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The ripple effects of geopolitical conflict are reshaping the plumbing of global trade finance, pushing some commodity traders out of the banking system and into the arms of stablecoins.That’s according to Luke Sully, CEO of trade finance-focused stablecoin issuer Haycen, who says the war involving Iran has heightened compliance fears among Western banks, triggering a fresh wave of “debanking” across commodity markets.“Since the war, banks are further retreating from certain commodity flows,” Sully told CoinDesk in an interview. “We spoke with some commodity traders who are getting debanked now,” he added.The $2 trillion marketThe concern centers on counterparty risk. Banks…

XRP emerged as the safest option, at least according to ChatGPT’s model. Here’s why. A lot was said about quantum computing over the past several years, and although the technology is not fully here yet, many industry experts believe it could be threatening to numerous cryptocurrencies because it uses algorithms like Shor’s to break the public-key cryptography (ECC/RSA) that secures them. A powerful device could, in theory, reverse-engineer private keys from public keys, allowing attackers to steal funds, while Grover’s algorithm could undermine mining security and enable 51% attacks. But which of the top cryptocurrencies are under the biggest…

Mega Crit’s Slay the Spire is incredibly compelling, hooking players since 2019 with the tantalizing promise of unlocking new cards, relics, and achievements if they play just one more run. Those same qualities are key to Slay the Spire 2, which retains all of the roguelike deckbuilder’s core elements and enhances them with new classes, monsters, and events. But a month after its early access release, what’s keeping me coming back is the sequel’s biggest change: the ability to play with friends. I never actually used the Slay the Spire co-op mod Spire with Friends, but I loved Slay the…

In brief Amy Oldenburg, head of digital-asset strategy at Morgan Stanley, sees a tokenized money-market fund as a natural path forward for its crypto roadmap. What’s more, the investment bank with $9.3 trillion in client assets could explore tax-lost harvesting strategies for digital assets via the subsidiary Parametric. The firm has an army of more than 15,000 wealth advisors that gained the ability to pitch third-party spot Bitcoin ETFs to eligible clients last year. The debut of Morgan Stanley’s spot Bitcoin ETF marked a major milestone on Wednesday for the investment bank with $9.3 trillion in client assets, but the…

RAVE has skyrocketed by over 1,000% in the past week alone, sodilifying its spot in the top 100 alts by market cap. Bitcoin’s gradual price increase that began after the US and Iran announced a two-week ceasefire came to an end earlier this morning when the two sides failed to reach a permanent peace agreement. Most altcoins have followed suit, with ETH sliding toward $2,200, while HYPE, ADA, BCH, and LINK have marked more substantial declines. BTC Slid $2K in Minutes After the slow previous weekend, BTC began the business week on the right foot, surging from $67,000 to…

Make CryptoSlate preferred on Ray Dalio’s Apr. 9 TIME essay carries a geopolitical surface and a monetary argument underneath.Dalio explicitly writes that his indicators point to a simultaneous breakdown of the monetary order, some domestic political orders, and the geopolitical world order.The Iran conflict is the immediate trigger, but the structural claim below that is that investors expect conditions to stabilize quickly, underpricing the depth of the transition already underway.Dalio’s July 2025 TIME essay “Defending the Value of Money” argued that the dispute between President Donald Trump and Fed Chair Jerome Powell was fundamentally about the value of money.When debt…

Ether Machine has called off its planned public debut after the Ethereum treasury-focused firm and Dynamix Corporation agreed to terminate their merger, citing deteriorating market conditions.In a Saturday post on X, Ether Machine said the decision to end the deal was mutual and effective immediately. The transaction had aimed to take the firm public through a merger with the Nasdaq-listed special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), alongside involvement from The Ether Reserve LLC.“The Ether Reserve LLC, together with certain other parties thereto, announced today that they have mutually agreed to terminate their previously announced Business Combination Agreement, effective immediately, as a…

Glass Cannon Network has been a name in the tabletop roleplaying game actual play space since 2015, acting as one of the first major channels in a space that’s barely 10 years old. According to Glass Cannon Network co-founder Troy Lavallee, a big part of that success comes down to one decision: avoiding Dungeons & Dragons.”[GCN] started out as ‘Let’s just play [Pathfinder,] the game that we know and the game that we love, because if we’re infectious about how much we enjoy this game, listeners–whether they even play the game or not, [will listen],” Lavallee told me over a…

Make CryptoSlate preferred on The following is a guest post and opinion from Laura Estefania, Founder and CEO of Conquista PR.From Automation to OrchestrationBots are creating a new economy. And for the first time, it is not about replacing humans, but organizing them.The rise of AI agents has moved quietly from novelty to structure. What we are witnessing is no longer automation in the traditional sense, but orchestration: systems that do not merely execute tasks, but coordinate actors across digital and physical domains, including humans themselves. Among the most striking expressions of this shift are what might be called “clawbot”…

Polymarket betting markets reportedly appeared inside Google News results alongside established news publishers before disappearing.A Google spokesperson told The Verge that the platform’s appearance in News was an error. “This site briefly appeared in Google News in error, and it is no longer surfacing in News,” spokesperson Ned Adriance reportedly said.Before removal, Polymarket links were shown directly beneath mainstream outlets when users searched event-driven queries. In one example cited by Futurism, a search for “will ships transit the strait” related to the Strait of Hormuz returned a Polymarket market predicting outcomes on vessel passage alongside reporting from Reuters and The…