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Trump Media raises $2.44b to build Bitcoin treasury

by admin May 31, 2025

Trump Media and Technology Group has closed a $2.44 billion private placement with roughly 50 institutional investors, aiming to establish one of the largest Bitcoin treasuries among publicly-traded U.S. companies.

The offering included the sale of 55.8 million common shares at $25.72 each, generating $1.44 billion, and $1 billion in 0% convertible senior secured notes due 2028, convertible at $34.72 per share.

Net proceeds of approximately $2.32 billion will be used to acquire Bitcoin (BTC) and fund general corporate operations. Crypto.com and Anchorage Digital will handle custody for the Bitcoin treasury.

Bitcoin and ‘financial freedom’

Trump Media, operator of Truth Social, Truth+, and Truth.Fi, said the deal boosts its liquid assets above $3 billion.

CEO Devin Nunes described the move as a step toward “financial freedom,” aligning with the company’s crypto-first strategy and broader vision for expansion in the “America First economy.”

The announcement follows recent plans from Trump Media to partner with Crypto.com on crypto-focused ETFs and financial services.

With the addition of Bitcoin to its balance sheet, Trump Media joins a growing number of firms, including those of Strategy and GameStop, which are using debt and equity raises to accumulate crypto.

The offering was led by Yorkville Securities and Clear Street, with Cantor Fitzgerald acting as financial advisor. Legal counsel was provided by Nelson Mullins for the company and Reed Smith for the placement agents.

DJT shares climbed on the news Friday, recovering some ground after a 10% dip earlier in the week. The stock remains down over 36% year-to-date.

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Elden Ring Nightreign gets a pre-day one patch to deliver some cheeky last minute build tweaking before your first steps in Limveld, and offer advice on some PC issues

by admin May 30, 2025

Elden Ring Nightreign comes out tomorrow, May 30, meaning that your wait to sample a thing we thought was quite good is almost over. Before you hop into classic ER to fight one last Malenia battle for the road, it’s worth checking out the contents of the game’s first patch – Version 1.01 – which FromSoft has handily deployed about a day early.

You can check out the full notes for Version 1.01 if you like, but the gist is that it’s pretty much what you’d expect from a day one patch, aside maybe from some advice on how to troubleshoot a couple of techy teething issues you might run into on PC, depending on your exact hardware.

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“This update brings gameplay and stability improvements to ensure an optimal experience for your first steps in Limveld,” big Bandai Namco wrote, outlining that the patch includes “improved handling of playable characters”, balance adjustments, text tweaks, and added character scenarios. The soundtrack’s also been added to, so you should have plenty of bangin’ boss-battlin’ tunes, and there are the usual bug fixes.

You want more detail than that? Well, suck it up. These are Elden Ring patch notes, and you’re gonna have to read between the lines like you do with all that lore. Maybe if you’re lucky we’ll get a video in five years time explaining that this patch actually had a deeper meaning, over the course of five very good hours.

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That said, there are a couple of things related to knopwn issues on PC that FromSoft has chosen to explain in full. If you’re on that platform and find yourself unable to start the game or sometyhing similar, verifying the integrity of its files via its properties menu in your Steam library might help. Here’s the full instruction flow for that: Go to ‘Library’ > right-click on ‘ELDEN RING NIGHTREIGN’ > select ‘Properties’ > select ‘Installed Files’ > and execute ‘Verify Integrity of Game Files’.

Meanwhile, FromSoft wrote: “We have confirmed that some PC configurations using the latest graphics cards may experience frame rate drops. We are currently investigating the cause. In the meantime, If you experience significant frame rate drops, you may be able to resolve it by setting the graphics settings from the default ‘High’ to ‘Medium’ or ‘Low’ and lowering the screen resolution, as well as installing the latest drivers for your graphics card.”

So, pretty standard stuff you’d try right out of the gate to see if it resolved teething problems while waiting for the studio ro deploy a full fix.

Once you’ve battered Malenia one more time, why not read our review of Nightreign, in which Connor outlines why he loved it, despite being “a strange beast”. If it helps your concentration to imagine him as the lead singer of Evanescence and the game as the dude yelling ‘Can’t wake up!’, then so bit.

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May 30, 2025 0 comments

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Diablo 4 Season 9 Will Let Players Build Their Own Spells

by admin May 26, 2025

Ahead of Diablo 4 Season 9’s arrival on the game’s public-test server on May 27, Blizzard has revealed players will be able to build their own spells next season.

Titled Sins of the Horadrim, players in Season 9 will be able use the new Horadric Spellcraft system to tailor-make a powerful spell to their liking. As detailed by Blizzard, spells will consist of three components–Catalysts, Infusions, and Arcana.

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Catalysts are the base power of the spell, with Blizzard describing it as the “foundation.” There are six Catalysts to choose from, like Disintegrate and Propulsion, that will give the spell its form and function.

