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What Is Your Tent or Rain Jacket Made From? (2025): Dyneema, Silpoly, X-Pac

by admin September 26, 2025

Spend any time at all researching outdoor gear, whether it’s a new tent or a new rain jacket, and you’ll quickly find yourself awash in a confusing array of jargon. Silnylon, polyurethane, X-Pac, cuben fiber, ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE)—what are these things?

What none of them are is perfect. Each has its own weight, cost, benefits, and drawbacks. But there is a fabric that’s perfect for you and your particular use case. We put this guide together to help you strip away the marketing and better understand what each fabric does, what it’s best used for, and where it struggles.

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Outdoor Fabric Types

Let’s start by breaking this down into the various fibers and materials used in outdoor gear. We’ll skip some of the older things, like waxed canvas, since most people are familiar with it. Here are the most commonly used fabrics in the outdoor industry today.

What’s the Difference Between Dyneema and Cuben Fiber?

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This causes an endless amount of confusion in online backpacking forums, but there is no difference. They are the same thing. Dyneema Composite Fabric (DCF) used to be called cuben fiber (and also sometimes “non-woven Dyneema”). It was originally developed to make sails for racing yachts (where it’s still used, in addition to dozens of other uses).

The company that first brought it to market was called Cubic Tech, which was then acquired by a Dutch company, Koninklijke DSM, which renamed cuben fiber “Dyneema Composite Fabric.” (Koninklijke was then bought by the Swiss company Firmenich AG and the acronym DSM now refers to the company DSM-Firmenich AG.)

Silnylon

The oldest of the bunch, this term refers to silicone-coated ripstop nylon. This versatile fabric is widely used in tents, some (nonbreathable) rain gear, stuff sacks, and many other pieces of gear. Its strengths are durability, high tear strength, and waterproofing. The downside to nylon is that it absorbs water—even, unfortunately, when coated with silicone. Hence the DWR treatments, but even with those, at some point nylon will wet out and start absorbing water. This is why your tent’s rainfly sags when it gets soaked. Nylon is also slow to dry.

Polyester

This is another very versatile, widely used fabric with one huge advantage over nylon: It doesn’t absorb nearly as much water. This means it doesn’t sag as much. This is particularly important in ultralight backpacking tents that pitch with trekking poles. Sag isn’t just annoying, it’s a loss of structural integrity and can collapse your tent. The downside to polyester is that it’s not as strong as silnylon in many cases (it especially tends to tear), and possibly not as durable over the long run. That said, I personally find this downside to be overstated. I have two tents with polyester rain flies that have help up well over the course of nearly 20 years of use.

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Nemo Osmo

What if you could blend the best qualities of nylon (durable, strong) with the best qualities of polyester (hydrophobic, less stretching)? That’s the question that led Nemo Equipment to develop its Osmo fabric, a proprietary blend of nylon and polyester. I’ve been testing Nemo’s Osmo line of tents since they debuted in 2022 and have found that Osmo does indeed manage to sag less that straight nylon rainflies.

X-Pac

This is a laminated fabric that starts with a nylon face, lays in a polyester grid, then a PET plastic layer to provide waterproofing, and finally, a nylon backing to protect the more fragile inner layers. The advantage over ripstop nylon is the waterproof layer, which is better in most cases than even silnylon. X-Pac comes in various weights, but the most common in packs (which is where I’ve found X-Pac really excels) are VX21 and VX42. These thicker, heavier, versions of X-Pac are more abrasion-resistant and still remain about 20 percent lighter than silnylon in a similar denier. The downside for X-Pac is that it can be a little fragile, especially when it come to abrasion.

Dyneema Composite Fabric

In the outdoor industry, Dyneema is the most recognized brand name of a composite material made of woven ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE). UHMWPE is a widely used in many industries for many things (including bulletproof vests), but the version that shows up in tents and packs is, like Dyneema, fibers that have been spun together and then layered into a fabric. Hence, the name Dyneema Composite Fabric (DCF).

The resulting fabric is 15 times stronger than steel per weight. That fabric is then sandwiched between outer layers (usually polyester) so that a waterproof coating can be applied (it won’t stick to the DCF directly).

