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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Finance

Bolivian State Energy Firm to Use Crypto to Pay for Imports: Reuters

YBFB hopes that using crypto will be a direct solution to the nation's shortage in U.S. dollars and foreign currency reserves.

Bolivia flag (Planet Volumes/Unsplash +)

Policy

Bank of Russia Proposes Crypto Investment Pilot for High-Net-Worth Investors

The central banks aims to establish standards for crypto-related services and increase market transparency while expanding investment opportunities for wealthy investors.

The Kremlin and Saint Basil's cathedral in Moscow. (Michael Parulava/Unsplash)

Markets

Inflation Relief as U.S. CPI Dips to Less Than Forecast 2.8% in February

The bitcoin price jumped above $84,000 on the welcome news.

Small Shrinking Currency Dollar in Inflation  (iStock)

Markets

Ukraine Ceasefire Breakthrough Sends Markets Into Green; Bitcoin Retakes $83K

Also giving a boost was an easing in trade tensions between the U.S. and Canada.

Kiev, Ukraine. Credit: Shutterstock

Finance

Bahrain-Regulated Crypto Exchange Enters $1B Tokenized Gold Market as RWA Demand Grows

Gold-backed tokens have enjoyed a resurgence in activity recently as gold prices hit record highs.

Manama, capital of Bahrain (Charles Adrien Fournier/Unsplash)

Tech

Ethereum L2 Starknet Seeks 'Bitcoin's DeFi Take-Off Moment' With BTC Wallet Xverse

The aim is to provide a Bitcoin DeFi experience using trust assumptions as the next big thing to zero-knowledge proofs until such a time that OP_CAT is adopted

StarkWare CEO Eli Ben-Sasson (Margaux Nijkerk)

Markets

Mt. Gox Moves Another $930M Bitcoin as Payout Deadline Looms

Wallets linked to Mt. Gox still hold $2.9 billion of assets, which are due to be paid out to creditors this October.

Mt. Gox Creditor Kolin Burges confronts Former Mt. Gox CEO Mark Karpeles (CoinDesk)

Markets

U.S. Strategic Bitcoin Reserve a 'Monumental Endorsement' of the Crypto: H.C. Wainwright

The SBR will elevate bitcoin's institutional standing, the report said.

Trump's BTC reserve comprises of coins seized in enforcement actions. (hoekstrarogier/Pixabay)

Finance

Ether Whale Prevents $340M Liquidation With Series of Last Minute Deposits

Ether remains at risk of experiencing several on-chain liquidations.

ETH liquidation levels (DefiLlama)