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 Losing $60K Handle May Trigger Wave of ETF Liquidations: Analyst

The world's largest crypto has now declined 14% over the past four weeks.

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Markets

Investors Added Money to Bitcoin ETFs Even as Prices Slipped 7% in June

BlackRock's iShares Bitcoin Trust continued to lead as the largest of the funds.

Scrabble tiles spelling out "ETF GROWTH"

Markets

CoinDesk 20 Performance Update: ADA and XRP Lead

Half of the CoinDesk 20 assets traded higher in overnight action, though the index overall was modestly lower.

9am CoinDesk 20 Update for 2024-07-02

Markets

Bitcoin's Retreat From $70K Characterized by 'Vol Lethargy'

Deribit's BTC DVOL index, a measure of volatility expectations, has slipped to its lowest since early February.

Deribit's BTC DVOL index. (TradingView/CoinDesk)

Markets

Bitcoin's Bottom in Price Could Be Near or Already In, the Coinbase Premium Index Suggests

Previous deeply negative readings occurred near local bottoms in price, with the most recent occurring just prior to BTC's rally between October and March to all-time highs, FalconX's David Lawant noted.

The Bitcoin Coinbase Premium Index has fallen to levels not seen since the FTX collapse (CryptoQuant)

Markets

CoinDesk 20 Performance Update: NEAR and AVAX Lead

Over the weekend, NEAR and AVAX led the CoinDesk 20 with only one asset posting a loss.

CoinDesk 20 leaders (CoinDesk Indices)

Markets

Market Confidence Could Quickly Crumble, BIS Warns Indebted Nations

The umbrella body for central banks also cautioned against premature easing of monetary policy.

BIS building (BIS)

Markets

Bitcoin and Crypto Closing Out Lame Quarter and One Analyst Believes More Pain Could Be in Store

The price of bitcoin has dipped nearly 15% during the second quarter and altcoins fared even worse.

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Finance

Bitcoin Miner CleanSpark to Buy Peer GRIID in $155M Deal

The acquisition will be all-stock based and has been approved by the boards of both companies.

Merger (TheDigitalArtist/Pixabay)

Finance

Julian Assange Received $500K Bitcoin Donation From Anonymous Bitcoin Whale

The Wikileaks founders' family quickly set up a site to allow bitcoin donations after a previous crowdfunding page accepted only credit cards and bank transfers.

(Alisdare Hickson/Wikimedia)