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

GOP Sen. Ted Cruz Proposes Ban on a CBDC

The effort by the Texas senator adds to a similar state-level measure proposed earlier this week by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.

U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas has proposed a bill to prohibit the Federal Reserve from creating a central bank digital currency. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Policy

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis Proposes Law to Ban CBDCs

The Biden administration is studying the possibility of introducing a central bank digital currency.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Finance

Bitcoin Breaks $25K as U.S. Inflation Slowed to 6% in February

BTC rose to a nine-month high of $25,484 in the minutes following the inflation report and then extended those gains.

The April inflation report was released Wednesday morning (JLGutierrez/Getty Images)

Finance

Binance GBP Funding On-/Off-Ramp to Be Suspended in May

The exchange was notified by its fiat partner that it will no longer provide British pound deposit and withdrawal services.

Binance Logo (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Markets

MicroStrategy and Marathon Digital Lead Bounce for Crypto-Related Stocks

The government's weekend backstop of depositors at failed lenders Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank sent bitcoin above $22,000.

(Gerd Altmann/Pixabay)

Finance

Bitcoin Bounces as U.S. Adds 311K Jobs in February, Beating Expectations

The unemployment rate rose to 3.6% against forecasts for it to hold steady at 3.4%.

The government releases jobs data for November on Friday (YinYang/Getty)

Markets

Bitcoin Falls Below $20K as 2023 Rally Reverses

A hawkish Fed, the demise of crypto-friendly Silvergate Bank, and a possible government sale of Silk Road-related bitcoin have given investors ample reason to sell.

Los traders inicialmente subieron los precios de xmon para obtener un airdrop de sudo, el token de gobernanza de SudoSwap. (Getty Images)

Markets

Bitcoin Climbs Above $22K as Powell Softens Tone on Day 2 of Congressional Testimony

The Fed chair said no decision has yet been made on the size of the coming March rate hike.

Fed Chair Jerome Powell (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Markets

Bitcoin Price Slides to $22K as Powell Warns on Inflation

The Federal Reserve chairman said economic figures from January were stronger than expected.

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell speaks at the Brookings Institute in Washington, D.C. on Nov. 30, 2022. (Helene Braun/CoinDesk)

Policy

House Digital Assets Panel Chair Ready to Work With Ag Committee on Crypto Framework

U.S. Representative French Hill is the chairman of the newly formed Financial Services Subcommittee on Digital Assets.

The United States Capitol (Getty Images)