Next are Infusions, which imbue the spell with its elemental damage type and some special effects. Lastly, players can equip three Arcana, which are used to modify the spell in a variety of ways, from granting players Unstoppable after using their Horadric spell to gaining Stealth for several seconds after use. Some Legendary Arcana grant fairly powerful effects, like the Floaty Bobble Arcana, which adds a Blink component to the spell, or the Bloody Charm, which simply executes non-boss enemies with 10% life or less when the spell is activated.

The Horadric Spellcraft system isn’t entirely different from how seasonal powers have worked in previous seasons (a common complaint among the playerbase), but does seem to give players more flexibility than before in terms of both what powers and what damage types they want to use.

However, Horadric Spellcrafting will just be one component of Season 9. Blizzard, in its quest, to continue improving base elements of Diablo 4’s endgame (as detailed in Diablo 4’s 2025 roadmap) is also putting a heavy emphasis on Nightmare dungeons, with new positive affixes that will benefit players in the form of more specialized crafting rewards or specific types of gear. Players will also (finally) be able to jump into a new Nightmare dungeon while still inside a different one, rather than having to leave the dungeon.

New for the season will be Horadric Strongrooms and Escalating Nightmares. Strongrooms are mini-dungeons inside Nightmare dungeons where players will use a wayfinder to find a hidden Horadric vault. Players will need to battle through demons in a set amount of time in order to claim the Strongroom’s rewards, and the difficulty of the Strongroom, and its rewards, can be adjusted and increased by activating various modifiers similar to players add modifiers in the Infernal Hordes activity. Additionally, players earn Horadric Jewels to put in their gear to further modify their Horadric spell.

Escalating Nightmares is a new spin on Nightmare dungeons that sees the effects of three different Nightmare dungeons stack in succession. Players will need to earn Escalation Sigils from Horadric Storerooms to challenge the Escalating Nightmares. Those who survive all three dungeons in succession will then battle against a new boss encounter with Astaroth, who players may remember from Diablo 4’s base campaign.

Diablo 4 Season 9 will be playable on the game’s PTR from May 27 to June 3, as Blizzard looks to test the season’s new systems as well as various balance changes and new Unique items. According to Diablo 4’s in-game timers, Season 9 proper will begin July 1.

Meanwhile, Diablo 4 Season 8, Belial’s Return, is in full swing, having revamped the game’s endgame boss cycle and battle pass (the latter of which hasn’t exactly gone over well). The season also marked Diablo 4’s first external IP collab with Berserk, even if the event itself is largely a wasted opportunity.

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LONDON, ENGLAND - APRIL 18: Brian Eno speaks during SUMUD, a fundraising event for Palestine, organised by the Amos Trust, at Union Chapel on April 18, 2024 in London, England. Sumud, meaning 'steadfast perseverance' in Arabic, is a common term used to describe Palestinian non-violent, resistance against Israel's occupation. Amos Trust is a small, creative human rights organisation who have been working in Palestine for over 30 years with local and international peace activists, partnering with grass-roots projects, campaigning for Palestinian rights. (Photo by Jim Dyson/Getty Images)

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Brian Eno, creator of the Windows 95 startup sound, calls on Microsoft to sever ties with Israel: ‘If you knowingly build systems that can enable war crimes, you inevitably become complicit in those crimes’

by admin May 23, 2025

Art rock legend Brian Eno has called on Microsoft to sever its ties with the government of Israel, saying the company’s provision of cloud and AI services to Israel’s Ministry of Defense “support a regime that is engaged in actions described by leading legal scholars and human rights organizations, the United Nations experts, and increasing numbers of governments from around the world, as genocidal.”

Eno’s connection with Microsoft goes back 30 years—he composed the famous boot-up jingle for Windows 95 that was recently inducted into the National Recording Registry at the US Library of Congress.

“I gladly took on the project as a creative challenge and enjoyed the interaction with my contacts at the company,” Eno wrote in an open letter posted to Instagram (via Stereogum). “I never would have believed that the same company could one day be implicated in the machinery of oppression and war.”

Best Crops to Grow in Build An Island!

by admin May 23, 2025

If you want to fully develop your island and make it brim with workers in Build An Island!, you will need a lot of Coins. Now, Coins can be hard to come by early on. However, by planting seeds and harvesting crops, you can create a steady flow of income to finance all of your island upgrades. To help you plant only the best seeds, we prepared the following guide on the best crops to grow in Build An Island!

Best Crops to Grow in Build An Island!

When you just start out in Build An Island!, the best crops you can grow are Blueberry🫐, Corn🌽, Watermelon🍉, Peach🍑, and Strawberry🍓. All of these provide you with a decent income. You should start saving some Coins in case one of the rare seeds is on sale at the Merchant. Also, always buy Corn🌽, Watermelon🍉, and Pumpkin🎃 seeds and plant them for a quick profit, as they can’t be re-harvested.

Later on in your Build An Island! grind, the best crops to grow are Cherry🍒, Starfruit⭐, and Magic Durian🌑. Always have some Coins saved up in case one of these rare seeds is on sale at the Merchant. Trust me, you don’t want to miss out on these seeds because they are very rarely in stock. Once you plant a few Starfruit⭐, Cherry🍒, and Magic Durian🌑 seeds, you will have a constant Coin income while working on other things.

