Latest from Stephen Alpher
Struggling Coinbase gets price target cut from JPMorgan ahead of Thursday earnings
Shares of COIN are down nearly 30% this year, with analysts warning that softer trading and crypto prices are likely to weigh on revenue.

Tether invests in LayerZero Labs as it doubles down on cross-chain tech, agentic finance
LayerZero’s Omnichain infrastructure (OFT) enables liquid stablecoin use across networks and “agentic finance” use cases.

Bitcoin remains in tight range under $70,000 ahead of Wednesday's U.S. jobs report
Two Trump administration officials suggested markets should brace for weaker-than-expected January employment data.

Blockchain.com wins UK registration nearly four years after abandoning FCA process
The London-based company elected to withdraw its application for FCA licensing in March 2022 having not won approval ahead of an impending deadline.

Bitcoin a tech trade for now, not digital gold, says Grayscale
The cryptocurrency's latest sell-off looks more like a retreat from growth, according to the crypto asset management firm.

Farcaster founders join stablecoin startup Tempo after Neynar acquires social protocol
Dan Romero and Varun Srinivasan have both exited crypto social media to focus on global payments via stablecoins.

Bitcoin shakes off early decline, returns to $70,000 as Bernstein reiterates $150,000 outlook
"What we are experiencing is the weakest bitcoin bear case in its history," wrote Bernstein's Gautam Chhugani.

Cipher Mining and TeraWulf are buys, MARA a sell, as Morgan Stanley begins bitcoin miner coverage
The analyst framed some bitcoin mining sites as infrastructure assets, lifting CIFR and WULF shares while MARA lags.

Bitcoin miner Cango sold $305 million of BTC during market slump to fund AI shift
The company plans to deploy modular GPU units across 40+ global sites to provide on-demand AI inference capacity for small and mid-sized businesses.

Tom Lee’s Bitmine Immersion added 40,613 ether last week as prices crashed
The firm's total ETH holdings top 4.3 million tokens worth about $8.7 billion at the current price just above $2,000.