Dyneema is incredibly strong, like off-the-charts strong compared to nylon and polyester. It’s also very light and waterproof, all of which have made it a favorite among ultralight hikers and backpackers looking to shave off the ounces. Dyneema’s weakness is abrasion. I have seen the corner of a Dyneema rainfly beaten to shreds by wind in a single night of flapping against sandstone. It’s easy to repair, but also very expensive relative to nylon and polyester, and it doesn’t pack down as small. However, properly used and cared for, Dyneema is unquestionably the strongest, lightest fabric in this list, making it excellent for packs, stuff sacks, and tents.

Ecopak/Ultra

Ecopack is another fabric that comes to ultralight hiking from the world of sailing, where it was originally used for, well, sails. This is another UHMWPE face fabric, laminated to a waterproof lining. You’ll see this fabric under brand names like EPL Ultra, Ultra 100, Ultra 200, and Ecopak Ultra, among others. The numbers generally correspond to the denier, so Ultra 200 uses a 210 denier face fabric. But that fabric is also woven UHMWPE fibers (about 70 percent for Ultra 200), making it much more abrasion resistant than Dyneema Composite.

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Dyneema Woven Composite

Dyneema recently introduced a new fabric, Dyneema Woven Composite (DWC), which marries a fully woven Dyneema face fabric to DCF. Right now, only Hyperlite Mountain Gear packs use this new fabric, but we expect to see others adopt it going forward as it improves Dyneema’s abrasion resistance. It will be interesting to compare DWC to Ultra since DWC is essentially DSM’s answer to Ultra. We’ll update this guide when we have more time to test DWC packs.

Other Fabric Factors

If you look at the above and judged solely on what I laid out, you’d probably by a huge fan of Dyneema and Ultra, especially if you’re into ultralight backpacking and you’re aiming for base gear weight (before food and water) of less than 10 pounds. Unfortunately, other factors within each fabric also affect how well it performs, so it’s hard to make apples to apples comparisons.

For instance, there is a huge difference between ripstop nylons used across the industry. Grab a cheapo nylon tent off Amazon and compare it to a Hilleberg tent and you’ll quickly realize that, aside from both being made of the same base material (nylon) they have nothing in common. This is where factors like thread count, calendaring, denier, weave type, and more come into play.

What Is Denier?

Denier is probably the strangest unit of measurement you’ll ever encounter. Denier is the weight in grams for 9 km of thread. So 9km of Hilleberg’s Kerlon 1800 weighs 40 grams. What does that tell you? Pretty much nothing, but it’s a useful way to compare fabrics and know, for instance, that Hilleberg’s Red label tents, which only use 30D ripstop nylon are not as strong as the models made with 40D.

The reason Hilleberg tents are so well made, and last for decades, is that the custom nylon blend and weave the company uses are better than what you’ll find on other “nylon” tents. Hilleberg’s nylon, which the company calls Kerlon, is 40D high tenacity ripstop nylon, which is made for high-strength expedition tents.

Denier is useful to make comparisons across manufacturers as well, so you can know that your cheapo Amazon tent with its 8D nylon won’t last nearly as long as a 30D model from more reputable brands. At the same time, denier is not the end of the story either. There are also varying levels of coatings. Remember that nylon absorbs water, so you have to apply a coating to slow that process down.

What Is Hydrostatic Head?

Another unit of measurement that you might see is hydrostatic head, which is an industry standard unit of measurement used to determine the waterproofness of a fabric. Technically speaking, it is the height in millimeters of a column of water that a fabric can withstand before liquid begins to move through the weave. Hilleberg’s Kerlon fabrics also coat both sides with a 3-layer application of 100 percent silicon, which gives the nylon an HH rating of 5500mm and make the fabric much stronger.

Weaves and Coatings

To showcase another way in which all these rating and measurements are not the end of the story, we’ll consider one more tent maker, Durston, which recently dropped the denier of its polyester fabric X-mid tents from 20D to 15D. That sounds like Durston made a weaker tent, but according to the company, the new high-strength 15D polyester offers “96 percent of the strength of the 20D while being lighter.” The company simply changed the weave and the coating.

The coatings are also different. Unlike Hilleberg, Durston uses a silicone coating on the outside of its rainfly and a polyether coating on the inside. The hydrostatic head for the X-mid is 3500, which is plenty to keep you dry. Having spent rainy nights in both the new Durston X-mid and a Hilleberg Akto, I can assure you that, while each company has taken a different path to the finished product, both tents are strong, well-made, and waterproof. The result is same—you stay dry.

