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 Could Tumble Back to $88K: Glassnode

The analytics firm warns that Bitcoin’s failure to reclaim the $113K cost basis may lead to a far deeper retracement amid long-term holder selling and fragile sentiment.

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Markets

Crypto Asset Manager Bitwise Makes Case for Solana’s Next Big Run

Solana is well-positioned to capture a growing share of the stablecoin and tokenization boom, the investment firm said.

Bitwise Chief Investment Officer Matt Hougan (CoinDesk Archives)

Tech

The Graph Builders, Edge & Node, Unveil “ampersend” Dashboard to Manage AI Agent Payments

The founding team behind The Graph debuts a new platform to unify payments, policies, and visibility for autonomous agents.

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Markets

Core Scientific Stock Gains 5% After $9B CoreWeave Merger Rejected

The widely-panned takeover attempt failed a shareholder vote on Thursday.

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Markets

Bitcoin Slides Below $108K, Crypto Stocks Sink as 'Uptober' Disappoints

With Thursday's decline, bitcoin is on track for its worst October return in more than a decade.

Bitcoin price today (CoinDesk)

Finance

FIGHT Token Sale Raises $183M as UFC Partner Fight.ID Seeks to Bring Combat Sports Onchain

The Solana-based project’s second ICO in a week far surpassed expectations as retail investors double down.

UFC-endorsed FIGHT token raises $183 million (Anastase Maragos/Unsplash)

Markets

Bitcoin Tumbles Back to $110K on Fed's Powell's Hawkish Comments

Though acknowledging growing weakness in the labor market, Powell said a December rate cut is not a "foregone conclusion."

Fed Chair Jerome Powell Speaking on Sept. 17, 2025 at FOMC Press Conference

Markets

Fed Delivers Expected 25 Basis Point Rate Cut as Markets Await Powell’s Comments

Headed lower on Wednesday ahead of the decision, bitcoin remained so in the minutes following the news at $111,700, down 3% over the past 24 hours.

Jerome Powell speaking at podium

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Finance

MegaETH Raises $450M in Oversubscribed Token Sale Backed by Ethereum Founders

The high-speed Ethereum layer-2 drew nearly nine times its target as over 14,000 investors rushed in.

Cars speed round a racing track.

Markets

Michael Saylor's Strategy Drops $18B in Value, but a Rebound May Be Near: 10X Research

The company is expected to report another quarterly profit on Thursday, possibly reviving expectations for S&P 500 inclusion, 10x Research's Markus Thielen argued.

Michael Saylor (Gage Skidmore/CC BY-SA 2.0/Modified by CoinDesk)