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 falls below $60,000 as AI trade continues to draw investor interest and capital

South Korean memory chip giant on Wednesday filed to raise nearly $30 billion in a U.S. offering.

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Bitcoin could fall to $55,000 before finding a bottom, 10x Research says

A strengthening U.S. dollar and the Fed's hawkish turn under new chair Kevin Warsh may keep pressure on crypto through the summer.

Calculator on phone in front of charts (Jakub Żerdzicki/Unsplash/Modified by CoinDesk))

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Aave could soar to $3,500 by 2030 on DeFi revival, says StanChart

Geoff Kendrick said Aave has moved past April's cyberattack-related market disruption and is well positioned to benefit from growth in tokenized assets and DeFi.

Stani Kulechov, Aave Labs (Olivier Acuna/CoinDesk)

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Live markets: Bitcoin claws back some of the losses after Micron beats earnings

Battered crypto sector gets some relief after Micron beats earnings, bringing back some risk appetite to the market.

Micron gives late boost to crypto (Getty Images)

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AI chipmaker Cerebras down 11% after first public earnings report

While revenue was up 92% from year-ago levels, the company forecasted a lower core gross margin next quarter.

CBRS (TradingView)

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Bitcoin may need to plunge 15% or more to mark bottom, according to this long-time indicator

With bitcoin testing its 200 week moving average, on-chain data suggests the $50,000 to $54,000 range could become the next key battleground.

Realized Price (Glassnode)

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Strategy's STRC slump prompts Terra comparisons that don't hold up, says analyst

Benchmark's Mark Palmer says the comparison misreads what STRC is — a dividend-paying share backed indirectly by bitcoin, not a peg waiting to break.

Michae Saylor (Jason Koerner/Getty Images)

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Live updates: Saylor's Strategy sinks to new 52-week low as bitcoin drops to $62,000

Crypto prices are again on the defensive amid a global stock rout set off by a 10% plunge in South Korea's Kospi.

pen rests on paper showing sketched graph going lower.

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OKX and NYSE partner to bridge tradfi and crypto markets in joint venture led by Andrew Cuomo

The goal is to enable OKX’s 120 million global users to access ICE futures and NYSE tokenized equities markets, the two U.S. companies announced.

NYSE (Tobias Deml/Wikimedia Commons)

Finance

Bitmine added $92 million of ETH, with Tom Lee continuing to believe in 'crypto spring'

The largest Ethereum treasury firm slowed its buying pace but remains on track to reach its goal of owning 5% of ETH supply.

Tom Lee on the Mainstage at Consensus Miami 2026