Bitcoin on track for 20% weekly gain as investor optimism floods back

Bitcoin was on track for a weekly gain of around 23% Friday, following a spate of positive developments for the world's largest cryptocurrency.

Bitcoin was last seen at $77,226.96, up from $62,836.88 at the start of the week. Crypto-linked stocks rose, with Coinbase and Circle advancing more than 5%. Strategy advanced 9%. The ProShares bitcoin strategy ETF (BITO) was up 6.8% in premarket trading.

‘Supporting Role’ Director Ana Urushadze Preps ‘Fear of Butterflies,’ a Detective Story With ‘Mysticism and a Touch of Body Horror’ (EXCLUSIVE)

Georgian director Ana Urushadze (“Scary Mother”), whose Rotterdam prizewinner “Supporting Role” plays in competition this week at the Sarajevo Film Festival, is prepping her third feature film.

“Fear of Butterflies” follows a young woman on the cusp of 30 who is “going through some bizarre things, mentally and physically,” Urushadze told Variety. The director described the film, which explores the mordant consequences of a woman “not accepting her body,” as a “detective story with a little bit of mysticism and a touch of body horror.”

Masters of the Universe Flopped at the Box Office, but It's Doing Huge Numbers on Prime Video — So How About That Sequel?

Amazon’s Masters of the Universe movie might have flopped at the box office, but it enjoyed an enormous launch on Prime Video, sparking fan hope for a sequel.

The He-Man adventure made just $113 million in theaters earlier this summer. Given the reported budget of $170 million, it came as no surprise to see Masters of the Universe make the jump to streaming less than two months after it debuted in theaters.