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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Markets

Gold Jumps to New Record, for Now Winning Debate Against Bitcoin as Risk-Off Asset

The yellow metal has risen as stocks (and bitcoin) have crumbled over the past few weeks.

A gold bar (Scottsdale mint/Unsplash)

Finance

Circle Plans to Bring $1B Tokenized Treasury Issuer Hashnote Under Bermuda License

The stablecoin issuer acquired Hashnote earlier this year with plans to expand its USYC token as collateral option for institutional investors.

Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Markets

Crypto Rally Doesn't Hold After Soft Inflation Data

Bitcoin managed a knee-jerk move above $84,000 after the U.S. CPI report, but returned to roughly flat for the day.

Calm waters. (Credit: Atte Grönlund, Unsplash)

Finance

Lukka and CoinDesk Indices to Offer Composite Ether Staking Rate

The CESR captures the mean annualized staking rate earned by Ethereum validators.

CESR (CoinDesk Indices)

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)