Crimson Desert has officially crossed 5 million copies sold in its first month — a huge milestone for a game that had a rocky lead-up to launch.

Despite mixed early reviews and delays, the game quickly turned things around with rapid updates and fixes. Player sentiment improved fast, and its Steam rating rebounded within weeks — a rare recovery that usually takes much longer in the gaming industry.

China promotes the digital yuan and domestic blockchain standards to counter perceived Western dominance, while the US uses assertive enforcement in cases like Silk Road, Bitfinex, and LuBian. This shows a growing trend of nation-states treating crypto assets as strategic tools in global finance, regulation, and diplomacy.

Even with strong ecosystem growth, Stellar struggles against broad market fear:

XLM historically underperforms in November

Grayscale controls just 0.36% of circulating supply, limiting market influence

Negative sentiment among altcoins could weigh on XLM’s short-term performance

Long-term, cross-chain integration and RWA adoption may turn the tide in 2026.

#StellarLumens #CryptoMarket #Altcoins #XLM

ubisoft teasing us again… keep your spyglass ready while my hype dies slowly

SMC Trading point update

Technical analysis of Gold (XAU/USD) on the 1-hour timeframe, with a clean structure suggesting continuation toward the 200 EMA. Here's the idea summary:

Analysis Idea: Bullish Continuation Setup

1. Structure Overview:

Price is currently trading above the ascending trendline, showing a short-term bullish bias.

The 50 EMA (3,974.93) has recently been retested and held as support.

The 200 EMA (4,011.37) acts as the next resistance / target point.

2. Setup Logic:

After a breakout above the 50 EMA, price is forming a retest zone (highlighted box).

A bullish reaction from this zone aligns with the trendline confluence and EMA support.

This suggests buyers may step in again to push price higher.

3. Entry & Target:

Entry Zone: Near 3,974–3,978 (trendline + EMA confluence area).

Target: 4,011 (200 EMA / key resistance).

Stop Loss: Below 3,965 (below the trendline and retest box).

4. Market Psychology:

Recent candles show higher lows and strong bullish momentum after rejection from previous lows.

Break and retest of dynamic resistance (50 EMA) supports bullish continuation.

Mr SMC Trading point

Trade Idea Summary:

Bias Entry Zone Stop Loss Target Confirmation

Bullish 3,974–3,978 <3,965 4,011 Bounce from trendline or bullish candle pattern

Pelas support boost this analysis

Use separate wallets for cold storage, daily trading, and smart contract interaction.

Never reuse addresses across risky DeFi platforms.

Isolate devices: consider a dedicated, clean OS for crypto operations.

Use VPNs and privacy browsers to mask IP and avoid targeted attacks.

Keep a detailed transaction ledger to track unusual activity quickly.

Ripple is fueling XRP optimism with strategic corporate initiatives. The firm reportedly plans to launch a $1 billion Digital Asset Treasury (DAT) to manage and accumulate XRP for its long-term reserves.

Over the past two years, Ripple has invested around $3 billion in acquisitions, including Metaco, Hidden Road, Rail, and GTreasury, building an integrated finance stack for XRP and the Ripple USD (RLUSD) stablecoin.

Speculation is also growing that the SEC may soon approve an XRP ETF, driving increased applications for leveraged XRP products. Together, these moves highlight institutional interest and confidence in XRP’s long-term adoption.

CryptoQuant’s Bull Score suggests Bitcoin may be entering a consolidation or early bear-market phase.
While previous low scores coincided with prolonged downturns, this time the structure differs: Bitcoin remains near all-time highs. Still, experts say sustained rallies require fresh demand, highlighting the importance of new investor inflows to avoid a deeper slump.

Serenity Forge and Bay 12 Games have announced the Dwarf Fortress 20th Anniversary Archival Collector’s Edition, now open for pre-order. The release date hasn’t been revealed yet.

Celebrating two decades of Dwarf Fortress, originally released in 2005, the collector’s edition includes:

Gorlak Plushies

Urist Bottle Opener Keychain

Physical Game CD & Soundtrack CD

Steam Download Code

Cloth Map Poster

Exclusive Art and Stories Booklet

Lenticular Warranty Card

Collector’s Edition Box Art

The game, renowned for its complexity and cult following, has evolved from its ASCII origins to feature a full graphical interface. It’s also been recognized in the Museum of Modern Art’s exhibit on video game history.

