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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Policy

Federal Reserve Security Trading Ban Formally Adopted and Extended to Cryptos

The move follows last year's controversial disclosures of top central bank officers actively trading markets, often ahead of key policy decisions.

Federal Reserve building (Paul Brady Photography/Shutterstock)

Policy

Bipartisan Senate Proposal Raises Alarm Over El Salvador's Bitcoin Adoption

The legislation quickly drew a sharp rebuke from El Salvador President Nayib Bukele.

Nayib Bukele asiste a la Asamblea Legislativa  por su segundo aniversario en el poder (Foto de Emerson Flores/APHOTOGRAFIA/Getty Images)

Policy

Canada's Trudeau Enacts Emergencies Act, and Crypto Is Included

The move by the prime minister includes an expansion of money-laundering laws to include crowdfunding platforms and cryptocurrency transactions.

Justin Trudeau (Art Babych/Shutterstock)

Finance

Coinbase Explains Guidelines for Removing Accounts and Content

"Our approach is to be free speech supporters, but not free speech martyrs," Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong wrote.

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong. (Steven Ferdman/Getty Images)

Finance

Coinbase, Genesis Highlight Massive Institutional Growth at MicroStrategy Conference

More retailers are interested in NFTs, and that can lead them to hold more crypto in their treasuries, says Coinbase Institutional's chief.

Coinbase share were rallying Friday. (Photo illustration by Leon Neal/Getty Images)

Finance

Crypto Market Snoozes Through ADP Payroll Shocker

The Omicron variant is behind a sharp decline in U.S. jobs in January, but markets are shrugging off the weak number.

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - JUNE 23: A 'Now hiring' sign is displayed at a FedEx location on June 23, 2021 in Los Angeles, California. Nearly 650,000 retail workers gave notice in April, the biggest one-month worker exodus in the retail industry in more than 20 years, amid a strengthening job market.  (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

Finance

NYDIG Launches Service for Workers to Get Paid in Bitcoin

With its Bitcoin Savings Plan, NYDIG joins Coinbase and Strike with a service allowing employees to auto-convert some or all of their paychecks into bitcoin.

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Finance

LeBron James Teams With Crypto.com to Bring Digital Education to Students

The multiyear partnership will include teaching blockchain technology to inner-city schoolchildren.

MIAMI, FLORIDA - JANUARY 23: LeBron James #6 of the Los Angeles Lakers dribbles against the Miami Heat at FTX Arena on January 23, 2022 in Miami, Florida. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement.  (Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images)