Latest from Stephen Alpher
Bitcoin, Ether Catch Friday Afternoon Bids, Rise to Three-Week Highs
Next week is expected see the first Fed rate cut in one year.

Gemini Stock Jumps 45% in Early Trades After IPO
The Winklevoss-led crypto exchange had sold 15.2 million shares, raising $425 million.

Traders Load Up on Nine-Figure Bullish Bitcoin Bets, Raising Liquidation Risks
Heavy leverage in bitcoin derivatives has set up the market for potential downside cascades, with pockets of vulnerability looming if prices break lower.

Solana Surges as Galaxy Scoops Up Over $700M Tokens From Exchanges
The maneuver could be linked to digital asset treasury firm Forward Industries, which raised $1.65 billion to accumulate SOL with Galaxy's backing.

CleanCore Solutions' DOGE Holdings Top 500M; Shares Rise 13%
The company aims to amass a 1 billion dogecoin treasury within 30 days, with backing from Pantera Capital and FalconX.

Crypto Bull Market Still Has Room to Run, Coinbase Says
A mix of strong liquidity, a benign macro backdrop and supportive regulatory signals could keep the crypto market rally alive in the fourth quarter, the report said.

BlackRock Weighs Tokenized ETFs on Blockchain in Push Beyond Treasuries: Report
The world’s largest asset manager is exploring putting exchange-traded funds on chain, sources told Bloomberg.

Rising Jobless Claims Eclipse Inflation Data as Recession Fears Resurface
Initial jobless claims surged to 263,000 last week — the highest in 4 years — signaling weakening growth and bringing stagflation fears to the forefront.

Chainlink's LINK Gains as DigiFT, UBS Fund Tokenization Pilot in Hong Kong
DigiFT, Chainlink and UBS won approval under Hong Kong’s Cyberport subsidiy scheme to build automated infrastructure for tokenized financial products.

U.S. CPI Rose a Faster-Than-Expected 0.4% in August; Core Rate in Line
The headline news is sending markets, bitcoin included, lower, but isn't likely to derail the Fed from trimming interest rates next week.

