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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Marchés

Bitcoin nears weekend low of $74,600 as stock selloff adds to crypto's woes

Major declines in artificial-intelligence-linked stocks, software names and private equity are leading U.S. indices lower.

Trader with head in hand on a leather sofa, conveying market stress

Marchés

Bitcoin will 'massively' outperform gold over 10 years, says Pantera's Dan Morehead

“I think crypto starts to become invisibly more part of everyone's lives," said Tom Lee — the two appeared on a panel together Tuesday morning at the Ondo Summit in New York.

Consensus 2025: Dan Morehead, Founder & CEO, Pantera Capital

Marchés

Solana to reach $2,000 by 2030 despite recent plunge to $100, says Standard Chartered

Analyst Geoffrey Kendrick trimmed his 2026 SOL forecast to $250 from $310, but says stablecoin micropayments could drive a longer-term surge as Solana moves beyond memecoins.

The Standard Chartered logo on the outside of an office building.

Marchés

Bitcoin bounce fails, with price falling back to $77,000 while precious metals renew surge

Silver is higher by nearly 15% on Tuesday, while gold is nearing $5,000 per ounce after a 6.5% gain.

Bitcoin (BTC) on Feb. 2 (CoinDesk)

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Finance

TeraWulf jumps 11% after buying power-rich Kentucky and Maryland sites

The acquisitions bring TeraWulf’s capacity to 2.8 gigawatts as it targets major infrastructure expansion to supply power-hungry computing demand.

An engineer sits at a bank of crypto mining rigs.

Finance

Ethereum builders shrug off ETH decline as network activity holds steady

By several measures, activity on the network remains near peak levels, which has industry leaders plussed about the plunge in ether's price.

Ethereum Logo (Midjourney / Modified by CoinDesk)

Marchés

Elon Musk says SpaceX may put DOGE 'on the moon' next year

Musk replied “maybe next year” to a post referencing his old pledge to put Dogecoin “on the literal moon,” reviving a long-running SpaceX-DOGE thread that has included merchandise payments and the delayed DOGE-1 mission.

dogecoin moon

Finance

Elon Musk merges AI company xAI with rocket company SpaceX to build AI in space

The combined company is expected to price its IPO at a valuation of $1.25 trillion, according to Bloomberg.

Elon Musk (jurvetson /CC BY 2.0./Modified by CoinDesk)

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Finance

Family offices shun crypto despite hype, with 89% holding no digital assets: JPMorgan Private Bank

The appetite for traditional and emerging hedges remains limited among wealthy families, according to JPMorgan Private Bank’s 2026 Global Family Office Report.

JPMorgan building (CoinDesk glitch)

Finance

GameStop's Ryan Cohen appears to be moving on from bitcoin, eyes 'consumer megadeal'

GameStop's shares have surged as Cohen teased a "transformational" consumer-related deal he said is "way more compelling than bitcoin."

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