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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Hawkish FOMC Minutes Knocks Legs Out of Crypto Bounce

The majority of participants at the Fed's last monetary policy meeting saw inflation risk outweighing employment risk.

Fed Chair Jerome Powell adjusts his glasses at a press conference.

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Strategy Tumbles Below 200-Day Moving Average as Shares Continue to Underperform Bitcoin

MSTR fell to a five-month low Wednesday, testing key technical support.

Strategy Executive Chairman Michael Saylor (Nikhilesh De)

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Crypto Exchange Kraken Acquires No-Code Trading Firm Capitalise.ai to Expand Pro Platform

The purchase brings text-based strategy design, testing and automation to Kraken Pro users.

Kraken on phone (PiggyBank/ Unsplash)

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The 'Great Wealth Transfer' Could See More Than $200B Flow Into Bitcoin: Xapo Bank

Over the next ten years, trillions of dollars will move from baby boomers to younger heirs, who are more inclined toward digital assets, the report said.

High-resolution image of numerous shiny gold bitcoin tokens stacked together.

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Strategy Tumbles to 4-Month Low as Crypto Stocks, Digital Asset Treasuries Sink

Galaxy, SharpLink, BitMine were among the names that plunged nearly 10% as risk appetite faded and bitcoin sunk to $113,000.

Executive Chairman of MSTR, Michael Saylor (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

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Bitcoin Drops Below $114K, Ether Loses $4.2K as Jackson Hole Speech Might Bring Hawkish Surprise

The bubble in crypto treasury strategy companies deflated even further on Tuesday.

Bitcoin plunges below $40K (Eva Blue/Unsplash)

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KindlyMD/NAKA Expands Bitcoin Treasury with $679M Acquisition

The company's first purchase since the Nakamoto merger boosts total holdings to 5,764.91 bitcoin.

bull sitting, lying (Walter Frehner/Unsplash+)

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Crypto Bull Market Could Run Till 2027, With Major Upside for HOOD, COIN, CRCL: Bernstein

Bernstein reiterated its outperform rating on Robinhood and lifted its price target on the stock to $160 from $105.

Crypto market breadth improves. (ArtTower/Pixabay)

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KindlyMD Closes $200M Convertible Note Funding for More Bitcoin

Shares are lower by 11% on Monday with an analyst noting NAKA's convertible note terms were somewhat more stringent than those afforded to Michael Saylor's Strategy.

A statue of Satoshi Nakamoto, a presumed pseudonym used by the inventor of Bitcoin, is displayed in Graphisoft Park on September 22, 2021 in Budapest, Hungary. The statue's creators, Reka Gergely and Tamas Gilly, used anonymized facial features, as Nakamoto's true identify remains unconfirmed. (Photo by Janos Kummer/Getty Images)

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Circle Acquires Malachite to Power Its Upcoming Arc Blockchain

The USDC stablecoin issuer last week said it is building its own blockchain focused on stablecoin finances.

Circle's logo and name (Sandali Handagama/ CoinDesk)