A Word on Dyneema

Dyneema and other UHMWPE fabrics like Ultra are definitely the most exciting fabrics in outdoor gear right now. They overcome two major downsides of nylon and polyester: they’re lighter and they don’t absorb water. Much of the push into outdoor gear made of Dyneema has come from ultralight backpackers trying to reduce their pack weight.

As noted above, Dyneema’s strength is its resistance to tearing, which makes it a great option for tents, packs, and everyday items like stuff sacks. While many larger brands have now embraced Dyneema, it was really the small, cottage industry brands that have driven innovation.

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No return timelines set for 76ers stars Embiid, George

by admin September 26, 2025

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CAMDEN, New Jersey — There isn’t a definitive timeline for Philadelphia 76ers stars Joel Embiid and Paul George to return from their respective knee surgeries, both players said Friday at the team’s media day.

Embiid said he feels “pretty good” but he’s taking it day-by-day and checking boxes as he progresses toward a return.

“There’s not necessarily an expectation; it’s more about making sure everything is right and doing everything right and then go from there,” he said. “Obviously the goal is to play consistently and not be the position that we were last year.”

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Embiid was limited to 19 games last season due to his ongoing left knee injury and a foot sprain, officially shutting down his campaign in late February. He averaged 23.8 points per game, his fewest since the 2019-20 season, and 8.2 rebounds, the former NBA MVP’s fewest since his rookie year in 2016-17.

He underwent arthroscopic surgery on his left knee in April, with a reevaluation timeline of six weeks. Friday’s media day, however, was the first official health update since the surgery and the first time Embiid has spoken publicly since February.

Embiid was asked whether there were any on-court adjustments he could make moving forward to avoid injury.

“At times you can’t get out of yourself,” he said. “All I know is, ever since I started this, to play hard, play both ends. There’s a lot of people in the league that play one side, whether it’s offense or defense. A lot of times for me, my mentality is to do whatever it takes to win. For all of my career, it’s been having to do both.”

“I’ve gotten to this point because of how good I am at both ends of the floor. If you ask me to change the way I play, the only guess that I have is either play offense fully and take plays off defensively, which doesn’t suit me,” Embiid continued. “I don’t think I’d ever be OK with that. I don’t know. We’ll just wait and see. If it’s gotta be that way, it’s definitely gonna be an adjustment, but I don’t see that happening.”

George underwent an arthroscopic procedure on his left knee in July after suffering an injury during a workout and was expected to be reevaluated in September. He played in just 41 games last season after signing a four-year, $212 million maximum contract with Philadelphia in the summer of 2024. The nine-time NBA All-Star dealt with a number of ailments last season, before receiving injections in his left adductor muscle and left knee and shutting down his season in March.

“I’m getting better and better. Feeling stronger and stronger,” George said. “This next couple of weeks is very important, leading into the start of the season, opening night, all of that stuff. All I can do is just focus on doing that, day after day, taking it one day at a time. I do think I will be at a good place, hopefully, earlier than later.”

He said he can do “pretty much everything but full contact.” George won’t be fully ready for the start of training camp, but the swelling in his knee is going down.

“I don’t think there’s a timeline,” he said, “just how the body is doing as we’re ramping up the work.”

The 6-foot-8 forward averaged just 16.2 points last season, his fewest since his six-game 2014-15 campaign. George has played more than 56 games in a season just once since 2018-19.

“It can’t get worse than last year,” he said. “That was a rock bottom kind of season.”

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Game Updates

Modded Borderlands 4 guns are being sold on Ebay, but the sellers aren’t making much money

by admin September 26, 2025

Modded Borderlands 4 guns and equipment are being sold on Ebay with tailored gun parts and effects. However, as of writing, it doesn’t appear this grey market of modded loot is particularly profitable.

Ebay – a public e-commerce marketplace – is no stranger to gaming related side hustles, with numerous account, cosmetic, and service sellers setting up camp there over the years with the release of popular online video games. Eurogamer reached out to one Borderlands modded gun merchant to find out how it’s going.

“It is fairly difficult to do as they have included a new encryption method to the guns this year that makes doing specific builds very very hard and will take, I would imagine, a long time to get perfected” states one Borderlands modded weapon reseller to Eurogamer under anonymity.

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This new encryption method implemented by Gearbox not only makes the act of modding the exact weapon you want difficult, it’s also making prospects of profit for resellers unlikely due to the cost of getting the decrypted values for weapons people will actually pay for. When asked how successful business is, the seller told Eurogamer:

“Not very successful. I’ve sold maybe three or four since release, which is around £15 to £20, which doesn’t even cover the costs to build the guns, but I don’t do this to make money or profit.

