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Yen-Backed Stablecoin Can’t Come at a Better Time as BOJ Seen Raising Rates
31.8.2025
Top bankers and economists expect the BOJ to hike rates in the fourth quarter, boosting the appeal of yen and yen-backed assets
GameStop Fighting PS5 Price Hike By Paying $50 More For Your Old Console, But There’s A Catch
21.8.2025
Trade-ins for PS4, Switch, and Xbox are getting a Trump tariff bonus
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Yen Rises Against Bitcoin, Dollar as Scott Bessent Predicts Bank of Japan Rate Hike
14.8.2025
The yen is no longer the most attractive funding currency, and the currency's strength may not necessarily lead to broad-based risk aversion, one expert said
Nintendo Is About To Raise The Price Of The Original Switch
1.8.2025
The Mario maker blames 'market conditions' for upcoming pricing changes.
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Paper Mario-Inspired Indie RPG Has Been Abandoned But You Can Try The Demo For Free
27.6.2025
Untitled Paper RPG has been floating around for years now. Adam Gryu, who developed the critically-acclaimed exploration walking sim A Short Hike, started the project shortly after Paper Mario Color Splash was announced for the Wii U. Gryu wanted to make a turn-based tribute that stayed a bit more...
Diablo 4 Is Free For PS Plus Subscribers In July As Sony Hints At Upcoming Price Hike
25.6.2025
The demon-slaying, action-RPG Diablo 4 is coming to PS Plus Essential in July after celebrating its two-year anniversary. It arrives just in time for PlayStation 5 and PS4 players to delve into next month’s free Sins of the Horadrim season 9 update, and as Sony hints at a possible future price hike...
Brazil Mulls Taxing Cryptocurrency to Offset Financial Transaction Tax Hike
6.6.2025
Amid a public debate regarding an executive order that increases the current tax on financial transactions, Brazil is considering taxing crypto transactions to mitigate the impact of the increase, which would affect a larger audience. Brazil Mulls Cryptocurrency Transaction Tax Cryptocurrency...
Worst-Case Tariff Scenario Could Hike Game Console Prices By Over 69 Percent
8.5.2025
President Trump hit a 90-day pause on a whole raft of “reciprocal” tariffs aimed at U.S. trading partners around the world. While many seem skeptical that the heavily criticized and widely unpopular import taxes could come back, what if Trump decided to do just that? A new report models what would...
Bitcoin price cools going into Fed rate hike week, HYPE, AAVE, RNDR, FET still look bullish
5.5.2025
Key points:Bitcoin’s positive sentiment should remain intact if BTC price stays above the 20-day EMA near $92,000.Several altcoins show bullish chart patterns in the 4-hour and 1-day timeframes.Bitcoin (BTC) has given back some of the gains over the weekend, and the price has pulled back...
Xbox Consoles And Games Get A Price Hike, Borderlands 4 Gets A Showcase, And More Of The Week's Top Stories
3.5.2025
This week saw gaming website Polygon sold to Valnet, the company that owns Screen Rant and Game Rant among other sites, and many of its staffers laid off. Meanwhile publication at another gaming site, Giant Bomb, is currently on hold as owner Fandom engages in what it calls a “strategic reset...
Microsoft Announces Massive Xbox Console Price Hike, Xbox Games To Cost $80
1.5.2025
Microsoft has announced it will be raising the prices of all Xbox consoles, accessories, and games, and the increases are huge. Console and peripheral prices will go up today, May 1, by an enormous amount, while new first-party game prices will all hit $80 by the holidays.Read more
Sony Increases PS Plus Price In 20+ Countries Following PS5 Price Hike
17.4.2025
Sony has increased the price of PlayStation Plus, the company’s multi-tiered online subscription service, in over 20 countries including Canada, Australia, and Mexico. This comes after some of these same countries saw a price hike on PS5 consoles. Read more
EU, China Hike Tariffs in Trade War Response
9.4.2025
The European Union said it is implementing retaliatory tariffs on $20.9 billion worth of U.S. goods in three phases in response to President Donald Trump’s steel and aluminum import taxes. The EU’s delayed response is due to the need for unanimous approval from its 27 member states....
China Strikes Back With 84% Tariff on U.S. Goods, Bitcoin Dips Below $76,000
9.4.2025
Beijing responds to Washington’s steep tariff hike with equal force, intensifying trade tensions and shaking global markets
Corporate Bitcoin treasuries drop more than $4B on US tariff hike impact
7.4.2025
Corporate Bitcoin (BTC) treasuries collectively shed more than $4 billion in value after US President Donald Trump’s tariffs triggered a global market sell-off, data shows. As of April 7, corporate Bitcoin holdings are worth approximately $54.5 billion in the aggregate, down from roughly...
Corporate Bitcoin treasuries drop more than $4B on US tariff hike impact
7.4.2025
Corporate Bitcoin (BTC) treasuries collectively shed more than $4 billion in value after US President Donald Trump’s tariffs triggered a global market sell-off, data shows. As of April 7, corporate Bitcoin holdings are worth approximately $54.5 billion in the aggregate, down from roughly...
You Probably Missed This Awesome Side Story In Split Fiction
31.3.2025
While you and a partner are exploring the worlds created by Split Fiction’s protagonists, you may come across a special rift which will lead you to a “Side Story”—the game’s version of side quests or bonus levels. Read more
Hotter-Than-Expected Core Inflation in Japan Sparks Rate Hike Talk, Threatens Crypto
21.3.2025
Japan’s headline inflation remains nearly 100 basis points higher than U.S.counterparts
Bitcoin Steady Near $104K After Bank of Japan Delivers Hawkish Rate Hike
24.1.2025
Risk assets, including BTC, held steady while the Japanese yen rose after the BOJ hiked rates to the highest in 17 years
Netflix Is Raising Its Prices Again, Even For People Watching With Ads
22.1.2025
The most popular streaming service behind Stranger Things and other hits is raising its prices for the second time in as many years. Netflix announced it will charge users anywhere from $12 to $24 more a year depending on their subscription tier. Even viewers who are already watching ads will have...