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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Live markets: price action turns panicky in Saylor's STRC as bitcoin drops below $63,000

Total crypto market value has held steady near $2.26 trillion since Tuesday, with the recovery losing momentum after the Fed killed rate-cut hopes and spot ETFs swung back to outflows.

Strategy Executive Chairman Michael Saylor (CoinDesk Television)

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Fed holds rates steady in first decision under new Chairman Kevin Warsh

The accompanying policy statement and updated economic projections, however, took a hawkish turn.

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Finance

Moody’s rolls out credit ratings on Solana in tokenized asset push

The ratings giant is embedding credit scores directly into blockchain-based securities, a move aimed at boosting institutional adoption.

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Kevin Warsh's first Fed meeting could be more about communication than rates

While monetary policy is expected to remain unchanged, markets are focused on whether the new chair begins reshaping how the U.S. central bank communicates.

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SpaceX's $2.6 trillion market cap nearly double that of bitcoin

Eight days after its IPO, SpaceX has surged past $2.5 trillion to become the world's sixth-largest company. And market watchers say it is pulling the risk capital crypto wants.

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Live markets: Fed holds rates steady, but makes a hawkish turn as Warsh takes over

Bitcoin's Sharpe ratio hit a level that has marked every cycle low since 2015, but in each case it preceded months of basing rather than an immediate rebound.

Kevin Warsh. (Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images/Modified by CoinDesk)

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Bitcoin miners' AI pivot faces $50 billion reality check, says VanEck

VanEck says investors are shifting focus from contract announcements to execution risk as miners chase AI revenue.

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Hyperliquid, Uniswap and Worldcoin buck crypto slump as traders chase AI, DeFi trends

A handful of tokens continued their run while bitcoin and the rest of the crypto market stalled after the early week bounce.

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Coinbase introduces AI adviser, stock options, and pre-IPO markets in finance push

The crypto exchange is expanding into investing, derivatives and banking services as it pursues an all-in-one financial platform.

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Y Combinator reveals a new AI agent that can build and run an entire business just from a text message

Y Combinator's Locus Founder lets users text a business idea via iMessage, SMS, or Telegram, and the AI handles the rest.

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