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's Retreat From $70K Characterized by 'Vol Lethargy'

Deribit's BTC DVOL index, a measure of volatility expectations, has slipped to its lowest since early February.

Deribit's BTC DVOL index. (TradingView/CoinDesk)

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Bitcoin's Bottom in Price Could Be Near or Already In, the Coinbase Premium Index Suggests

Previous deeply negative readings occurred near local bottoms in price, with the most recent occurring just prior to BTC's rally between October and March to all-time highs, FalconX's David Lawant noted.

The Bitcoin Coinbase Premium Index has fallen to levels not seen since the FTX collapse (CryptoQuant)

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CoinDesk 20 Performance Update: NEAR and AVAX Lead

Over the weekend, NEAR and AVAX led the CoinDesk 20 with only one asset posting a loss.

CoinDesk 20 leaders (CoinDesk Indices)

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Market Confidence Could Quickly Crumble, BIS Warns Indebted Nations

The umbrella body for central banks also cautioned against premature easing of monetary policy.

BIS building (BIS)

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Bitcoin and Crypto Closing Out Lame Quarter and One Analyst Believes More Pain Could Be in Store

The price of bitcoin has dipped nearly 15% during the second quarter and altcoins fared even worse.

(sergeitokmakov/Pixabay)

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Bitcoin Miner CleanSpark to Buy Peer GRIID in $155M Deal

The acquisition will be all-stock based and has been approved by the boards of both companies.

Merger (TheDigitalArtist/Pixabay)

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Julian Assange Received $500K Bitcoin Donation From Anonymous Bitcoin Whale

The Wikileaks founders' family quickly set up a site to allow bitcoin donations after a previous crowdfunding page accepted only credit cards and bank transfers.

(Alisdare Hickson/Wikimedia)

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Decentralized Exchange Bluefin to Roll Out Token After Securing $17M in Total Funding

The exchange says it has already seen more than $25 billion in trading volume since the start of the year, with monthly revenues topping $1 million.

Bluefin v2 (Bluefin)

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Bitcoin Falls After U.S. Sends $240M Worth of Silk Road-Related BTC to Coinbase

About 4k bitcoin had been seized from narcotics trafficker Banmeet Singh at his January 2024 trial.

Risks of a deeper pullback are growing for BTC (mana5280/Unsplash)

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Bitcoin Threatens $60K on Mt. Gox News, but Sales Could Be Less Than Feared

At least one analyst believes fewer coins will be distributed than is commonly thought and thus the sell pressure might be less than expected.

Mt. Gox selling pressure could be less than feared (Jason Blackeye/Unsplash)