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Hyperliquid price eyes $40 breakout as technical indicators turn bullish
Hyperliquid price is pushing toward a key resistance zone as rising trading volume and strengthening technical signals point to growing bullish momentum in the market.
Summary

Hyperliquid rose to around $32 in a possible recovery attempt towards $40..

Volume and open interest climbed, indicating new positions as traders anticipate further price movement.

Technical indicators show strengthening momentum, with resistance sitting between $33 and $36.
Hyperliquid ($HYPE) edged higher on renewed buying, with the token trading around $32.63 at press time, up 6.6% in the past 24 hours. The price has stayed within a weekly range of $29.61 to $33.33, holding near the top of that band.

Over the past year, Hyperliquid has been one of the stronger performers among the top 100 cryptocurrencies, gaining about 136%. Even so, it still trades roughly 45% below its September 2025 peak of $59.30.

Trading activity has picked up as well. 24-hour spot volume reached about $289 million, a 98% increase compared with the previous day, which suggests fresh interest from traders.

Derivatives markets show a similar pattern. Data from CoinGlass shows trading volume climbing 84% to $1.36 billion, while open interest rose 9.56% to $1.33 billion. This mix open often signals that new positions are being added rather than closed.

Hyperliquid fundamentals grow stronger

Beyond price action, the platform itself continues to expand. Hyperliquid now accounts for roughly 70% of decentralized perpetual futures trading volume, while daily activity on the exchange is estimated at 9.9% of the level seen on Binance.

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The network has also built a sizable user base. More than 665,000 traders are active on the platform, and monthly revenue is estimated at around $116 million. According to project data, about 38% of the token supply has been set aside for future ecosystem initiatives.

New features are gradually being introduced. These include HIP-4 outcome trading and efforts to connect real-world assets to the platform.

Supply mechanics may also play a role in the token’s dynamics. Hyperliquid runs an assistance fund that periodically buys back and burns $HYPE tokens. Roughly 4.17% of the supply, valued at about $1.36 billion, has already been removed through these operations, reducing the number of tokens in circulation.

Hyperliquid price technical analysis

From a technical perspective, several signals have started to lean positive. The price currently sits above the mid-Bollinger Band, which corresponds to the 20-day moving average. That area, around $29 to $30, has been acting as support in recent weeks as buyers step in during pullbacks.

Hyperliquid daily chart. Credit: crypto.news

Volatility also appears to be returning. The Bollinger Bands are widening after a period of compression, a setup that traders often watch for stronger moves. At the moment, the price is pushing toward the upper band in the $33 to $36 range.

Momentum indicators point in the same direction. The relative strength index is hovering in the upper-50 zone. Before the market enters overbought territory, that level usually denotes growing momentum while allowing room for growth.

The chart also shows a pattern of higher lows since the rebound in late January, with buyers continuously protecting the $29 to $30 range. This kind of structure often depicts slow accumulation.

For now, the main barrier sits between $33 and $36, where the token has struggled to move higher in recent attempts. A clear break above that zone could shift attention toward the $40 level, which many traders see as the next psychological target.

If momentum fades, the first support lies near $29.9, while a deeper support zone sits around $26 to $27.

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March 9, 2026
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March 9, 2026
Leading Union at Nexstar-Owned TV Stations Plans Shareholder Battle

As the local TV giant Nexstar seeks to expand its reach with its $6.2 billion TEGNA acquisition, the union that represents some of its employees is planning to foment a shareholder revolt.

The Communications Workers of America, which represents hundreds of workers at Nexstar-owned TV stations through the National Association of Broadcast Employees and Technicians, said Monday that it intends to propose five “governance proposals” at Nexstar’s upcoming annual meeting, and will solicit shareholder approval for them.

The CWA has been a vocal opponent to Nexstar’s TEGNA deal, arguing that it will result in a paring back of local news and jobs in the markets in which it owns multiple stations. But the deal has secured the approval of President Donald Trump, who wrote that it would create “more competition against THE ENEMY, the Fake News National TV Networks.”

FCC Chairman Brendan Carr has also indicated he supports the deal, though the legality over whether the FCC can unilaterally raise the 39 percent TV station ownership cap is not entirely clear.

