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As the Invincible VS beta test winds down, players are hoping publisher Skybound Games and developer Quarter Up do something to fix its “rage quitting” problem.The fighting game based on the comic book-turned-TV show will soon close the servers that have allowed players to try out a slice of its superhero roster since April 9. With launch still weeks away, those who signed up for the limited test are left to reflect on the battles where they may have beaten their opponents a bit too badly.Players of varying skill levels flocked to the Invincible VS beta and quickly found that…

The largest traders have a problem: how to keep their activity quiet enough to not influence market prices or reveal any long-term strategies.In traditional markets like equities, they’ve had that ability for decades through so-called dark pools and off-exchange venues. Even as far back as January 2025, more than half of all U.S. equities trading took place off public exchanges, according to Bloomberg data.Crypto has never had an equivalent, and the absence is increasingly difficult to ignore. Every trade on Hyperliquid, every order on a decentralized exchange, is visible to anyone paying attention, and companies like DeFiLlama and Arkham exist…

The meeting went well but both parties couldn’t agree on the nuclear matter, which is “the only point that really mattered,” said Trump. Bitcoin’s price slipped once again in the past few hours as US President Donald Trump made his first comments on the tension in the Middle East after the failure of the peace talks. In a post on his social media platform, the POTUS said the meeting “went well” as most points were “agreed to,” besides the most important one: nuclear. He also warned that the US Navy will “begin the process of blockading any and all…

Every year, The Nightmare Before Christmas, directed by Henry Selick, is appointment viewing for two major holidays. Selick’s other most famous film, Coraline, recently returned to theaters for its 15th anniversary, and seems to have a steady supply of new merchandise coming out at all times. And yet, a third Henry Selick stop-motion film of equal caliber seems to be comparatively forgotten. James and the Giant Peach is a Disney film based on the children’s book by Roald Dahl. In it, a young boy named James is orphaned after his parents are, as Dahl put it, “eaten up by an…

In brief A new proposal outlines a way to create quantum-resistant Bitcoin transactions without changing the network protocol. The design replaces elliptic-curve assumptions with hash-based puzzles and Lamport signatures. The approach shifts computational work to transaction creators and is presented as a temporary workaround rather than a permanent fix. Bitcoin transactions could be made resistant to future quantum attacks without changing the network’s core protocol, according to a proposal from StarkWare researcher Avihu Mordechai Levy.In a recent paper, Levy describes a “Quantum-Safe Bitcoin” transaction scheme designed to remain secure even if quantum computers break the elliptic-curve cryptography used today. The…

Make CryptoSlate preferred on First Lady Melania Trump’s unexpected White House address forcefully denying any ties to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein and her unprecedented call for congressional hearings for his victims has sparked a political firestorm.In a surprise April 9 announcement, the first lady addressed reporters at the White House to categorically dismantle rumors regarding her past. She declared:“The lies linking me with the disgraceful Jeffrey Epstein need to end today.”However, the politically charged statement has failed to lift market sentiment around the MELANIA token.Melania Trump denies links with Jeffrey EpsteinThe first lady also took aim at what she described…

Can we all agree that space is both pretty amazing and terrifying? I’ve largely felt both awe and terror while the crew of the Artemis II, the latest manned space mission, has traveled the farthest any person has ever gone from Earth and broadcast images of our neighboring celestial body and the space beyond. It’s got me thinking about a lot of things, like how small and insignificant we are in the grand scheme of the universe–let alone this solar system–as well as how little it feels like we know about the Moon despite its relative proximity! That last point…

Institutional platforms, including Binance and Kraken, reveal lower turnover, meaning, assets are primarily held rather than traded. Retail-focused exchanges use a larger share of their reserves for trading than platforms that are institution-focused. Exchanges with a stronger institutional focus, such as Coinbase, Binance, and Kraken, maintain relatively low volume-to-reserve ratios of around 0.1. This indicates that deposits are largely held rather than actively traded. Asset Utilization Diverges According to CoinGecko’s latest report, platforms that serve more retail traders, including Bybit and Bitget, record higher ratios of 0.3 and 0.5 on average between January 2024 and February 2026, reflecting greater…

Now almost a week old, the Bitcoin (BTC) recovery is “fragile” as the crypto market faces geopolitical and macroeconomic headwinds from the ongoing war in the Middle East, according to Nic Puckrin, a crypto market analyst and founder of the Coin Bureau media outlet.“Even if the war ends now, its repercussions will likely be the story of 2026, and certainly the dominant narrative for Q2. I don’t expect to see a rate cut until late Q3 or Q4, if at all,” Puckrin told Cointelegraph. He said that he sees: “For a push toward $90,000, we would need to see a combination…

Former Bethesda Softworks marketing lead Pete Hines has opened up about how he saw the Fallout publisher get “damaged and broken apart” before announcing his retirement in 2023.The now-retired gaming industry veteran touched on why he chose to step away from Bethesda during a wide-ranging interview with Firezide Chat. When reminiscing about his decades-long journey through the release of everything from Doom to The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim, Hines shared his feelings about changes within the company and what ultimately drove him to leave.Hines had previously stated that it made sense for him to retire around the launch of the…