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Canadian filmmaker James Cameron poses during a photocall for the opening of the exhibition entitled ‘The Art of James Cameron’ at the Cinematheque Francaise in Paris on April 3, 2024.Stephane De Sakutin | AFP | Getty ImagesLegendary “Titanic” director James Cameron is likening the theatrical experience to a “sinking ship” if Netflix acquires Warner Bros. Discovery’s film studio. Cameron penned a letter to Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, last week, which was obtained by CNBC, in which he argues Netflix’s proposed acquisition of WBD’s studio and streaming assets could lead to massive job losses in Hollywood, fundamentally alter the theatrical landscape…
Hanwha invests KRW 18B ($13M) in Kresus to expand digital asset infrastructure. Funding supports enterprise wallets, RWA tokenization, and on-chain workflows. Deal follows MoU signed at Abu Dhabi Finance Week in December 2025. Kresus Labs, a US-based digital wallet and blockchain infrastructure company, has raised about KRW 18 billion (roughly$13 million) in a strategic investment from Hanwha Investment & Securities. The deal highlights how traditional finance is increasingly looking beyond crypto trading and toward the “plumbing” behind digital assets: secure wallets, enterprise systems, and tokenized products that can fit into existing financial services. Strategic capital targets the infrastructure layer of digital assets…
Bitcoin-backed loan platform Ledn has sold about $188 million of bonds tied to Bitcoin‑collateralized consumer loans into the mainstream asset‑backed securities (ABS) market, Bloomberg reported on Wednesday, citing people familiar with the matter. In a first-of-its-kind deal, one of the two tranches — the investment‑grade portion —reportedly priced at a spread of roughly 335 basis points over a benchmark rate, implying that investors are demanding 3.35 percentage points in extra yield to hold crypto‑linked credit risk rather than conventional consumer ABS.The deal is structured through Ledn Issuer Trust 2026‑1, which securitizes a pool of 5,441 short‑term, fixed‑rate balloon loans extended to…
For leaders in the financial sector, the experimental phase of generative AI has concluded and the focus for 2026 is operational integration.While early adoption centred on content generation and efficiency in isolated workflows, the current requirement is to industrialise these capabilities. The objective is to create systems where AI agents do not merely assist human operators, but actively run processes within strict governance frameworks.This transition presents specific architectural and cultural challenges. It requires a move from disparate tools to joined-up systems that manage data signals, decision logic, and execution layers simultaneously.Financial institutions integrate agentic AI workflowsThe primary bottleneck in scaling…
Global markets are reacting sharply to rising geopolitical tensions in the Middle East, as reports suggest the US could be moving closer to a direct military confrontation with Iran.Safe-haven assets such as gold and silver are climbing, oil prices are rising on supply fears, and Bitcoin is slipping as traders rotate away from risk-sensitive assets.Iran Military Buildup Fuels Market AnxietyRecent intelligence and media reports indicate that any potential conflict would not be a limited strike. Rather, it would be a broader, weeks-long campaign if launched, raising concerns about prolonged volatility across commodities, equities, and crypto.Sponsored SponsoredAccording to Axios analysis, evidence…
Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure The OTHERS D chart, which tracks the crypto market cap excluding the top 10 cryptocurrencies, is showing signs of a rotation away from Bitcoin and other large market cap cryptos. After months of Bitcoin holding relative strength, new technical analysis is implying that the balance could tilt in favor of the altcoin market very soon. Biweekly Breakout Signals Shift In Momentum Technical analysis of the crypto market capitalization is showing a developing shift in capital flows, particularly into altcoins outside the top 10 by total market value.…
An activist Riot Platform shareholder is pressing the crypto mining company to accelerate its pivot to high-performance computing (HPC) and artificial intelligence.In a Wednesday letter to executives, Starboard Value, which holds about 12.7 million shares of Riot, said that the company could generate between $9 billion to $21 billion in equity value contribution from AI/HPC data centers in Texas. The shareholder said that “time is of the essence,” stressing urgency in getting “more material deals completed” as it moves deeper into AI and HPC.“With 1.4 [gigawatts] of gross capacity remaining to be monetized, Riot is in an enviable position –…
Key points:Bitcoin remains under pressure, and the downside might accelerate if the $65,118 level is breached.Several major altcoins are attempting a recovery, but the bears remain sellers on rallies.Bitcoin (BTC) bulls are attempting to hold the price above $67,000, but the bears have continued to exert pressure. A positive sign for the bulls is that select analysts believe BTC may be bottoming out.Analyst Jelle said in a post on X that all but one of BTC’s major bottoms had formed between the 200-week simple moving average ($58,371) and the 200-week exponential moving average ($68,065). BTC trading near the 200-week EMA…
Lawmakers, Wall Street executives, and cryptocurrency leaders will meet at US President Donald Trump’s private Mar-a-Lago club for a crypto “forum” organized by World Liberty Financial, the company backed by Trump and his sons.Ahead of the event, the price of World Liberty’s WLFI token surged by more than 23%, to about $0.12 from $0.10. Trading volume in the past 24 hours topped $466 million.On Wednesday, the president’s sons, Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr. — also the co-founders of World Liberty Financial — along with Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong, BitGo co-founder and CEO Mike Belshe, CFTC Chair Michael Selig and…
Price charts are a core tool in any trading application, and charts are built using OHLCV(Open, High, Low, Close, Volume) data. In addition, real-time charts are foundational for almost every modern crypto application. From DEX terminals and token analytics dashboards to trading bots and price monitoring systems, builders rely on accurate, live candlestick graphs to function at scale. Today, there are several infrastructure providers offering charting data (OHLCV) on-chain tokens. In this article, we’ll look at how two commonly used platforms, Birdeye and Bitquery, approach the problem of streaming OHLCV data, especially when the requirement is monitoring a large number…