“To make the modded guns you often need to pay for tables that data miners have made that breakdown gun parts. Each part of the gun has an encrypted value, so does the rarity, manufacturer, level etc and the tables can be expensive to buy at around £50 to £100.”

As such, at the moment, it appears that the grey market for selling modded Borderlands 4 loot is more for the hobbyists rather than those looking to make a buck from a hot new release (unless you’re a data miner able to sell off valuable info, rather than the sought after weapons themselves).

Whether or not this will become a great problem as time goes on, and more of the game’s loot encryption is broken down and made publicly available, remains a potential problem for the future. Although as a PvE game, the modded gear seller made an argument for why the practice of modding isn’t doing any harm:

“Borderlands games have always been modded and I’ve modded them since Borderlands 1 and every game in between. It’s a huge part of why I love the games so much.”

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Product Reviews

Broadcast TV Is a ‘Melting Ice Cube.’ Kimmel Just Turned Up the Heat

by admin September 26, 2025

Jimmy Kimmel returned to ABC this week. Sort of. About a quarter of ABC’s usual audience couldn’t see the talk show host this week after two major owners of ABC affiliates, Sinclair and Nexstar, refused to carry the show. Those right-leaning companies apparently felt that Kimmel’s joke—which included some disputed facts—was so unpardonable that they couldn’t expose their viewers to the comedian. They were also the first organizations to pull the plug on Kimmel, after Federal Communications Commission chair Brendan Carr seemed to threaten action. That means that even the stations that did carry the show—as well as Disney, which owns ABC—might be courting the ire of a government official who seems eager to use his powers to silence critics.

Carr does have power. The FCC can grant and revoke broadcast licenses if stations don’t serve the public interest. It’s an artifact of a time when virtually 100 percent of viewers got their shows over the air, via television antennas. Local TV stations were granted slices of the very limited broadcast spectrum to beam their programs and had to meet certain standards to keep that privilege. But that era has passed. Local television stations now reach their audience via cable or internet bundles. Also, networks increasingly stream their programming through apps. Yet Carr still has the ability to bully networks and affiliates by threatening to take their licenses.

This raises a question: What’s the point of maintaining the current system? It’s certainly a mess for Disney and its fellow network owners like Comcast, which owns NBC, and Paramount, which owns CBS. Instead of kowtowing to free-speech-hating regulators, and toadying affiliates who are fine with censoring ABC programming, maybe Disney should bid farewell to stations that decline to run its programming. Disney already streams shows on Hulu (which it controls) and on its own app. There have long been examples of local stations owned and operated by networks. What if Disney or Comcast let contracts with troublesome affiliates lapse and then started their own local stations without using spectrum—both as apps and cable channels? Let Nexstar and Sinclair find their own programming, where they can tailor content to any standard they want. Disney can happily bypass the airwaves without worrying about FCC threats. They can even say those seven dirty words!

I ran this idea past a former FCC commissioner, who pointed out some potential problems involving existing contracts and such. But generally, he agreed that the idea not only made sense but was already in motion, on the largest scale. “It’s what Disney is doing by streaming ESPN and everything else. It is something that has to be coming,” he tells me, speaking on the condition of anonymity. Blair Levin, the former chief of staff to an FCC chairman, was even more sympathetic to my idea. “Broadcast is a melting ice cube,” he says. It’s only a question of how long it will take to thaw. Five years? Ten?

So my idea is less novel than I thought. The Kimmel conundrum has only turned up the heat on a doomed chunk of frozen water. Even as I chatted with former FCC officials, Needham, an investment bank that tracks media, put out a note that suggested even more drastic action is warranted. Disney, it said, should immediately begin streaming its entire schedule! The money it would reap from ads or subscriptions would more than make up for any losses, and Disney’s market cap would rise.

I don’t expect that to happen right away. The multiyear contracts and ongoing relationships between affiliates and networks lock in the current situation for a while. But when I asked an executive from a company that owns TV stations whether the current arrangement was sustainable, I didn’t get the pushback I expected. “It’s a real question,” he tells me, admitting the relationship of late has become more fraught.

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The Gathering Lead Apologizes For Infamous Card From 27 Years Ago

by admin September 26, 2025

Magic: The Gathering has finally come clean about one of the bigger stains on its legacy. Veteran head designer Mark Rosewater recently apologized for the misogynistic treatment of a low-level pro player in the ’90s that he immortalized as a printed card called Ghazbán Ogress. “I have had a hand in creating thousands of Magic cards over the years, and Ghazban Ogress is the one I most regret making,” he wrote in a new blog post.