The CWA’s proposals would change the rules around calling special meetings and nominating directors, and proposals for securing shareholder approval on major M&A, and for the board to create an independent chairman, or at the very least name a lead independent director (Perry Sook is currently chairman and CEO).

A spokesperson for Nexstar declined to comment.

“Nexstar’s board lacks independent leadership from Chair and CEO Perry Sook, contributing to a record of governance problems that are harmful to shareholders,” NABET-CWA President Charlie Braico said in a statement. “Despite strong shareholder support for an independent board chair, the company has delayed implementation of this policy as a condition of its employment agreement with Sook and the board has not even appointed a lead independent director. Now company leadership is engaged in empire-building through the proposed TEGNA transaction to the detriment of shareholders. These management problems extend to labor relations as well – Nexstar has repeatedly engaged in frivolous appeals, wasting resources rather than complying with administrative and court decisions requiring it to recognize its workers’ unions at multiple locations. By advancing an independent solicitation, we can ensure shareholders are afforded their right to a voice on the Company’s governance shortcomings.”

March 9, 2026
Drew Barrymore’s Daytime Talk Show Renewed for Two More Seasons

Drew Barrymore’s daytime talk show will be sticking around for a couple more years.

The syndicated show has scored a two-season renewal on stations owned by CBS (whose syndication arm, CBS Media Ventures, produces and distributes it), Sinclair and Nexstar. The pickup will take The Drew Barrymore Show through its eighth season in 2027-28.

The two-season order comes on the heels of the show scoring its most watched season to date. In a challenging environment for daytime shows, The Drew Barrymore Show is averaging 1.6 million daily viewers, its best mark to date. The show also has 14 million followers across social and digital platforms.

“What matters most to us is our viewers and the people that come here! This show began as a space for intimate conversation, and we’re continuing to plant our flag as a truly multiplatform experience,” Barrymore said in a statement. “We live in a world where people discover content in so many different ways, and from the very start in 2020, our mission was to break the mold rather than conform to the traditional daytime landscape. I hold myself accountable to staying savvy about how and where this show is seen – feeding every corner that counts, while daring to just be myself and figure out life with others. My curiosity about people is what fuels me. I’m so excited to continue as I see this endeavor as an opportunity and a gift. Our show family is deeply grateful for the support of CBS and George Cheeks, who all helped us get here.”

Barrymore’s show joins fellow syndicated talker The Jennifer Hudson Show in earning a renewal for next season (and beyond, in Drew’s case). They’ll air in a less crowded daytime space next season, as both The Kelly Clarkson Show and Sherri are ending later this year. CBS notes that The Drew Barrymore Show will run in upgraded time periods next season in several large markets, including Seattle and Minneapolis-St. Paul.

“Drew is the original influencer — a true trendsetter and culture-driving force who has consistently stayed ahead of the conversation,” said executive producer Jason Kurtz. “The success of this show is rooted in the fact that Drew shows up as her unfiltered, authentic self every single day, continually challenging the conventions of daytime television and reimagining what the format can be in a multiplatform world.”

March 9, 2026
CBP officers find woman in SUV’s gas tank at California-Mexico border crossing

U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers discovered a woman being smuggled inside an SUV’s gas tank last week at the San Ysidro Port of Entry, according to court records.

While CBP officers regularly find drugs hidden inside the gas tanks of vehicles, it’s much less common — if not unprecedented — to find a person concealed inside one.

The woman, a Mexican citizen, was discovered when a CBP officer inspecting the SUV “observed a human foot sticking out” of the gas tank, according to a criminal complaint against the driver filed in San Diego federal court. Officers then began taking apart the tank, which was not factory standard, and discovered the woman lying in a puddle of gasoline, appearing disoriented and suffering from apparent chemical burns to her legs and feet; she was taken to a hospital for medical evaluation, treated and quickly released.

The incident occurred around 7:30 p.m. on Feb. 27, and involved a U.S. citizen driving a GMC Yukon that an officer at the port of entry noticed was emitting a strong odor of gasoline, according to the criminal complaint. The driver allegedly acknowledged the smell and said that it had “been like that for a couple days.”

