Latest from Stephen Alpher
Peter Schiff Calls Bitcoin a 'Giant Cult,' Doubles Down on Gold
Appearing at the Bitcoin 2025 conference, the famed gold bug and no-coiner called bitcoin is a “memecoin” and not real wealth, drawing laughs — and ire.

Ether Outperforms DeFi Market in May, Bouncing From Woeful Start to the Year
ETH is beginning to wrangle back control with rival layer-1 blockchains like Solana.

Bitcoin Treasury Firm Twenty One Capital Brings Total Fundraise to $685M
The fresh fundraising comes ahead the firm's merger with Nasdaq-listed Cantor Equity Partners to become a publicly-traded bitcoin treasury company.

Square Flies the Flag for the Lightning Network With 9.7% Yield on Bitcoin Holdings
Block's Miles Suter said that the firm is earning "real BTC returns from our corporate holdings...by efficiently routing real payments across Lightning"

CANTO Rises From the Ashes, Spiking 250% Before Crashing Back Down
The project has not posted on X since September despite claiming it would release a new roadmap.

Telegram Raises $1.7B Via Convertible Bonds: Bloomberg
The messaging app, with over 1 billion users, plans to use $955 million to buy back existing bonds and the remaining $745 million for growth.

TON Under Pressure After Telegram's Pavel Durov Confirms No xAI Deal Was Signed
"No deal was signed" said Elon Musk, the xAI CEO, in response to an announcement earlier on Wednesday by Telegram's Pavel Durov

Nvidia's Earnings Beat May Help AI-Linked Tokens
The company reported a 69% increase in revenue in the first quarter compared to a year ago.

UK's FCA Seeks Views on Stablecoins, Crypto Custody to Prevent Firm Failures
The country's market regulator's proposed rules are meant to ensure stablecoins maintain their value and seek to reduce the likelihood of stablecoin and crypto custody companies failing.

Bitcoin Platform Mezo Debuts Mainnet to Build Circular BTC Economy
Mezo is built to be a Bitcoin finance platform that enables its users to unlock practical utility in BTC and thus become their own bank