Ghazbán Ogress was a parody of an existing card called Ghazbán Ogre, but its real inspiration was a woman named Catherine Nicoloff, an aspiring pro player who also dated several different top players in the ’90s Magic: The Gathering competitive scene. Part of the 1998 Unglued side-expansion, which was designed entirely by Rosewater, the card’s description read, “When Ghazban Ogress comes into play, the player who has won the most Magic games that day gains control of it.” It essentially took slut shaming that was happening in private and immortalized it in print.

This darker chapter in the card game’s history was explored in a recent video on the The Tranquil Domain YouTube channel in which Nicoloff was interviewed about it for the first time. “I just wanted to be one of the guys at the time,” she said. “That was the biggest compliment you could get is if you were one of the guys and man, when people say guys don’t gossip, boy are they lying. So, the attention was mixed, but you were always being watched. I could not go anywhere without being watched. If I went to lunch with a friend, there would be a rumor the next day that I was seen with so-and-so and I was dating him, even if I wasn’t, even if it was nothing more than a lunch where we were talking about decks or cards or draft strategy or whatever.”

I laughed at and shared that joke at the time, when I was a teenager, and it certainly can’t have made women feel welcome in the community. I think one of the worst habits that Magic embedded in me was choosing my social circle based largely on peoples’ perceived skill.

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Nicoloff said Rosewater took her aside during one even to give her a heads-up that the Ghazbán Ogress card would be coming out. “Mark Rosewater wielded enormous power over the game and continues to do so,” she said. “I was just, you know, a a small-time wannabe pro player. So, at that moment, it this is going to sound melodramatic, but it just kind of broke me a little because I had thought Mark was a friend. I thought he was trying to be humorous, but [that] he had the best interests of the players at heart. And now I’d been handed this tiger by the tail, and I had to either ride it or get eaten by it. That was what Mark gave to me.”

She ended up signing some other people’s copies of the card while also trying to collect as many of them as possible to keep it from spreading. Nicoloff reckons she has two binder pages full of Ghazbán Ogress now. It wasn’t until a viral post about the incident four years ago by Magic player Brian Kibler that she wanted to correct the record about what a gross thing it was. “I admit I still felt just a little bit angry and a little bit hurt by the whole thing because this was like an elephant in the room and nobody had ever apologized to me.”

That changed after the video went live and people started asking Rosewater about it. In a post over on his blog he unequivocally apologized for it. “Let me start by stating unequivocally that it was a mistake to have ever printed the card. It is 100% my doing,” he wrote. “I designed it and put it into the set. I take full responsibility for the card’s existence. It’s important to own up to one’s mistakes and not try to justify them.”

Rosewater has since called Nicoloff to apologize 27 years later, an apology which he said she accepted. “This apology should have come decades earlier though, and for that I am also sorry,” he wrote. “Magic cards should be something that bring people together and help foster growth and connection,” he added. “It should never be used to tear people down.”

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September 26, 2025 0 comments

Crypto’s Q4 Sweet Spot: Legislation, Stablecoins and Rates Cut Fuel PEPENODE Presale

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Stablecoins, ETPs and Rate Cuts to Push Q4 Crypto & PEPENODE Presale Up

by admin September 26, 2025

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With Q4 of 2025 approaching, things are looking up for the crypto market.

The meme coin market is up for the quarter and has gained 36% in its market cap over the past year. Stablecoins – one of crypto’s recent darlings – have seen their market cap climb from a little over $200B to nearly $300B this year.

Recent days have highlighted some exhaustion with Bitcoin and Ethereum, which have sagged back a bit. Still, analysts increasingly point to three interlocking forces that could drive performance in the final quarter of the year:

Regulatory clarity
The continued rise of stablecoins
Rotation from Bitcoin into high-growth sectors

The upbeat mood goes beyond those three issues; a recent Grayscale report shows growth in all six core crypto sections.

Here’s how the pieces align – and how PEPENODE fits in.

Potential Q4 Positives

Here are some things investors can watch for as October draws closer.

Legislative Clarity

The CLARITY Act, a sweeping U.S. bill designed to give a legal framework to crypto financial services, should serve as a bridge between the digital asset space and traditional finance, potentially opening doors for broader institutional participation.

