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 Network Hashrate Inched Higher in March as Mining Economics Weakened: JPMorgan

U.S.-listed miners maintained their share of the network hashrate at around 30%, the report said.

JPMorgan building (Shutterstock)

Markets

Ether in Structural Decline, Year-End Price Target Slashed to $4K: Standard Chartered

Layer 2 blockchains were meant to improve scalability on the Ethereum network, but Coinbase's Base has reduced ether's market cap by $50 billion, the report said.

Standard Chartered logo on the side of a building.

Policy

ECB's Villeroy Says U.S. Crypto Support Could Trigger Next Financial Emergency

The U.S. "risks sinning through negligence," Villeroy said in an interview with French newspaper La Tribune Dimanche

 Banque de France's Governor François Villeroy de Galhau (Image via Wikimedia Commons)

Markets

Strategy Leverages STRK ATM to Acquire 130 More Bitcoin

The Michael Saylor-led company now holds 499,226 BTC purchased for an average price of $66,360 per token.

MicroStrategy executive chairman Michael Saylor (CoinDesk archives)

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Policy

SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce on the New Crypto Task Force

The longtime SEC commissioner explains how she wants to reshape the agency's approach to digital assets regulation.

SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

Markets

Bitcoin Tops $84K, Battling Key Level for Bulls; SOL, LINK Lead Gains

The rebound in risk assets propelled BTC above its 200-day moving average, a key benchmark for the long-term trend.

Bitcoin Bulls (Unsplash)

Markets

Bitcoin-Related Convertible Bond ETF Comes to Market

Convertible debt from Michael Saylor's Strategy comprises the majority of the REX Bitcoin Corporate Treasury Convertible Bond ETF holdings.

REX Shares has launched a first-of-its-kind convertible-bonds exchange-traded fund (ETF). (Unsplash)

Finance

Euler Looks to Build on V2's DeFi Lending Comeback Story

How Euler clawed back from a debilitating hack.

Euler sign

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Finance

ZKsync Sunsets Liquidity Rewards Program, Citing Bearish Market Conditions

The blockchain has lost around 50% of total value locked since Jan. 30.

ZKUSD (TradingView)

Finance

BlackRock's BUIDL Fund Tops $1B with Ethena's $200M Allocation

BUIDL is a key building block for multiple yield-generating offerings as a reserve asset, and it's increasingly used as collateral on trading platforms.

BlackRock headquarters (Shutterstock)