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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Mercati

Spot Ether ETFs in the U.S. Shed $401 Million in March as Price Drop Deepened

Outflows from bitcoin ETFs were far more modest on a relative basis.

Price chart on an exchange (Nick Chong/Unsplash)

Mercati

Strategy Added 6.9K Bitcoin for $584M, Bringing Stack to 506K Tokens

The company used proceeds from the sale of common stock for this latest purchase.

Strategy Executive Chairman Michael Saylor (Nikhilesh De)

Finanza

Coinbase Could Be Near Multi-Billion Dollar Deal for Deribit: Bloomberg

Consummation of an acquisition would greatly advance Coinbase's push into the crypto derivatives market.

Coinbase app on a mobile phone screen.

Politiche

South Korea Plans Sanctions Against KuCoin, Others: Report

The Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) classified a number of exchanges who are not registered as targets for sanctions

(Daniel Bernard/ Unsplash)

Pubblicità

Politiche

U.S. Government Removes Tornado Cash Sanctions

Tornado Cash was sanctioned multiple times over allegations of helping Lazarus Group launder funds.

The seal of the U.S. Treasury Department.

Mercati

Strategy Raises $711M to Buy More Bitcoin in Upsized STRF Perpetual Offering

This is the initial sale of the company's Perpetual Strife Preferred Stock.

Strategy Executive Chairman Michael Saylor standing. (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk))

Mercati

Nasdaq Shift to Round-The-Clock Stock Trading Partly Due to Crypto, Says Exchange Executive

Both Nasdaq and the New York Stock Exchange are in the process of making round-the-clock trading available five or even seven days a week, mimicking crypto’s trading hours.


Pubblicità

Mercati

Bitcoin Miners Feel Squeeze as Hashprice Erases Post-Election Gains

Transaction fees made up just 1.3% of total block rewards in February, marking the lowest share since the last bear market bottom in 2022.

bitcoin miner (Shutterstock)

Finanza

Tether Ranks Among Top Buyers of U.S. Treasuries in 2024, Firm Says

The firm said it purchased a net $33.1 billion worth of U.S. Treasury securities last year.

Treasury image via Shutterstock