Complementing that is the SEC’s new move to allow a generic listing standard for commodity-based ETPs. That change could expand the menu of crypto assets accessible to U.S. investors, lowering the barrier for institutional inflows.

Stablecoins and Tokenization

Stablecoins may become foundational infrastructure. Analysts highlight that chains heavily used for stablecoin activity – Ethereum, Solana, Tron, BNB, and others – could benefit disproportionately.

That builds on other reports that saw steady growth in stablecoins in the year’s third quarter.

Tokenization of real-world assets, including tokenized money market funds, deposits, and ETFs, continues to gain traction. That follows a steady increase in the RWA market cap over the past month.

Bitcoin First, Altcoins Close Behind

Following the Fed’s September rate cut, a ‘Uptober’ rally is widely anticipated. Renewed momentum in Bitcoin could cascade into altcoins, continuing a pattern of market rotation where assets cycle from large caps to smaller, more speculative tokens.

Among the sectors most likely to shine are those with revenue generation baked in: lending, staking, yield farming, and tokenized real-world assets. Projects combining DeFi principles with tangible cash flows could also attract outsized interest.

That trend is likely already underway, as the DeFi sector roared back in the past months with a focus on platforms specializing in perpetual futures contracts.

Emerging platforms like Aster ($ASTER), which saw its token price jump nearly 2400% in a month.

But there’s another token lurking that could see similar gains. Will PEPENODE power up the green frog meme market once again?

PEPENODE ($PEPENODE) – The Mine-to-Earn Meme Coin Makes Big Gains in Presale

Mine-to-Earn is PEPENODE’s meme coin innovation. Memes aren’t mined, they’re made – but with $PEPENODE, they can be both.

$PEPENODE token holders gain access to their own virtual mining node. At first, the node is a blank space. Users spend $PEPENODE to upgrade their nodes, adding additional mining rigs and boosting their ability to mine memes faster.

The best part is that miners won’t just earn $PEPENODE; they’ll also be eligible for bonuses in $PEPE, $FARTCOIN, and other leading meme coin market performers.

The $PEPENODE presale currently boasts an incredible 909% staking rewards, and the project has generated over $1.4M so far. The token price is only, but our price prediction shows that it could reach $0.0023 by the end of the year.

Learn how to buy $PEPENODE and visit the presale page today.

Q4 2025 could be a defining window for crypto if regulation, tokenization, and rotation align. The stage is set for a strong close to the year — and PepeNode’s mine-to-earn model fits the zeitgeist perfectly.

Authored by Bogdan Patru for Bitcoinist — https://bitcoinist.com/cryptos-q4-sweet-spot-legislation-stablecoins-and-rates-cut-fuel-pepenode-presale

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September 26, 2025 0 comments

Crypto Trends

Cardano is 3rd Gen Blockchain, Others Took Shortcuts: Hoskinson

by admin September 26, 2025

Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson has shared his thoughts on the network’s ambitious roadmap toward the Omega upgrade. He called Cardano as the true 3rd Gen Blockchain while slandering others for taking shortcuts.

In a post on X, Hoskinson said “The road to Omega is full of challenges and surprises” as he notes that the journey is meant to improve scalability and privacy while solving the technical problems that many blockchains face today.

The road to Omega is full of challenges and surprises, but it will solve the pillar of scalability once and for all. Midnight and partnerchains give us interoperability, and we are well on our way to governance being recursively self-improving.

Cardano is the ONLY true 3rd… https://t.co/igUUZUU4gO

— Charles Hoskinson (@IOHK_Charles) September 26, 2025

Leios Lite, an upcoming iteration, is a major part of this effort. According to TapTools, Leios Lite could increase Cardano’s throughput by 30 to 55 times. Input Output Global plans to roll it out gradually as part of the network’s Omega initiative.

FACT: Leios Lite will bring a 30–55x increase in throughput for Cardano.

IOG plans to roll out Leios in iterations, with Leios Lite as the first major step toward full deployment. pic.twitter.com/ms1OiswhB7

— TapTools (@TapTools) September 25, 2025

In addition to improving scalability, the founder mentioned the Midnight Network and partnerchains. These systems are designed to enable different blockchains to work together and help Cardano build smart rules that can improve over time.

Cardano has always aimed to compete with other major networks including Ethereum and Solana. Hoskinson believes Cardano must win against Ethereum in the long term, pointing out that his legacy is tied to the network’s success. Over the years, Cardano has maintained strong developer activity, sometimes surpassing Ethereum in certain metrics.