Dwarf Fortress is available on Steam as a construction/management/roguelike simulation still in active development since 2003.

While Endless Summer lets users try out AI-generated vacation photos, paid tiers unlock more capabilities. Pricing includes:

$3.99 for 30 images

$17.99 for 150 images

$34.99 for 300 images

A “Room Service” mode delivers two AI-generated photos each morning, and users can choose to auto-save images to their iPhone. Auto-generation can also be turned off, ensuring privacy. Del Rey emphasizes that selfies aren’t stored unless this mode is enabled, and users can delete all data with two taps.

The app’s interface is minimal, featuring a single camera preview button that produces images in a camera roll-style view.

Fortnite developers helped gamify a laundry: workers sort towels and sheets while “building” a digital village.
Their offline work is synchronized with the actions of avatars in the game.

Screens are placed above employees in a laundry facility in Japan’s Wakayama Prefecture. When workers load sheets and towels into the machines, a timed game session starts, according to Dexerto and Automation Media, citing a report from TBS News Dig.

During the session, the employee’s avatar helps develop the village in auto-mode: farming, constructing buildings, harvesting crops, and mining resources. Once the session ends, the character completes the current task. As a result, bonuses can drop — such as “golden houses” or “glowing objects.”

The game was developed by Real Focus Synergy, an Osaka-based firm specializing in enterprise automation. This is its first experiment of this kind, designed to make routine work less monotonous. For advice, the company reached out to Epic Games, which shared insights that were incorporated into the project.

According to the developer, employee productivity has increased by an average of 8%. For some, it jumped by 18% in the first week. Another benefit is that the game tracks the number of offline tasks completed. Workers themselves note that with the game, shifts feel like they pass much faster.

Analysts predict that once the government shutdown ends, crypto ETF approvals could surge, potentially sparking a new altcoin season. ETFs give investors exposure to cryptocurrencies with lower risk, and delays caused by the SEC shutdown are stalling market growth. “Ironic that political gridlock is holding up crypto’s evolution,” noted ETF expert Nate Geraci.

Welcome everyone
In today’s post we will discuss how one can understand risk management in trading, and action it.

We will start off by defining what risk management is.

Risk management definition:
Risk management is the process of identifying your current capital and assessing what you can afford to invest and lose. Never to see again.
It involves identifying risks, assuming risks and ensuring you have a planned response for before, during and after a trade.

CAPITAL IN RISK MANAGEMENT:
In the past, I have stated that the goal of trading is to “PROTECT” your capital first. Once you know how to protect it, you can then multiply it and risk bit by bit.
To take on proper risk management, you must decide what amount you will allocate to your investments or trades. For example – you risk only 1% of your capital on every trade.

INVEST WHAT YOU CAN AFFORD TO LOSE:
You should only do trading with the funds that you can AFFORD to lose, even then you must be cautious and apply the process above to the same capital. Doing this eliminates the emotional pressure factor and avoids decisions that are driven by Fear of Missing Out. (FOMO)
Before Trading, set a clear number on what you can lose (NEVER to see again) without it affecting your life.

IDENTIFYING RISKS:
Relating to my previous posts, you must have a defined trading plan/edge. This plan must allow you to identify market volatility, news events, psychological mistakes, or technical invalidation points. These are risks that must be identified BEFORE trading.
Knowing these will allow you to apply the right position size correctly.

ASSUMING RISKS:
When it comes to assuming risks, (most people don’t factor this in) it means to accept the potential scenario of you losing, before the trade is actioned.
Your stop loss (always use a stoploss!) must be defined in a way that will not get yourself liquidated. You must calculate the right position size and learn to accept the outcome of the trade, and the mental effects it has on you.
Doing this, the trades & the process becomes mechanical. No longer would it be emotional.
If the loss is too big and you take it anyway. You should not be taking that trade as it will encourage revenge trading.

PLANNING RESPONSES BEFORE, DURING and AFTER RISKS:
With trading & risk management, you must have a pre-defined response for before, during and after trades. Your risks must be set.

Before the trade, you should have an entry, SL & TP set. Along with an invalidation level (if price hits a specific point, you DON’T take the trade) and a maximum risk, eg “I’ll risk max $5,000 on this trade”

During the trade, you must stick to the plan, don’t adjust your SL, or TP if it’s not part of your strategy.

After the trade, if you win, or lose, find out why. Was it a valid trade, did it follow your edge? Or did you take a blind gamble. If you lose, figure out why, if you won, figure out how you could have scaled it upwards.