The officer then knocked on the SUV’s gas tank, and believing that it sounded “solid” rather than hollow, requested a dog trained to sniff out drugs and humans, according to the court records. After the dog zeroed in on the underside of the SUV, the driver was detained, and the vehicle was taken to a secondary screening area.

An officer monitoring a vehicle X-ray machine did not detect anything wrong with the vehicle, but another officer doing a physical inspection spotted the woman’s foot, according to the complaint. Officers then removed the SUV’s back seats and carpeting to reveal an access panel that appeared to have been newly welded.

The officers pried open the panel to free the woman, who was unable to get out of the tank on her own, according to the court records. Officers, including a medic, helped her out of the tank and out of her gasoline-soaked clothes, then gave her a “decontamination shower” before an ambulance arrived and took her to a hospital.

In an interview later that night, the woman told officers that she was going to pay $10,000 to be smuggled into the U.S., according to the complaint. She said she’d been instructed where to go and what vehicle to get into.

She told officers that once she’d made her way into the gas tank, she heard someone outside screwing the compartment closed above her and realized that she was trapped inside with no way to get out on her own, according to the court records. She said she used a rag soaked in water and placed over her face to help her breathe because she felt like she would asphyxiate inside the tank.

She also told the officers that as the SUV moved, gasoline was splashing on her and “she felt like she was burning alive,” the court records said. She said the burning feeling on her left leg was so intense that she thought she was going to lose her leg, and she estimated that she was in the tank for about 90 minutes.

The SUV’s driver was arrested on suspicion of human smuggling for financial gain, and according to the complaint, he allegedly admitted to investigators that he knew he was smuggling a person inside the tank and had expected to be paid $5,000.

The driver allegedly told investigators that he’d driven the SUV into Mexico about six days prior, given the vehicle to people he believed were human smugglers and then stayed at a Tijuana-area hotel waiting for the vehicle to be ready, according to the court records. He told investigators that he didn’t know where he was taking the woman but had been instructed to call for instructions after he crossed the border.

The woman from the tank is not facing charges for trying to enter the U.S. but instead is a material witness in the case against the driver, which is typical for human smuggling cases.

March 9, 2026
Treasury Urges Congress to Give Crypto Platforms Power to Freeze Suspicious Funds
In brief

The Treasury has recommended a “hold law” allowing platforms to pause suspicious crypto transfers during investigations.

The proposal appears in a GENIUS Act report on tools to counter illicit finance involving digital assets.

The idea could help law enforcement react faster, though legal and transparency questions remain, Decrypt was told.
The U.S. Treasury is urging Congress to consider creating a digital asset-specific “hold law” that would allow crypto platforms to temporarily freeze funds linked to suspected illegal activity.

The recommendation has appeared in a Treasury report to Congress on technologies used to counter illicit finance involving digital assets, produced under the Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins, or GENIUS Act.

“Lawful users of digital assets may leverage mixers to enable financial privacy when transacting through public blockchains,” the report reads, adding that a measure for the hold law would create a legal safe harbor allowing financial institutions to “temporarily and voluntarily hold digital assets involved in suspected illegal activity” during an investigation.

The authority could allow institutions to pause suspicious transfers before funds are moved or converted through other crypto services.

“Exchanges often detect suspicious funds using blockchain intelligence, but there is not always a clear legal framework that allows them to hold those assets long enough for investigators to act,” Ari Redbord, global head of policy and government affairs at TRM Labs, told Decrypt.

The move could help “create a defined window for platforms to pause those funds while law enforcement moves through the legal process,” Redbord added.

If adopted, it could “strengthen how exchanges handle suspicious transactions,” Redbord explained, adding that in practice, it would give law enforcement “time to catch up to the speed of blockchain transactions,” and “strengthen public-private partnerships.”

The recommendation comes as Congress debates broader legislation on the structure of the crypto market, with President Donald Trump pressing lawmakers to move faster on crypto rules amid a clash between banks and digital asset firms.

While exchanges can report suspicious activity, holding the funds is legally harder, Andrew Rossow, public affairs attorney and CEO of AR Media Consulting, told Decrypt.

