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

Russian Lawmaker Suggests Nation Could Accept Bitcoin for Oil Payments

Under pressure from Western sanctions, Russia is mulling other currency options for natural resource sales.

Russia's Duma in Moscow (Getty images)

Policy

Bitcoin Mining Ban Bill Makes It Out of New York State Assembly Committee

The legislation aims to put in place a two-year moratorium on the kind of crypto mining used to secure the Bitcoin network.

Coinmint's bitcoin mine in Massena, New York, pictured in 2020. (Prieur Leary)

Finance

Unchained Capital Discloses Data Leak at Email Marketing Partner

The bitcoin-only financial services provider says, however, that none of its own systems were compromised.

Teen Twitter Hacker Will Serve 3 Years for Crypto Phishing Scheme

Finance

Saudi Arabia Mulls Pricing of China Oil Sales in Yuan: Report

The move would be a challenge to the U.S. dollar, which has dominated as the medium of exchange for the oil trade for decades.

(Getty images)

Finance

Ukraine Asks Tether to Halt All Transactions With Russians; Tether Demurs

The vice prime minister of the embattled country has made similar requests with a number of western companies as well as major crypto exchanges.

Tether dice

Policy

Credit Suisse Strategist Says We're Witnessing Birth of a New World Monetary Order

"Money" will never be the same again after the Ukraine war, writes Zoltan Pozsar, and bitcoin may be a beneficiary.

Coin depicting Julius Ceasar, 42 BCE (Art Institute of Chicago, modified by CoinDesk)

Finance

Praxis Raises $15M in Series A Funding Round

The startup is trying to build a city organized around remote work.

(Getty Images)

Finance

Swiss City of Lugano to Make Bitcoin and Tether 'De Facto' Legal Tender

The municipality wants businesses to accept crypto in everyday transactions.

(Bloomberg Finance LP)

Policy

ECB Wants Quick Action on Crypto Regulation Following Russian Sanctions

The European parliament earlier today postponed a vote on a regulatory framework for cryptocurrencies.

ECB President Christine Lagarde (CoinDesk archives)

Finance

Ukraine Update: Putin Recognizes Two Breakaway Regions, Biden Responds With Sanctions

The increase in tension on Monday sent U.S. stock index futures to session lows and bitcoin back towards the bottom of its recent price range.

Flag of Ukraine (Kutay Tanir/Getty Images)