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Windrose — the new pirate adventure formerly known as Crosswind — is out now in early access, debuting to ‘Very Positive’ reviews on Steam.The PvE survival game sees you build, craft, and fight your way across a vast open world “filled with dark secrets,” offering challenging bosses and “soulslite” combat. It’s already clocked an impressive concurrent peak of 25,876 players on launch day, a number that has continued to increase while I’ve been writing this story.Of the over 130 early access reviews left on Steam already, 90% are positive, championing the building, exploration, and combat, with just a few unhappy…
Bitwise CIO Matt Hougan says Bitcoin’s rally is driven by instability, and not speculation. Bitcoin’s latest rally is defying a long-standing market assumption – that the cryptocurrency behaves like a risk asset during geopolitical crises. The world’s largest digital asset climbed to nearly $75,000, its highest level in almost a month, even as tensions in the Middle East escalated. While traditional markets wavered, Bitcoin moved in the opposite direction. According to Matt Hougan, the move is not coincidental. Instead, he argues that Bitcoin is benefiting directly from geopolitical instability, challenging the notion that it should fall during periods of…
The Bitcoin network is now more than halfway (50.01%) through its current halving cycle, with the next halving expected on April 12, 2028, just under two years away, according to mempool.space. This cycle, known as “epoch 5”, which began in April 2024 and will continue through to 2028.A halving occurs every 210,000 blocks, roughly every four years, and reduces the reward miners receive by 50%. This process controls bitcoin’s issuance and ensures a predictable decline in its inflation rate (currently under 1%). In the current epoch, the block subsidy is 3.125 BTC per block. With blocks mined on average every…
Over the course of nearly 50 years, Mark Hamill has heard every question about Star Wars you could possibly ask the actor behind Luke Skywalker. But there’s a burning question he’s heard most often since the first movie swept the world in 1977: “Why didn’t Luke get married?” Which, according to Hamill, is often followed up with: “Is Luke gay?” On a recent phone call with Hamill, I didn’t need to pry to find out his go-to answer. He has a clear take on a topic that so many actors in similar positions would never in a million years take…
Make CryptoSlate preferred on Bitcoin reclaims $71.5k and pushes through the old ATH band, now the market has to prove it can hold thereBitcoin spent the last 24 to 48 hours doing what the market had repeatedly failed to do through the first part of the year. It moved through the $71,500 ceiling, reclaimed $72,000, and then started trading inside an old $73,500 to $73,800 resistance pocket.On the latest 30-minute data, Bitcoin traded around $74,485 after printing an intraday high near $74,947. That leaves the market roughly 5.2% higher over 24 hours and about 4.1% higher over 48 hours, with…
Here’s the latest on the Pi Network front – updates, price moves, and everything in between. Pi Network’s team announced the completion of the latest update, which moved the protocol to version 21 and brought it even closer to the promised smart contract capabilities. They also published a few key clarifications and a new Testnet feature, but the native token continues to struggle and has failed to join the market-wide rally today. The Latest Our last overall update on Pi Network’s ecosystem informed that the protocol had already moved off the previous versions 19.6, 19.9, and even 20.2. The…
Dungeons & Dragons may be the most popular tabletop RPG, but there’s a vast world of other excellent TTRPGs out there, and one of the best is Pathfinder. Not only is it one of the easiest for D&D fans to transition to (since it’s based on older editions of D&D), it’s also packed with official and community-made content to add to your table. If you’re looking to check out Paizo’s fantasy RPG, Humble’s new Pathfinder 2E: Bundle At The Center of The World deal is the perfect way to dive in. The bundle includes up to a whopping 41 Pathfinder…
Nauru has appointed crypto entrepreneur Dadvan Yousuf as an international trade commissioner to help advance its digital asset strategy and attract global investment. In a statement on Tuesday, President David Adeang said the appointment is part of the Pacific nation’s efforts to strengthen international partnerships and position itself as a hub for virtual asset activity. The government said Yousuf will support cross-border engagement with virtual asset service providers, financial institutions and technology firms.The move comes less than a year after Nauru passed legislation establishing the Command Ridge Virtual Asset Authority (CRVAA), a dedicated regulator tasked with licensing and overseeing crypto firms,…
Make CryptoSlate preferred on Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s call for the Fed to hold off on rate cuts reflects a problem that reaches far beyond Washington: war-driven inflation is keeping the door to cheaper money shut.Reuters reported that Bessent urged caution because the Iran conflict is lifting fuel costs and complicating the inflation outlook. The Fed’s own March minutes told pretty much the same story: officials warned that higher oil prices could lift inflation in the near term, delay the return to 2%, and, if sustained, pass through into core prices. Futures markets had already shifted toward fewer cuts, with…
The Legend of Zelda movie has officially wrapped filming, according to a brief update from Sony at CinemaCon 2026.Sony Pictures’ showcase at CinemaCon last night did not contain any new details, images, or footage from Nintendo’s live-action The Legend of Zelda movie, unfortunately, but Sony confirmed filming is done, and reaffirmed the May 7, 2027 release date in theaters.Here’s everything announced by Sony Pictures at CinemaCon 2026.Wesley is Director, News at IGN. Find him on Twitter at @wyp100. You can reach Wesley at wesley_yinpoole@ign.com or confidentially at wyp100@proton.me.