“Banks already have the ability to delay a suspicious transaction, but that power is very narrow and legally awkward,” he said.

Institutions can file a suspicious activity report, yet there is no “clean statutory safe harbor allowing the bank to hold the funds while the investigation unfolds” without a court order, sanctions authority, or risking liability.

“For crypto exchanges, this problem is even more awkward because there is no ‘pending state’ or ‘freeze’ that is ‘clean,’” he added, noting that while the Bank Secrecy Act protects institutions that file suspicious activity reports in good faith, it does not clearly authorize them to freeze the funds tied to those reports.

Exchanges that detect suspicious crypto flows would then need to choose between allowing the funds to move or freezing them, risking legal exposure.

If a hold law gets adopted, crypto platforms will have clear authority to pause the assets while authorities review the case, Rossow explained.

But the Treasury’s report has “left a number of vulnerabilities unresolved,” Rossow noted, pointing to questions around the reliability of blockchain analytics and the “tipping off” restrictions tied to current suspicious activity reporting rules.

The proposal could create a paradox where transparency rules require disclosing a freeze, while suspicious activity reporting (SAR) rules prohibit explaining the underlying investigation, he warned.

“If you freeze someone’s assets and then must be transparent about it, but cannot tell them you filed a SAR, you now have a structural paradox. The customer will know they’re frozen; but they won’t know why. This creates a legal gray zone that would need to be exploited.”

Still, the recommendation could help create a “practical and important tool in the fight against crypto fraud and money laundering,” TRM Labs’ Redbord said.

“Criminals move quickly, and digital assets move even faster,” he said. “A narrowly tailored hold authority helps close that gap.”

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March 9, 2026
Aave Users Reach Record as Traders Quietly Shift Capital Toward DeFi Lending
In brief

Aave’s monthly active users hit an all-time high of ~155,000 in February, up roughly 100% in six months.

The surge was driven by rising ETH supply rates and the collapse of the basis trade, analysts say.

The Aave Chan Initiative, one of Aave’s most influential governance groups, announced its shutdown last week after a transparency dispute with Aave Labs.
Monthly active users on DeFi lending protocol Aave reached roughly 155,000 in February, marking an all-time high and nearly doubling over the past six months.

The rise in users comes as investors increasingly seek yield through decentralized lending protocols, according to on-chain analytics platform Token Terminal data.

Sean Dawson, head of research at on-chain options platform Derive, told Decrypt that market dynamics appeared to be the primary driver behind the swelling of users.

“The largest trade in crypto, the basis trade, has collapsed in recent months,” Dawson said. “Users used to be able to earn 10–30% or just by holding sUSDe, now this is less than 4%.”

Broader structural shifts in crypto trading strategies are also pushing capital toward lending platforms, he said.

“Consequently, users have few places to park funds that are low risk—this makes lending the only remaining option,” he added.

Peter Chung, head of research at Presto Labs, told Decrypt that Aave’s long-standing role in decentralized finance infrastructure likely explains the continued growth in its user base.

“DeFi firms are largely experimental, but a select few have firmly established themselves as a critical onchain finance infrastructure,” Chung said. “Aave is one of them. They have gone through some governance changes recently, but not sure there is any causality there.”

The rise in user activity comes amid governance tension within the Aave ecosystem.

Last week, the Aave Chan Initiative (ACI) said it would wind down, alleging that addresses tied to Aave Labs, including a 111,000 AAVE delegation from founder Stani Kulechov, helped swing the “Aave Will Win” temperature check, a $51 million funding proposal that passed with 52.58% support.

ACI founder Marc Zeller said stripping those votes would have flipped the result, while the group’s own exit post cited “no role for an independent service provider” when the largest budget recipient can influence its own approval.

The departure follows BGD Labs, the team behind Aave’s V3 codebase, which also stepped away over strategic disagreements with Aave Labs, leaving two major contributors gone in quick succession.

Despite the governance turmoil, lending and borrowing activity on the protocol continues to operate normally.

Aave currently holds nearly $27 billion in total value locked across 20 blockchains, making it the dominant DeFi lending protocol by a wide margin, according to DeFiLlama data.

