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

Insurance Broker Marsh Introduces $825M Crypto Custody Coverage

The new insurance product will support organizations with digital assets held offline in cold storage, as well other custody solutions such as Multi-Party Computation (MPC).

Marsh McLennan (Shutterstock)

Finance

Hong Kong Likely To Allow In-Kind Creations for Spot Bitcoin ETFs: Bloomberg

Allowing in-kind creations and redemptions for spot bitcoin ETFs in Hong Kong could bring a significant amount of money into the space from Chinese investors.

Hong Kong (Ruslan Bardash / Unsplash)

Markets

Internet Computer's 40% Rally Led CoinDesk 20 Gainers Over Past Week: CoinDesk Indices Market Update

Just three cryptos in the index posted losses, led by Avalanche's 7.5% decline.

CoinDesk 20 leaders (CoinDesk Indices)

Finance

Nayib Bukele Update on El Salvador Bitcoin Holdings Shows Growing Stack

At the current price just above $70,000, the nation now holds about $400 million worth of bitcoin.

El Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele. (Government of El Salvador, modified by CoinDesk)

Markets

Record $1B Exited Crypto Funds Last Week: CoinShares

The action was a break from what had been a record seven-week string of inflows.

CoinShares

Markets

Bitcoin Pumps Above $70K as Crypto Rally Resumes; Analyst Sets $83K Price Target

The gains were broad-based, with SOL and AVAX advancing more than 10% over the past 24 hours.

Bitcoin price on March 25 (CoinDesk)

Policy

Binance Blocked by Philippines Securities Watchdog

The Philippines Securities and Exchange Commission warned in November that the company was operating in the country without the necessary licenses.

The Philippines plans on issuing a wholesale CBDC (Alexes Gerard/Unsplash)

Markets

Bitcoin Slips to $64K as Large Grayscale GBTC Outflows Continue

U.S.-listed spot bitcoin ETFs are poised for their first week of net negative flows since late January.

Bitcoin price on March 22 (CoinDesk)

Markets

Aptos Soars 16%, Leading CoinDesk 20 as Broader Market Declines: CoinDesk Indices Market Update

Eighteen out of 20 cryptos in the index posted losses last week, led by Polkadot's 15% fall.

cd20 leaders

Markets

Michael Saylor's MicroStrategy Acquired Another 9,245 BTC for $623M

The company now holds approximately 214,246 bitcoins, which is more than 1% of all the 21 million of the tokens that will ever exist

Michael Saylor, executive chairman of MicroStrategy (Michael.com)