Latest from Stephen Alpher
STRF Emerges as Strategy’s Standout Credit Instrument After Nine Months of Trading
The company's senior preferred stock has rebounded 20% from November lows, with investors apparently favoring that over the more junior issues.

Aptos Drops 6% to $1.85 as Technical Breakdown Accelerates
The token broke through key support levels and underperformed wider crypto markets.

JPMorgan Maintains Bitcoin's Gold-Linked Target at $170K Despite Recent Drop
The bank’s volatility-adjusted bitcoin-to-gold model still points to a theoretical price around $170K over the next six to twelve months.

Polymarket Hiring In-House Team to Trade Against Customers — Here's Why It's a Risk
The prediction market’s move toward internal market making could blur the line with sportsbooks and undermine the platform’s neutrality, experts warn.

Kraken Partners With Deutsche Börse as Europe Looks to Rival Wall Street in Crypto
Deutsche Börse Group (DBG) and Kraken announced a strategic partnership signalling acceleration of crypto adoption across Europe and a clear intention to compete with Wall Street.

Bitcoin Could Continue Chopping Below $95K Into Year-End and Altcoins Could Benefit, Analyst Says
Low-liquidity in December may cap bitcoin's recovery rally, but rangebound trading for the largest crypto could benefit smaller digital assets, Wincent's Paul Howard said.

Crypto Investor Donates $12M to UK's Reform Party
Christopher Harborne has invested in stablecoin issuer Tether and crypto exchange Bitfinex, according to reports.

Sovereign Wealth Funds Were Buyers as Bitcoin Plunged: BlackRock's Larry Fink
The CEO of the asset management giant, whose IBIT is the largest of the spot BTC ETFs, said the state actors were buying not for a trade, but to hold for years.

BONK Edges Higher as Narrow-Range Trading Holds Above Key Support
The Solana meme token posted a modest gain while repeated resistance tests and shifting volume patterns kept price action confined to a tight band.

XRP ETFs Extend Record Inflow Streak to 13 Days, Closing in on $1B Milestone
U.S. spot XRP ETFs recorded a net inflow of $50.27 million on December 3, pushing their cumulative total to $874.28 million.