AAVE, the protocol’s governance token, is trading around $107, down about 0.7% over the past 24 hours and roughly 83.8% below its 2021 all-time high of $661, according to CoinGecko data.

Looking ahead, Dawson said the protocol’s growth will depend on whether lending activity continues expanding.

“Continued growth on TVL is the main metric I’d look at,” he said, adding that stability of rates without large deposits or withdrawals in the coming months will also be an important signal for the protocol’s trajectory.

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March 9, 2026
Walid Khalidi, historian of the Palestinian cause, dies aged 100

Walid Khalidi, the venerated Palestinian historian whose research helped document the Nakba and shaped generations of scholarship on Palestine, has died aged 100.

Khalidi, dubbed “the historian of the Palestinian cause”, passed away on Sunday in Massachusetts in the United States, according to an obituary issued by the Institute for Palestine Studies (IPS) – the research centre that he co-founded in 1963.

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Following the news, tributes from scholars, diplomats and Palestinian officials flooded social media, with Husam Zomlot, the Palestinian ambassador to the United Kingdom, calling Khalidi “a national treasure, a guardian of memory, and a mentor to generations” in a post on X.

Born in Jerusalem in 1925 into a prominent intellectual family, Khalidi received his early education in Ramallah before attending St George’s School in Jerusalem.

He later graduated from the University of Oxford in 1951 and went on to enjoy an illustrious academic career, teaching political studies at the American University of Beirut until 1982, before becoming a research fellow at Harvard University’s Center for International Affairs.

Chronicling the Nakba

Khalidi was perhaps best known for his meticulous documentation of the destruction of Palestinian villages during the Nakba (“catastrophe”), the ethnic cleansing of Palestine by Zionist militias in 1948.

His landmark book All That Remains, published in 1992, catalogued how more than 400 Palestinian villages were destroyed or depopulated during the first Arab-Israeli war and combined historical research, maps and testimonies to reconstruct the lives of communities that had disappeared.

The IPS described Khalidi as a “pioneer in uncovering many long-concealed features that explained how the Zionist movement succeeded in occupying Palestine in 1948”, adding that in the 1960s, he was the first to reveal “its master plan for the occupation of Palestine and the expulsion of its people, known as ‘Plan Dalet’”.

Another major work by Khalidi, Before Their Diaspora, used archival photographs to document Palestinian society before 1948, offering a rare visual record of daily life in cities and villages across the country.

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Academic and diplomatic roles

After a period teaching at Oxford, Khalidi spent decades at the American University of Beirut, and co-founded the Institute for Palestine Studies, which grew into one of the leading research organisations dedicated to Palestinian history, politics, and society.

Khalidi later served as a research fellow at Harvard’s Center for International Affairs, lectured at institutions including Princeton University in the US, and was elected a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Beyond academia, he also played a role in Palestinian diplomacy.

After the 1967 war, which later became known as the Naksa, in which Israel seized the West Bank, East Jerusalem, Gaza, the Syrian Golan Heights and Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula, Khalidi moved towards diplomacy.

He served as an adviser to the Iraqi delegation to the United Nations, later joined an Arab Summit delegation to the British government in 1983, and, in the mid-1980s, served as a special adviser to the Arab League secretary-general.

He was also part of the joint Jordanian-Palestinian delegation to the 1991 Madrid peace conference.

Khalidi was a proponent of a two-state solution, writing in Foreign Affairs in 1988 that a Palestinian state within the 1967 borders in “peaceful coexistence alongside Israel” was “the only conceptual candidate for a historical compromise of this century-old conflict”.

Khalidi is ‘synonymous with his beloved homeland’

Tributes from Palestinian officials and scholars highlighted Khalidi’s role in shaping the historical understanding of Palestine.

Khalil Jahshan, the executive director of the Arab Center Washington DC, said in a post on X that Khalidi’s name was “synonymous with his beloved homeland, Palestine” as he offered “heartfelt condolences to his family, to the people of Palestine, and to all who knew him”.

The Institute for Palestine Studies described Khalidi as one of the most prominent historians of Palestine and said his work helped build the foundation for modern scholarship on Palestine.

