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

Argentina President Milei Disappoints Some Bitcoiners as Crypto Registration Rule Begins

The nation unveiled a mandatory registration process for cryptocurrency platforms.

President of Argentina Javier Milei (Photo by Tomas Cuesta/Getty Images)

Markets

Silk Road Bitcoin Worth $2B Moved by U.S. Government: On-Chain Data

The last confirmed government sale was just more than a year ago.

(Shutterstock)

Markets

Tether Added Nearly 8.9K Bitcoin to Holdings in First Quarter: On-Chain Data

The stablecoin issuer's BTC stack now tops 75,000 tokens worth about $5 billion.

Tether 's logo painted on a wooden background.

Finance

U.S Has its 11th Spot Bitcoin ETF After Hashdex Fund Conversion

The fund comes with a small twist in that it can allocate up to 5% of its assets into bitcoin futures contracts.

Scrabble tiles spelling out "ETF GROWTH"

Finance

NEAR Launches Multichain Transaction From One Account Feature

Chain signatures allow users to transact on any network from one account.

Illia Polosukhin, Co-Founder, NEAR Protocol (Stephen Lovekin/Shutterstock/CoinDesk)

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