Applying these 3 factors allows the cycle of discipline to develop and grow. It then removes randomized decision making.

Risk management is a crucial Key in trading. Without it – you have already lost.
I have attached the 3 KEYS to trading success below. Here I go in depth on what an individual must master to be successful in trading.

@The_Walking_Dead its hard to stay relevant when AI is pushing in full power

Gemini Chatbot to Access Search History and Gain AI Agent Features
Users will also be able to launch AI Mode for information retrieval directly from the address bar.

Source: Google

Google announced that all Mac and Windows users in the U.S. with English set as their browser language will gain access to Gemini’s new features. By clicking the Gemini icon in the top-right corner of Chrome, users can, for example, ask the chatbot to explain information on the currently open page. Wired notes that the icon can also be unpinned if desired.

The chatbot has learned to compare and summarize information across multiple tabs. For example, when planning a trip, it can combine details about flights, hotels, and vacation activities from different websites.

“Coming soon,” the company will add the ability to search past browsing history with Gemini. Instead of manually digging through the browser’s history, users could simply ask: “Which site did I see a walnut desk on last week?” and Gemini will surface the relevant links.

In the “coming months,” Google plans to launch Gemini with agent-like functions in Chrome for tasks such as booking a haircut or ordering groceries. Users will only need to describe the task, and the chatbot will carry out the necessary actions on their behalf.

AI Mode in Search will also be accessible directly from the Chrome address bar. The company expects to release this update in the U.S. at the end of September 2025 in English, with rollout to other countries and languages “in the coming weeks.”

Users will also be able to ask questions about the current tab straight from the address bar. Chrome will suggest possible questions based on the page’s context. Contextual prompts are already available in the U.S. in English and will expand globally “in the coming weeks.”

Soon, Chrome will use AI to manage passwords on supported websites such as Coursera, Spotify, Duolingo, and H&M, allowing users to change compromised saved passwords with a single click.

Google first began rolling out Gemini-powered screen analysis in Chrome back in May 2025, initially available only to AI Pro and AI Ultra subscribers in the U.S.

Free to use with monthly generation limits.

ElevenLabs has updated its editor to version Studio 3.0, expanding beyond audio to allow users to upload and process video files as well.

The new release includes tools for generating background music and sound effects, modifying voices, dubbing with synthetic voices, and removing unwanted noise.

Two major new features have also been introduced:

Automatic subtitle generation

“Re-voicing” segments — with the help of a built-in text editor. The service automatically transcribes the video, and users can correct phrases directly in the text. Neural networks then clone the speaker’s voice and replace the incorrect line seamlessly.

In the free plan, ElevenLabs provides 10,000 credits per month, which is enough to process roughly ten minutes of audio, depending on the tools used. Paid plans start at $5 per month (about 415 RUB as of Sept. 18, 2025), offering 30,000 credits monthly.

Crypto tax enforcement is intensifying worldwide. In the US, senators are debating exemptions for small transactions and clarifying the treatment of staking rewards. Coinbase’s VP of Tax, Lawrence Zlatkin, urged a de minimis exemption for transactions under $300.

Meanwhile, South Korea’s National Tax Service has warned that even assets in cold wallets may be seized if linked to unpaid taxes.

These developments indicate that governments are increasingly integrating digital asset activity into mainstream tax enforcement, raising the urgency for professional crypto accounting and proactive compliance measures.

North Korean hackers have already stolen over $1.5 billion in crypto assets in 2025, with funds likely supporting Pyongyang’s military and sanctions evasion. EtherHiding could amplify these threats, making blockchain platforms vulnerable to stealth malware campaigns.

GTIG recommends that crypto users and developers:

Block suspicious downloads and unauthorized web scripts

Monitor and label malicious code embedded in smart contracts

Enhance cybersecurity practices around wallet management and blockchain nodes

As attackers continue to innovate, security experts warn that EtherHiding may mark the beginning of malware fully integrated into decentralized systems, raising stakes for the crypto ecosystem.

Independents show a mix of values-based support:

Access for underserved populations — odds ratio 6.665

Energy grid benefits — odds ratio 6.032

Freedom to transact — odds ratio 5.573

Interestingly, for Independents, actual Bitcoin ownership also increases support (odds ratio 3.724), suggesting personal experience influences their stance.

#Bitcoin #Independents #CryptoVoting #BipartisanSupport