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

Is Hope a Strategy? Bitcoin Reclaims $85K Ahead of Trump 'Liberation Day' Tariff Announcement

The president is set to detail his tariff regime on Wednesday after the U.S. market close.

U.S. President Donald Trump (Credit: Shutterstock/Evan El-Amin)

Markets

Risk to Bitcoin Buying Plans Makes Strategy a Sell, Says Wall Street Analyst

Michael Saylor's perpetual capital raising machine could be nearing its limit, according to Monness, Crespi, Hardt & Co.

Strategy Executive Chairman Michael Saylor at the Digital Asset Summit in New York City on March 20, 2025. (Nikhilesh De)

Finance

Zodia Custody CFO Jonathan Hugh Left the Crypto Firm Earlier This Year

The company's former COO Samuel Howe also recently exited the business.

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Markets

Tether Bought 8,888 Bitcoin in Q1 for $735M; Total Holdings Rise to 92.6K

The giant stablecoin issuer funnels 15% of quarterly profits into BTC as a reserve asset, a strategy in place since May 2023.

Rolls of dollar bills of varying denominations. (NikolayFrolochkin/Pixabay)

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Bitcoin Miner Hut 8 Could Look to Acquire a Hyperscaler, Clear Street Says

The broker has a buy rating on the shares with a $23 price target.

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Markets

Bitcoin Headed Below $60K Says Hot-Handed Crypto Hedge Fund Manager

D.O.G.E. job cuts, tariffs, a restrictive Fed and new immigration policies could weigh on markets for the next six to nine months, said Lekker Capital's Quinn Thompson.

A bear cools itself, lying on its back in shallow water. (Unsplash, mana5280)

Finance

AI-Infused Blockchain Ambient to 'Replace Bitcoin,' Says Co-Founder

Ambient raised $7.2 million in seed funding from a16z, Delphi Digital and Amber Group.

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Finance

Circle Hires JPMorgan, Citi With Plan to File IPO in Late April: Fortune

The issuer of the USDC stablecoin is aiming again to go public after an attempted SPAC merger in 2021 never materialized.

Jeremy Allaire, Co-Founder, Chairman and CEO, Circle. (Getty Images)

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Bitcoin Could Threaten Dollar’s Reserve Currency Status: BlackRock’s Larry Fink

In a letter to shareholders, the chairman of the world’s largest asset manager warned about the soaring U.S. debt and the possible competition that bitcoin poses to the U.S. Dollar.

Larry Fink, CEO of BlackRock, at a climate conference in Dubai in December 2024. (Getty Images)

Finance

OKX Chief Legal Officer Mauricio Beugelmans Leaves the Exchange

According to Beugelmans’ Linkedin profile, he spent three years and eight months at the exchange.

OKX trading app on a mobile phone (CoinDesk)