Meanwhile, the network has also mentioned its involvement in the first tokenization reinsurance fund called MCM Fund I, which was launched with MembersCap. This fund works with big blockchains like Aptos, Base, and Solana. It also made its first recorded transaction on the London Stock Exchange Group’s DMI platform.

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September 26, 2025 0 comments

Gaming Gear

Horror-tinged sidescroller Possessor(s) hits PC and PS5 on November 11

by admin September 26, 2025

The long-awaited sidescroller Possessor(s) will be available on November 11 for PC and PS5. It’s a horror-tinged action game with Metroidvania elements. It also happens to look extremely beautiful.

The game was developed by Heart Machine, which is the same company behind Hyper Light Drifter and its prequel Hyper Light Breaker. Publishing duties fall to Devolver, which has had a hand in a boatload of recent indie hits from Enter the Gungeon to Cult of the Lamb. The developer just dropped a launch date trailer for Possessor(s) and it’s filled with both gameplay and story elements.

As for that story, the game’s set in a quarantined metropolis that’s been invaded by ghostly forces. Exploration will slowly unravel what happened to the city. There’s an open-ended narrative with multiple paths and plenty of characters to meet.

The combat looks really slick, with lots of melee using found objects. The protagonist can also slide down long corridors and swing from a grappling hook. Weapons can be upgraded and there looks to be a skill tree of some kind.

We only have around five weeks until we can get our hands on this one. Pre-orders on both platforms are up right now, but there’s no price yet.

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September 26, 2025 0 comments

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A legend is reborn and an new legacy begins in Yakuza Kiwami 3 & Dark Ties

by admin September 26, 2025

During the RGG Summit 2025 livestream, SEG and Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio announced Yakuza Kiwami 3 & Dark Ties, a remake of the third game in the Yakuza/Like a Dragon series alongside a new, never before seen story. Yakuza Kiwami 3 & Dark Ties will launch on PlayStation 4 and 5, Nintendo Switch 2, Xbox Series X|S, and PC via Steam on February 1th, 2026.

Two Stories, One Package

Yakuza Kiwami 3 tells the story of Kazuma Kiryu and his adoptive daughter Haruka Sawamura who have planted roots in the tropical Japanese prefecture of Okinawa to run the Morning Glory Orphanage. But when both the government and the yakuza set their sights on beachfront property, Kiryu finds that to defend the things he cares about, he must fight and sacrifice. Can Kiryu rescue the orphanage and escape his past for good?

Rebuilt from the ground up, Yakuza Kiwami 3 evolves several aspects of the beloved title with new cutscenes and new side experiences to make Okinawa and Kamurocho even more exciting and entertaining. Additional highlights include:

Ultimate Brawler Experience – Players can now swap between two powerful fighting styles: “Dragon of Dojima: Kiwami,” a brawling action style overflowing with power and an unmatched sense of dominance featuring the largest number of attack techniques in the series’ history; and the new “Ryukyu Style,” a thrilling and technical weapon-based action style inspired by traditional Okinawan weapon arts that allows players to unleash a wide variety of combo techniques using eight different types of weapons. Both battle styles combine for the ultimate brawler experience!“Legendary Baddie, Bad Boy Dragon”– a team battle mode where players aim to build the ultimate biker gang and fight alongside the Ryukyu Gal Gang, a group of lady bikers out to protect the streets of Okinawa. Dark Ties is a brand-new story that features Yoshitaka Mine, one of Kiryu’s formidable foes from Yakuza 3 as the protagonist. This story depicts the events leading up to Yakuza 3, shedding light on Mine’s origins, his search for unwavering bonds, and the path that led him, once the head of a venture company, to be immersed in the world of the yakuza. Highlights include:All-New Experience – for the first time ever, fans can play as Mine. Battle foes with a stylish yet refined combat system centered around boxing, explore the streets of Kamurocho, and see the usually cool-headed Mine cut loose and have fun.“Dark Awakening” mode – unleash Mine’s inner darkness in battle, triggering a rampage with ruthless, relentless combos, and finishing foes with a decisive strike infused with the power of darkness.“Hell’s Arena” – an underground fight club where players can enjoy fights under a variety of unique rules. In “Survival Hell” mode, players will fight their way through an underground dungeon, enduring relentless assaults from numerous hunters, to reach the goal and clear the challenge.

