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

Dogecoin Soars After Twitter Replaces Its Blue Bird Logo With the Token's Dog

In the past Twitter CEO Elon Musk has shown himself to be a fan of the meme coin.

Shiba Inu Doge mascot (Twitter)

Finance

FTX EU Sets Up Website to Repay Users

The European arm had been in operation for only about eight months prior to the collapse of parent FTX.

FTX EU will allow customers to withdraw funds that have been locked on the platform. (CraigRJD/Getty Images)

Policy

Chicago-Based Radix Trading Is One of Three Quant Firms in Binance Suit: WSJ

The CFTC's lawsuit against Binance and CEO Changpeng Zhao noted at least three U.S.-based quantitative firms that were active on the exchange.

(Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

Finance

MicroStrategy Pays Off Silvergate Loan, Buys More Bitcoin

The company borrowed $205 million from Silvergate Bank last March.

Michael Saylor, executive director, MicroStrategy (Marco Bello/Getty Images)

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Finance

Jack Dorsey's Block Tumbles 17% After Short-Seller Hindenburg's Report

The company accuses Block of "wildly" overstating user counts while understating customer acquisition costs.

Jack Dorsey speaks at Consensus (CoinDesk)

Finance

Federal Reserve Hikes Rates by 25 Basis Points

Recent bank failures had market participants questioning if the U.S. central bank would follow through with its previous intention to further tighten monetary policy.

The Federal Reserve building in Washington, D.C. (Helene Braun/CoinDesk)

Policy

GOP Sen. Ted Cruz Proposes Ban on a CBDC

The effort by the Texas senator adds to a similar state-level measure proposed earlier this week by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.

U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas has proposed a bill to prohibit the Federal Reserve from creating a central bank digital currency. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Policy

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis Proposes Law to Ban CBDCs

The Biden administration is studying the possibility of introducing a central bank digital currency.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (Scott Olson/Getty Images)

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Finance

Bitcoin Breaks $25K as U.S. Inflation Slowed to 6% in February

BTC rose to a nine-month high of $25,484 in the minutes following the inflation report and then extended those gains.

Poor inflation data hits markets (Getty Images)

Finance

Binance GBP Funding On-/Off-Ramp to Be Suspended in May

The exchange was notified by its fiat partner that it will no longer provide British pound deposit and withdrawal services.

Binance Logo (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)