Jehad Abusalim, policy analyst and author of Light in Gaza, wrote on X that Khalidi had “dedicated his life to preserving Palestinian history”, adding that “his scholarship and research are a foundation that generations will continue to build on”.

For many historians, Khalidi’s legacy lies not only in his own scholarship, but also in the institutions he helped build and the generations of students and researchers he mentored.

At a time when much of Palestine’s historical record risked being scattered or lost, Khalidi devoted his career to documenting it.

His work ensured that the history of Palestinian society before and after 1948 would remain part of the global historical record.

March 9, 2026
‘Crash Landing on You’ Outfit Studio Dragon Partners With Taiwan’s TAICCA on Teen Romances – Global Bulletin

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The Taiwan Creative Content Agency (TAICCA) has signed an MoU with Korean production company Studio Dragon – behind “Queen of Tears,” “The Glory,” and “Crash Landing on You” – to launch “Bubble: Teen Romance Feature Co-Development Program,” an open call for authentic Taiwanese love stories or transnational Taiwan-Korea narratives. Selected projects will be co-developed by Taiwanese creative teams and seasoned Korean producers, with a focus on commercial works targeting international audiences.

TAICCA chair Sue Wang cited the strong Asian box office performance of Taiwanese teen romance films – including “Our Times,” “18×2 Beyond Youthful Days,” and “Lovesick” – as the impetus for seeking Korean co-production partners. Wang also pointed to the growing popularity of “Taiwan Sensibility” – the warm, nostalgic emotional tone rooted in Taiwanese culture – among Korean audiences as further momentum for the collaboration.

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The Taiwan Film and Audiovisual Institute (TFAI) has launched “Formosa Treasure: Taiyupian as World Cinema,” a year-long commemorative series celebrating the 70th anniversary of Taiyupian – commercial films produced in Taiwan and voiced in the Taiwanese language. The milestone traces back to 1956 and the release of “Xue Pinggui and Wang Baochuan,” the first Taiyupian shot on 35mm film.

Of approximately 1,200 Taiyupian titles identified in TFAI’s research, only around 200 survive in the institute’s collection. The program, running through 2026, spans film screenings, exhibitions and artifact showcases across four thematic pillars. Among the highlights are newly digitized restorations including “Zhang Di Seeks A-Zu” (1969) and “Good Neighbors” (1962). TFAI also plans international touring screenings in Singapore and Japan, alongside theatrical collaborations and open-access research initiatives.

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The U.K.’s Documentary Film Council (DFC) has appointed Mandy Chang as its first chief executive officer. Chang joins the member-owned organization – which represents nearly 1,000 filmmakers and industry professionals – from Fremantle, where she served as global head of documentaries. She previously served as commissioning editor of the BBC‘s Storyville strand from 2017 to 2021, and has directed, produced and executive produced over 100 films and series, including “The Mole Agent,” “Writing With Fire” and “Welcome to Chechnya.”

The DFC has also co-opted two new trustees: Emmy Award-winning filmmaker and programmer Zara Meerza, and Julian Carrington, executive director of the Documentary Organization of Canada.

March 9, 2026
Erik Barmack’s Wild Sheep Content Backs Brazilian YA Mystery Thriller ‘Where Is She?’ From Fabricio Bittar, Creator of Netflix Hit ‘Unexplainable’ (EXCLUSIVE)

L.A.-headquartered Wild Sheep Content, the production and packaging company founded by former Netflix VP Head of International Originals Erik Barmack and partnered by The Mediapro Studio, has boarded “Where Is She?” a six-part YA mystery thriller and Globoplay Original from Brazil’s Fabricio Bittar whose movie “Unexplainable” (“Inexplicável”) hit over 20 million views on Netflix in 2025.

Despite being sold to Netflix for just Latin America and Portugal, “Unexplainable” also reached Netflix’s Global Non-English Top 3. Directed and co-written by Fabricio Bittar, “Unexplainable” was produced by Lucas Veiga at Brazil’s Clube Filmes, the production company behind “Where Is She?”

