Zcash’s Wild Ride: Will Bulls Whip ZEC to $500? 🚀💸

Volatility, that mischievous jester, is on the rise, and liquidity, the lifeblood of the market, flows like a river in spring. Analysts, those modern-day soothsayers, peer into their charts with furrowed brows, wondering if ZEC can reclaim its throne before the weekend’s curtain falls. 🧙‍♂️🔮

KRW1 Steps into Polygon: Stablecoin So Fast, It’ll Make You Lose Your Wallet 😂🚀

BDACS, in a moment of capitalist clarity, launched KRW1 on Polygon-because duh, why not avoid Ethereum’s gas fees and playtime like it’s 2017? 🙃 The proof-of-concept worked so well, even the ghosts of early blockchain pioneers might’ve clapped. Now KRW1 can slay real-time settlements while cruising Web3’s most adopted arena. Pro tip: Check if your deposit’s stable before it turns into crypto’s version of a ghost town. 👻

Final Fantasy 14 Reveals Surprising Reason for Lifting Glamour Restrictions

So, early in 2025, Square Enix suddenly hit the Final Fantasy 14 mod, Mare Synchronos, with a cease and desist. It was a total shock to the community! The mod had been around for years without any issues, and honestly, it had become a huge part of how a lot of us enjoyed the game. Basically, Mare Synchronos let you customize how your character and gear looked – really get into the aesthetic – and then share those custom designs with other mod users. It was super popular, so when it suddenly disappeared, everyone was pretty bummed.

Stablecoins: The Sofa Upholstery of Monetary Policy

The paper reveals that the global “stablecoin” market cap has ballooned past $300 billion. And, hold on to your hats, a whopping 97% of these tokens are just dollar-clones sent from space. This singular dominance by only-it-feels-like-United-Stablecoin Nation, with heroes like Tether’s USDT and Circle’s USDC waving the dollar flag, is enough to make you question your high school trigonometry teacher’s motives. USDT, perched at $1.00026, boasts a market cap circa $185.3 billion as of December 4, 2025. USDC, the hotshot at $0.9999, flashes a market cap near $78.0 billion and, for good measure, a daily trade volume over $11.0 billion.

Thousands of Steam Users Call for AI Disclaimer Changes

Steam is the biggest online store for PC games, and thousands of new games are released there every year. In 2024, almost 19,000 games came out on Steam, and 2025 is already surpassing that number, even before the end of December. This trend of increasing releases continues from previous years. As more games are released, more of them are using content created by artificial intelligence (AI). Valve, the company behind Steam, has taken some measures to address this, like adding warnings, but some players believe more needs to be done.

Crypto Index Inclusion: The Abyss Gazes Back 💸

Thursday. A day like any other, filled with the quiet desperation of men chasing shadows. On this day, WhiteBIT announced its token, WBT, had been welcomed into the S&P Cryptocurrency Broad Digital Market (BDM) Index. Imagine the celebrations! A pat on the head from the financial establishment. Does it change the fundamental emptiness of existence? I think not. 🧐