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Hyperliquid's HYPE token has hit an all-time high, and the ETFs tracking it have pulled in one hundred seventy two million dollars since launching. What makes this notable is the timing — U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs have shed nearly five point six billion dollars over the same stretch, suggesting investors aren't abandoning crypto risk, they're just redirecting it somewhere newer.
On a very different front, Casey Harrell has been living with a brain-computer interface embedded in his skull for nearly three years. Harrell, who has ALS and is fully paralyzed, is now described as the first true power user of this technology — able to speak through the implant with a fluency that earlier patients never reached. It's a quiet but significant marker of how far this field has actually traveled.
And in the enterprise software world, HPE is making a direct play for customers frustrated with VMware's pricing. The company is offering its Morpheus VM Essentials platform free for an entire year, with migration support available for just one dollar. It's a straightforward bet that getting users through the door cheaply will convert them into long-term customers.
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