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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Bitcoin 'V-Shape' Recovery Opens Way for $76K Price Target: Swissblock

The plunge from all-time highs turned the $60,000 area into a support level for prices, one observer noted.

Bitcoin price action on March 6 (CoinDesk)

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Bitcoin Record High Would’ve Happened Without ETFs, Just Later, Say Experts

The world's largest crypto has risen about 60% in just the two months since the opening of the spot bitcoin ETFs.

(Marco Verch/ccnull)

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Uniswap's UNI Gains 20% as Token Reward Proposal Inches Closer to Approval

Uniswap's reward sharing mechanism, if approved, could inspire other DeFi protocols to follow suit.

UNI price more than doubled since the plan for the revenue sharing mechanism became public on Feb. 23 (CoinDesk)

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BlackRock’s Bitcoin ETF Added a Record 12.6K BTC in Tuesday's Carnage

IBIT’s total inflows surpassed the $9 billion mark as prices plunged following bitcoin taking out a record high above $69.000.

(Jim Henderson, modified by CoinDesk)

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Digital Currency Group Files for Dismissal of New York Attorney General’s Lawsuit

The crypto firm's boss, Barry Silbert, also filed a motion to dismiss the Attorney General’s accusation that he concealed losses at the firms and so cheated customers and investors.

Barry Silbert. CEO & Founder Digital Currency Group (DCG)

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Bitcoin ETFs Smash $10B Trading Volume Record Amid Wild BTC Price Action

Last week's volume record coincided with strong ETF inflows, but Tuesday's action could indicate heavy profit-taking, with traders perhaps deciding to sell shares to lock in gains.

Scrabble letters spelling ETF arranged a rack

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Bitcoin/Euro Suffers Flash Crash on Coinbase

The tumble occurred shortly after bitcoin hit a record high of $69,325.

BTC/EUR trading pair on Coinbase (TradingView)

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Bitcoin Soars to a Record – but What's the Price? And What Was the Old All-Time High?

From Coinbase to Reuters and CoinDesk, there's disagreement over BTC's price.

What's the all-time high for bitcoin's price? (Uday Mittal/Unsplash)

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Jupiter’s Perpetual Crypto Trading Falters as Bitcoin Hits Record

The Solana-based trading platform was experiencing issues with its price feed infrastructure.

Planet Jupiter and its great red spot

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CoinDesk 20 Hits Record as SHIB and DOGE Soar: CoinDesk Indices Market Update

All 20 cryptos in the index appreciated last week, leading to a one-week gain of 24%.

CoinDesk 20 leaders (CoinDesk Indices)