XRP’s slide below $2 pushed its funding rates to extreme lows, an occurrence that generally incentivizes bulls to pile in. What’s holding traders back this time? Key takeaways: XRP derivatives are dominated by bears as the funding rate turns deeply negative and open interest remains stagnant. XRP ETF volumes and declining XRP Ledger TVL show fading interest in the XRP ecosystem, reducing the chances of a near-term price rebound. Read more
.lumen, the Romanian deep-tech startup behind the world’s first AI-powered glasses for the blind, has received a new investment from EIT Urban Mobility, the European innovation community shaping mobility solutions.
The film, titled "One Attempt Remaining," about a couple trying to regain access to millions of dollars worth of crypto, mirrors real-world crypto dilemmas. Streaming service Netflix announced a new comedy movie focused on one couple’s attempt to remember a password and gain access to millions of dollars worth of cryptocurrency. In a Thursday notice, Netflix said that Hollywood star Jennifer Garner would be one of the leads in the movie “One Attempt Remaining.” The comedy feature would focus on the story of two people who divorced only to discover “the cryptocurrency they won together on a cruise is now worth millions… but they’ve forgotten the password.” According to What’s on Netflix, the story will include a notice from the US Securities and Exchange Commission, and the couple would have 48 hours to retrieve $35 million from the wallet before the claim expires. Read more
HIVE’s Colombia listing provides Andean investors with access to the growing digital infrastructure sector as Bitcoin miners shift their focus toward AI and HPC. HIVE Digital Technologies has debuted on the Colombian Stock Exchange under the ticker HIVECO, becoming the first Bitcoin and AI infrastructure company to trade publicly on a Latin American exchange. The move marks another sign of the sector’s expansion as Bitcoin miners and high-performance computing (HPC) companies push deeper into global capital markets. Announced on Thursday, the listing makes HIVE available to investors across the Andean market system, which links the exchanges of Colombia, Peru and Chile. For a region traditionally dominated by energy and natural-resources issuers, the addition of a digital infrastructure company offers exposure to a growing sector that sits at the intersection of high-performance computing, renewable power and Bitcoin (BTC). Read more