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/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)

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Bitcoin Tumbles 10% After Hitting Record High; Triggers $1B Crypto Liquidations

Bitcoin's new all-time high Tuesday quickly turned into a bloodbath, flushing out overzealous leveraged traders.

Bitcoin price action on March 5 (CoinDesk)

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Bitcoin Soars to New All-Time High Above $69K

The success of the spot ETFs which opened for business on Jan. 11 was the catalyst for this latest bull run for the world's largest crypto.

rocket lifting off

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Michael Saylor's MicroStrategy to Raise $600M to Buy More Bitcoin

Taking advantage of a massive run-up in the stock, the company is looking to add to its 193,000 bitcoin stack.

Michael Saylor, executive chairman of MicroStrategy (Michael.com)

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Bitcoin Tops $68K, Nearing Silver's $1.38T Market Cap

Ether also hit a new milestone, recording its highest price since January 2022.

Bitcoin price on March 4 (CoinDesk)

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Bitcoin Price Action Will 'Astonish' This Week: Analyst

The cryptocurrency hit an all-time high against the euro on Monday and is nearing a record in U.S. dollar terms.

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Meme Coin Rally May Signal Impending Altcoin Season; This Is the Sign to Watch

Bitcoin has led the crypto advance this year, but altcoins could start outperforming soon, analysts said.

DOGE Meme shiba inu (Atsuko Sato)