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 'Bollinger Bandwidth' Signals Wild Price Swings Ahead

The widely-tracked technical analysis gauge recently tanked to levels that have historically presaged a return of volatility to the crypto market.

(Gustavo Rezende/Pixabay)

Markets

Reddit-Based Tokens Plunge on Report of Wind Down of Community Points

MOON, BRICK and DONUT tokens prices are each lower by 60%-90%.

Reddit has submitted a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to go public on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol “RDDT.” (Brett Jordan/Unsplash)

Markets

Tokenized RWAs Could Grow to a $10T Market by 2030 as Crypto Converges to TradFi: Report

Digital dollars, also known as stablecoins pegged to the U.S. dollar, represent the "first successful tokenization implementation," 21.co analysts said.

Crypto adoption is in a "turning point" as it converges to the existing financial system (21.co)

Finance

BlackRock CEO Larry Fink Seeing Client Demand for Crypto 'Around The World'

Rumors about spot bitcoin ETF approvals aside, Fink called the recent rally a “flight to quality.”.

BlackRock CEO Larry Fink (Getty Images)

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Finance

What’s Next for Grayscale, Spot Bitcoin ETF After SEC Declines to Appeal Court Loss?

One analyst believes SEC Chair Gary Gensler has little choice but to soon approve the long-awaited vehicle.

Grayscale ad (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

Policy

SEC Deadline on Grayscale's Bitcoin ETF Dispute Approaching at Midnight

The agency has hours left to seek an appeal of the court order to erase its rejection of Grayscale’s trust-to-ETF conversion application.

SEC head Gary Gensler (SEC, modified by CoinDesk)

Markets

Ether Drops 1.9% to 7-Month Low as Crypto Buckles Further Following Inflation Data

Risk-off sentiment hit markets as a slightly hotter-than-expected inflation reading boosted U.S. Treasury rates and the dollar.

ETH price on Oct. 12 (CoinDesk)

Finance

U.S. September CPI Rises 0.4%, Outpacing Forecasts; Bitcoin Slips Further

The year-over-year pace of inflation was 3.7%, also faster than economist expectations.

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Markets

Friday the 13th and Bitcoin. Is it Unlucky for Crypto Traders?

While U.S. stocks have typically gone down, the date has historically been positive for bitcoin.

Friday, the 13th (j_lloa/Pixabay)

Markets

Bitcoin Sinks Nearly 3% to $26.7K; Bulls Ponder How Low It Can Go

After failing again at $28,000 resistance over the weekend, bitcoin has retreated to its weakest level since late September.

BTC price on Oct. 11 (CoinDesk)