Players who pre-order the game, physically or digitally, will receive the exclusive “Ryuku Gal Gang – Ichiban Legendary Lad” DLC as a bonus, adding Ichiban Kasuga to the Ryuku Gal Gang within the Legendary Baddie, Bad Boy Dragon mode. The Digital Deluxe Edition gives players access to the following:

DLC Legendary Outfit PackDLC Legendary Lads & Gals PackDLC Ryukyu Gal Gang Customization PackDLC Flip Phone Customization PackDLC Legendary BGM CD Set

A Digital Deluxe Upgrade will also be available for players who choose to purchase the Standard Edition. For more details, you can visit the official website here.

Also revealed during the RGG Direct 2025, Yakuza Kiwami and Yakuza Kiwami 2 will be released on Nintendo Switch 2 on November 13th, 2025. Yakuza 0 Director’s Cut, currently available on Nintendo Switch 2, will make its way to PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, and PC via Steam. Outside of Yakuza, the studio teased their upcoming project, STRANGER THAN HEAVEN, as part of the Direct.

For more on Yakuza, Like a Dragon, and all things RGG, stay tuned to GamingTrend.

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Can Fusaka spark a breakout?

by admin September 26, 2025

Summary

Ethereum trades around $3,900–$3,950, consolidating as traders eye the December Fusaka upgrade with PeerDAS to boost scaling.
A breakout above $4,500 could fuel an Ethereum price prediction toward $4,800–$5,000, while failure risks a pullback to $3,600–$3,800.
Fusaka is a strong medium-term bullish catalyst, but near-term moves still hinge on macro sentiment and BTC stability.

ETH sits near $3.9K after a choppy week.

With developers targeting a December Fusaka hard fork that introduces PeerDAS and other scaling tweaks, and a testnet activation slated for early October, traders are asking whether fundamentals can overpower near-term risk-off flows and trigger a breakout above $4.5K.

What is Fusaka?

Fusaka, Ethereum’s next major upgrade after Pectra, focuses on scalability, data availability, and node efficiency. Its key feature, PeerDAS, lets nodes verify block data without full downloads, cutting costs and boosting rollup throughput.

Developers target December 2025 for mainnet activation, with testnet rollout set for early October, alongside smaller tweaks like gas-limit changes and infra hardening.

Ethereum price prediction market data

ETH 1d chart | source: crypto.news

ETH is moving between $3,800 support and $4,200 resistance, with volatility muted as markets await a clearer signal.

Fusaka’s headline feature, PeerDAS (Peer Data Availability Sampling), is designed to lower costs and increase throughput for rollups and L2s, potentially boosting demand for ETH as on-chain activity scales.

Markets typically respond positively to dated upgrade roadmaps, and with Pectra already behind and Fusaka lined up, confidence in Ethereum’s development cycle remains high. Still, near-term trading is dominated by macro sentiment and BTC’s direction.

Positive factors for Ethereum price

If Ethereum (ETH) can reclaim $4,200 and close above $4,500, traders see scope for a rally toward $4,800–$5,000 into Q4. The October testnet and December hard-fork timeline provide clear catalysts, while improved scaling could attract new inflows into DeFi and Ethereum’s ecosystem.

The bullish case rests on expectations that PeerDAS will deliver cheaper and faster rollups, that the presence of a concrete roadmap will reassure markets, and that capital rotation could move back into ETH if macro conditions improve.

Negative factors for ETH price

Despite the upgrade narrative, ETH faces several risks. A “buy the rumor, sell the news” reaction is possible if macro weakness persists, such as renewed ETF outflows or higher U.S. inflation. Execution delays remain a threat, since developers are treating December as a target rather than a fixed deadline.

There is also the issue of event magnitude, as Fusaka focuses on infrastructure improvements rather than headline-grabbing features. Failure to defend $3,800–$3,900 support could expose ETH to deeper losses, revisiting early-September levels in the low $3Ks.

Ethereum price prediction based on current levels

The base case over the next two to four weeks is for ETH to continue ranging between $3,800 and $4,500, with macro flows and BTC dictating direction. The catalyst case points to a stronger move, as successful testnet progress in October and the December hard fork could trigger a sustained breakout toward $4,800–$5,000.

On the other hand, weak sentiment or delays could cap ETH under $4,500 and drag it back toward $3,600–$3,800. The Ethereum outlook remains medium-term bullish thanks to Fusaka, but short-term price action is still tied closely to overall market conditions.

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