Latest from Stephen Alpher
PayPal Adding Crypto to Peer-to-Peer Payments, Allowing Direct Transfer of BTC, ETH, Others
The firm said users in the U.S. will soon be able to send bitcoin, ether and its own PYUSD stablecoin directly across accounts as part of the company's crypto payment push.

Crypto Lender Maple Expands to Tether-Backed Plasma
The deployment marks first syrupUSDT launch beyond Ethereum as Maple targets $5B in assets by year-end.

PEPE Price Sinks 6% Amid Market Sell-Off as Whales Accumulate
The drop in PEPE's value was part of a wider crypto market drawdown, with the CoinDesk 20 index losing 1.8% of its value, and memecoins being especially hard hit.

Ether Bigger Beneficiary of Digital Asset Treasuries Than Bitcoin or Solana: StanChart
The strongest DATs will be those with cheap funding, scale, and staking yield, which favors ether and solana treasuries over bitcoin, analyst Geoff Kendrick said.

CoreWeave Stock Climbs 5% After $6.3B Cloud Capacity Deal with Nvidia
Nvidia agreed to purchase CoreWeave’s unused data center capacity through 2032.

Pantera-Backed Solana Treasury Firm Helius Raises $500M, Stock Soars Over 200%
The firm aims to accumulate Solana's SOL, competing with recently launched Forward Industries that has bought over $1.5 billion in SOL in a week.

Nvidia Drops 3% as China Says the Company Violated Anti-Trust Laws
The news could explain the weakness in bitcoin, which declined more than 1.5% over the past two hours to the current $114,900.

NAKA Plunges 55% as PIPE Investors Ready Sales
AI-related bitcoin mining stocks extended gains as Tesla jumps on Elon Musk’s share purchase.

Polymarket Weighs $9B Valuation Amid User Surge and CFTC Approval: The Information
That would be a massive jump as the betting platform raised funds at just a $1 billion valuation just back in June.

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