Also written by Bittar, whodunit “Where Is She?” begins when Kika, 16, Miss Guarulhos who is admired but envied, disappears during a school trip. The search for the culprit exposes the cruel side of her school and puts innocent people in danger.

Years later, in a 2019 present day, Sarah, daughter of Kika’s alleged kidnapper who was found dead, begins a private investigation. She is pulled into a web of secrets where nothing is as it seems. The series unspools simultaneously the two timelines building to two huge twists, one in 2012 and another in 2019.

“The global rise of YA mystery and thriller series has created a strong demand for character-driven stories centered on young protagonists and moral ambiguity,” Barmack told Variety.

“At the same time, Brazil is confronting urgent conversations about how teenagers present themselves and social inequality, and having a YA story set in a seemingly stable community makes this narrative both timely and culturally resonant,” he continued.

“The country is also experiencing a powerful wave of young acting talent capable of carrying emotionally complex, prestige-driven storytelling. ‘Where Is She?’ arrives at the intersection of market appetite and social relevance, offering a suspenseful mystery with contemporary weight and international appeal,” Barmack concluded.

“Where Is She?” adapts bestselling crime novel “Quando Ela Desaparecer,” from Victor Bonini, part of his detective Conrado Bardelli book series.

“I love mystery crime series and it’s a great novel,” said Bittar. Marking “Where is She?” apart, Bittar argued, is its setting of Parque CECAP, a modernist social-housing complex in Guarulhos, São Paulo state. “The complex, created by designers as an experiment in community living, allows it to emerge as a microcosm for society at large,” Bittar said.

In the series, the neighbourhood stands out for its shared sense of safety until Kika goes missing and it plunges in paranoia and fear as the leads build up, testimonies contradict one another and almost everyone becomes a suspect.

“The series talks about social interaction, how you might not know your neighbor as well as you think, nor your teacher, nor family nor friends,” Bittar said.

“Where is She?” is not just a story about a missing girl. It is a story about image and power, and how far people will go to control the narrative. The deadliest weapon in the world is people’s secrets,” he added.

“Where is She?” fields a top-notch cast led by Klara Castanho, with 6.7 million Instagram followers and star of Netflix hit “Good Morning, Verónica,” which ran to three seasons over 2020-24, hitting the U.S. streamer’s Global Top 3, and Nanda Costa, with 3.8 million Instagram followers, star of “The Seamstress” which ran up RS12.4 million ($2.4 million) at the Brazilian box office.

Beginning his career at MTV Brasil, Bittar directed “How to Become the Worst Student in School” which, released in 2017, became one of the top 10 national box office hits of the year. Produced by Clube Filmes, “Exterminadores do Além contra a Loira do Banheiro (2018) played at over 15 international festivals. He also helmed “Alice no Mundo da Internet,” another Clube Filmes production, which was nominated for the Grande Prêmio do Cinema Brasileiro.

Backed by Clube, Bittar’s movie follow-up to “Unexplainable,” “O Rei da Internet” will be released in Brazil this April by Vitrine Filmes, which opened Kleber Mendonça Filho’s “The Secret Agent.”

Headed by Veiga and Bittar, Clube Filmes has produced nine features and three series, partnering with Warner Bros. Globo, Netflix and Fox, said Veiga.

Barmack compares “Where Is She?” to “Good Morning, Verónica,” Netflix No. 1 “The Killing,” from Fox Television Studios, Netflix and AMC and Globoplay smash hit “Perfect Days,” produced by Anonymous Content Brasil and named one of the best international series of 2025 by Variety as well as HBO Original “Mare of Eastown” and Hulu hit “Under the Bridge.”

Globoplay boarded “Where Is She?” shortly before principal photography, Veiga noted.

Its involvement comes as genre is gaining real traction on the streaming service, whether “Perfect Days” or real-life-based crime thrillers such as “The Anti-Kidnapping Unit,”“Dissident Archangel” and “The Game,” co-helmed by Vicente Amorim (“Dirty Hearts”) for “The Unit” and Heitor Dhalia (“Bald Mountain”) for “Dissident Archangel” and “The Game.”

“Globoplay is investing in more sophisticated series with higher production values, a cinematic language and international ambition,” said Barmack.

March 9, 2026