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 bulls foiled again as price tumbles back to $86,000, giving up CPI gains and more

Far softer than expected inflation numbers Thursday morning had markets racing early, but some are questioning the data.

Bitcoin (BTC) price on December

Markets

Flood of new crypto ETPs expected in 2026, says Bitwise

Streamlined SEC approval is a key factor behind that prediction, but Bloomberg’s James Seyffart warned many of the products will struggle to survive.

Securities and Exchange Commission logo (CoinDesk)

Markets

Gold, silver shine in debasement trade as bitcoin is left behind

JPMorgan analysts in October said investors betting on currency devaluation would lift precious metals and bitcoin, but only one of those trades has worked.

Gold Bars

Finance

Most Influential: Gilles Roth

Led by Finance Minister Gilles Roth, Luxembourg in the second half of 2025 became the first of the 20-member eurozone to invest in bitcoin.

Gilles Roth

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Markets

Bitcoin treasury firm KindlyMD puts share buyback program in place

The continued plunge in NAKA's share price has left the company valued at a steep decline to the value of its bitcoin holdings.

David Bailey

Markets

Trump Media stock surges 25% on merger agreement with nuclear fusion firm TAE Technologies

Trump Media and Technology Group has more than 11,500 bitcoin on its balance sheet worth roughly $1 billion at current prices.

Donald Trump (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Markets

U.S. inflation data surprises, with CPI higher by just 2.7% in November

Bitcoin rose above $88,000 on the pleasing news as forecasts had been for inflation to continue to run above 3%.

The April inflation report was released Wednesday morning (JLGutierrez/Getty Images)

Markets

Hut 8 price target boosted at Cantor and Canaccord after Google-backed AI deal

Cantor Fitzgerald Analyst Brett Knoblauch expects the bitcoin miner turned AI infrastructure provider to generate $6.9 billion in income from the 15-year lease.

Hut 8 plant

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Markets

Uniswap vote could soon tie UNI token value to its multibillion-dollar trading engine

The proposal would also execute an immediate burn of 100 million UNI from the treasury, worth over $500 million at current rates.

Uniswap logo on phone (appshunter.io/Unsplash)

Finance

Coinbase rolls out stock trading, prediction markets and more in bid to become the ‘Everything Exchange’

Coinbase is dramatically expanding the assets available to trade on its platform, including novel cryptocurrencies, perpetual futures, stocks and prediction markets, starting with Kalshi.

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong (Coinbase)