Latest from Stephen Alpher
Is Strategy Stock the Preferred Hedge Against Crypto Losses? Tom Lee Thinks So
Strategy’s 650,000 BTC holdings make it a ‘pressure valve’ for the broader market, said the Bitmine Immersion chairman.

BitMine Immersion Sitting on $4B Loss on Ether Bet as Analyst Warns of Structural issues
Tom Lee's company could trap shareholders amid low staking yields, hefty embedded fees and vanishing NAV premium, 10x Research founder Markus Thielen warns.

Fanatics Enters Prediction Markets via Crypto.com Partnership
The product is set to launch in the next couple weeks, Fanatics CEO Michael Rubin said on CNBC.

Bitcoin Bounces Above $84K as Fed's Williams Puts December Rate Cut Back on Table
Previously having essentially written off chances of further monetary ease in 2025, interest rate traders are now pricing more than a 70% chance of a rate cut at the Federal Reserve's December meeting.

Kalshi Raises $1B at $11B Valuation as Prediction Market Race Continues: TechCrunch
The CFTC-regulated exchange is gaining ground on crypto-native Polymarket, offering event contracts with fiat access and legal clarity.

Anthony Scaramucci-Backed AVAX One Approves $40M Stock Buyback
Digital asset treasury firms are increasingly turning to share buybacks to arrest plunging stock prices as investor demand sours.

Crypto Exchange Ripio Reveals $100M Crypto Treasury, Second Largest in Latin America
The company's holdings, which include bitcoin and ether, have been managed through trading and hedging strategies since 2017.

Ray Dalio Still Owns Bitcoin, but Says Traceability and Quantum Threat Are Concerns
The billionaire founder of hedge fund Bridgewater believes Bitcoin faces major hurdles before it can become a global reserve currency.

Bitcoin's Nvidia-Led Gains Prove Short-Lived, With Price Slumping Back to $88K
U.S. stocks are also giving up a major early advance, with the Nasdaq now ahead just 0.3%.

Tether Invests in LatAm Crypto Infrastructure Firm Parfin to Boost USDT Among Institutions
The investment is part of Tether’s broader push to expand stablecoin settlement and tokenization tools among institutions across Latin America, the firm said.

