White House Crypto Summit: 3 Surprises You Won’t Believe!

After weeks of negotiations that probably involved more coffee than actual progress, the focus has shifted to stablecoins-those digital cousins of cash that are as stable as a penguin on a trampoline. The big question: can you pay people interest for holding tokens they’re not using? The answer, apparently, is “no,” because banks are terrified of anything that sounds like a return on investment. Instead, we’re now debating whether you can reward users for doing things, like, I don’t know, actually engaging with the platform. Because nothing says “innovation” like a loyalty program for your cryptocurrency.

Indie dungeon crawler RPG Thysiastery launches for PC via Steam on March 9

The game combines challenging roguelike elements – meaning characters are permanently lost upon death and each playthrough features randomly created levels and characters. Players can also customize the difficulty. Visually, the game will have a classic, retro look with pixelated graphics and a limited range of colors.

Traitors UK Has Landed on Peacock

While Peacock’s version of Traitors uses celebrities, the original UK version features everyday people competing in the game. (BBC did create a celebrity spin-off that’s been available on Peacock since November.) NBC is also planning its own version with non-celebrities, set to air this fall and stream on Peacock. Now fans are hoping to see Alan Cumming and Claudia Winkleman, the hosts of the two versions, collaborate somehow – maybe even just share a stylist for an episode!

Bungie’s Halo Legacy & The Hype for Marathon

Before we even start playing a game, its branding does a lot of the work to get us interested. It creates the initial feeling, builds excitement, and makes us want to learn more. Bungie has done this exceptionally well with their game, Marathon. It’s created a huge amount of excitement, not just by showing gameplay, but by establishing a strong and unique identity – a feeling that’s really captured the attention of both players and streamers.