Build An Island! Crop and Seed Prices List

You can sell all your crops at the Merchant NPC at any time.

Below is a list of all crops you can grow in Build An Island!, along with the sale prices of their variants and the purchase prices of their seeds. Certain seeds, such as Strawberries🍓, drop multiple crops when you harvest them. So, even though the selling price of a single Cherry🍒 is much lower than its seed price, you will get multiple of them when harvested and easily turn a profit.

CropNormal
PriceGolden
PriceRainbow
PriceSeed
PriceGrowth
SpeedRe-harvestableCorn🌽10🪙50🪙200🪙5🪙Very fastNoStrawberry🍓11🪙55🪙220🪙30🪙FastYesTomato🍅30🪙150🪙600🪙80🪙MediumYesBlueberry🫐59🪙295🪙1,180🪙160🪙SlowYesApple🍎162🪙810🪙3,240🪙300🪙SlowYesWatermelon🍉930🪙4,650🪙18,600🪙600🪙MediumNoMagic Durian🌑950🪙4,750🪙19,000🪙1,250🪙SlowYesPeach🍑1,900🪙9,500🪙38,000🪙1,600🪙Very slowYesPumpkin🎃2,671🪙13,355🪙53,420🪙1,850🪙MediumNoCherry🍒850🪙4,250🪙17,000🪙2,400🪙Very slowYesStarfruit⭐1,500🪙7,500🪙30,000🪙2,800🪙Very slowYes

How to Get and Plant Seeds in Build an Island!

A selection of Seeds is available at the Merchant, whose stock refreshes every 5 minutes.
Always make sure to carefully plant re-harvestable Seeds so that you can grow as many of them as you can later on.
It takes a different amount of time for each type of crop to fully grow.
Once the crop has fully grown, stand close to it and press E to harvest it.

You can get new seeds in Build An Island! by purchasing them at the Merchant NPC. The Merchant’s stock refreshes every 5 minutes, and only a select few seeds are available at a time. Once you purchase a seed, you can plant it in one of your crop plots. Crops will then grow, even while you are offline, until you can harvest them.

At the moment, you can’t remove seeds once you plant them. So, be careful how you place them and use up all the space you can on every plot. Ideally, plant only the seeds you can’t re-harvest early on so that you can grow and harvest only the best crops when you reach the late game in Build An Island!.

How to Increase the Crop Growth Speed

You can spend Coins to increase the growth speed of your crops.

The best way to increase the growth speed of your crops in Build An Island! is through the Upgrade menu using Coins. You can also use Growth Potions (100 Bamboo Planks and 9 Tomatoes🍅 to craft) to increase the growth speed of your crops temporarily. However, these can be hard to come by early on. Lastly, by using the watering can next to your plots, you can instantly fully grow all of your crops at the same time. However, this option costs you Robux.

Crafting Potions Using Crops in Build An Island!

Growth potions increase the growth speed of all your crops.
Busy Bee potions increase your Honey production.
Strength potions increase your damage and let you farm more resources.

In Build An Island!, you can craft potions with specific crops, which can be used or sold at the Merchant. For example, with two Apples🍎 and 150 Cactuses, you can craft a potion that sells for 720🪙. So, don’t always sell all of the crops you harvested. Instead, save some for crafting. Alternatively, you can also use some of these potions to increase the growth speed of your crops or speed up your honey production.

That sums up everything you need to know about the best crops to grow in Build An Island!. Feel free to share which crops work best for you in the comments below. If you want to get some free Coins to buy rare seeds right away, make sure to check out our Build An Island! codes.

Grow An Island! Crops Guide FAQs

What are the best Crops to grow in Build An Island!

The best crops to grow in the long run are Starfruit⭐, Magic Durian🌑, and Cherry🍒.

Can you remove a seed once you plant it?

Unfortunately, you can’t remove a plant after you have planted it.

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May 23, 2025 0 comments

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In this new medieval city builder that launched on Steam today, build a sprawling town with the help of companions who level up and train their own apprentices

by admin May 22, 2025

There’s a familiar start to City Tales: Medieval Era, a new city builder that launched on Steam today. You’ve got a few citizens that need housing and food and work, so you place a wood cutter’s camp near the trees, a gathering station near a berry patch, and a hunter’s cabin in the woods: stuff any city builder player has done plenty of times before.

But there are also some interesting twists on the city building formula. You don’t build homes for your citizens, you draw districts. Click on the map to create borders around the district, and your citizens will handle the rest: dividing up the district into plots and deciding where their houses go themselves. You can add other buildings to a district: a well, a market, a weaver’s shop, a lumber mill, but again, you don’t choose their precise location. Your wee little villagers handle that.

I like that approach. There’s something to be said for city builders where you’re 100% in charge and decide where every last structure is placed, but I also enjoy giving my citizens a bit of agency. It also tends to make a city feel like it’s growing organically.