Latest from Stephen Alpher
The Protocol: Staked ETH exit queue moves down to zero
Also: Neobanks trending, DVT staking proposal and Solayer $35M fund

Fast-food chain Steak n Shake to pay hourly workers a bitcoin bonus
This follows news from a few days ago that the company added $10 million worth of bitcoin to its corporate treasury.

Ondo Finance Brings 200+ Tokenized U.S. Stocks and ETFs to Solana
The expansion comes as tokenized real-world assets continue to gain traction across crypto markets.

Wall Street analyst defends Michael Saylor's Strategy after stock trades 64% below his lofty price target
Analyst Lance Vitanza noted the role of the company’s preferred equity in last week’s $2.1 billion bitcoin purchase.

Vitalik Buterin proposes simpler ‘distributed validator’ staking for Ethereum
The aim is to make staking more resilient while dramatically reducing technical complexity for large ETH holders.

Blockchain technology can accelerate global GDP growth, Citizens says
The bank said the technology is shifting from experimentation to real-world deployment, with implications for capital markets, governments and global GDP.

Chainlink is one of crypto’s most undervalued infrastructure bets: Bitwise
Chainlink is a dominant software platform quietly powering stablecoins, tokenization, DeFi and institutional adoption across crypto, said Matt Hougan.

Not all crypto is equal: Schwab maps where the money actually is in digital assets
A new report from Schwab breaks crypto into 3 layers — networks, infrastructure and products – and says most value is still concentrated at the base.

Chainlink expands data streams to cover multitrillion-dollar U.S. stock market
The upgrade uses a "pull" model for sub-second updates, allowing more advanced trading logic and avoiding high gas costs.

Bitcoin plunges below $90,000 amid global risk asset selloff
Ether is the worst performer among the major cryptos, down more than 6% over the past 24 hours and tumbling below $3,000.

