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Got story updates? Submit your updates here. ›Tinker Federal Credit Union’s gas card giveaway aims to provide financial assistance to Oklahoma City drivers during a time of economic uncertainty.Oklahoma City TodayTinker Federal Credit Union (TFCU) is giving away $25 gas gift cards at two locations in the Oklahoma City metro area starting at 11 a.m. on Friday, April 10. The giveaway will take place at TFCU’s branches located at 10801 N I 35 Service Rd. in Oklahoma City and at an undisclosed location in Moore, Oklahoma. Why it matters This promotion by TFCU is likely an effort to provide some…

Bitcoin BTC$70,965.93 traded lower Sunday as geopolitical risks resurfaced after U.S. Vice President JD Vance said peace talks involving Iran held in Pakistan had failed.But beyond the macro noise, crypto-specific drivers continued to point toward a potential move toward $88,000 and higher, though outcomes remain dependent on how broader risk conditions evolve.Bullish flowsStarting with market flows, sentiment has remained constructive. Strategy, the world’s largest publicly listed bitcoin holder, said it purchased $330 million worth of bitcoin last week, lifting its total holdings to 766,970 BTC. Some estimates suggest Strategy’s STRC-related activity has added roughly 8,000 bitcoin so far this week.If…

Crypto prices are under further pressure during U.S. morning hours on Sunday after President Trump announced a blockade of the Strait of Hormuz.”Effective immediately, the United States Navy … will begin the process of blockading any and all ships trying to enter, or leave, the Strait of Hormuz,” said the president in a social media post.The president’s move came hours after Vice President J.D. Vance late Saturday announced that U.S. and Iranian negotiators had failed to agree to an extended ceasefire after long weekend meetings in Pakistan.Trading above $73,000 for most of Saturday, bitcoin quickly pulled back to the $71,500…

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…