (appshunter.io/Unsplash)

Finance

Asset Manager VanEck Joins Tokenization Race With U.S. Treasury Fund Token

The tokenized U.S. Treasury fund was developed with tokenization firm Securitize and has launched on the Avalanche, BNB Chain, Ethereum and Solana networks.

Jan van Eck, president and CEO of VanEck speaks at Consensus Invest 2018 (CoinDesk)

Markets

U.S. CPI Rose Less Than Expected 0.2% in April; Annual Pace Slips to Four-Year Low

The headline year-over-year pace edged down to 2.3% and the core rate was flat at 2.8%.

Consumer Price Index (CPI) inflation (Maria Lin Kim/Unsplash)

Markets

Penny Stocks Attempt to Ride Crypto's Coattails

Microcaps are announcing crypto treasury plans in an attempt to mimic Strategy's approach.

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Markets

Bitcoin Falls Below $102K; Easing of Tariff Risk Could See More Underperformance

After one month of eye-popping gains, fattened bulls are lightening up after the U.S. and China announced a trade truce.

Bitstamp reversed course. (Peter Hermus/Getty images)