Trump cancels Iran peace talks as U.S. naval blockade enters third week
Trump cancelled envoy trips to Pakistan for Iran talks on Saturday, the second scrapped diplomatic effort in a week, citing "infighting" among Iran's leadership. The U.S. naval blockade of the Strait of Hormuz has redirected over 30 vessels since 13 April, while Iran has closed the waterway entirely to foreign shipping. Brent crude has topped $100 a barrel as the IEA calls the disruption the "largest supply disruption in the history of the global oil market." #TRUMP #US #iran
#pixel Nobody is really talking about the most honest thing @Pixels said in their Stacked launch.
"We'll just add more content is not a retention plan. Trust me we know."
That line hits different when you know the history. $PIXEL watched their own player numbers jump every time a new update dropped and slowly fall back down in the weeks after. That pattern is not unique to them. Every Web3 game team sees it. What is rare is actually admitting it and then building something to address it.
Stacked runs dynamic rewards, player segmentation, and winback campaigns specifically in the quiet period between content drops. Not during launch week when everyone is already excited. During the three weeks after when most games silently lose people they never get back.
That window is where long term player loyalty actually gets decided. Someone logging in on a random Wednesday with nothing new to do is worth more than ten people who show up for patch day and disappear.
$PIXEL figured that out by living through it badly enough to build a fix. Not by reading about it. By watching their own numbers and understanding what was actually happening. Now they are handing that fix to other studios on Ronin who have not made those mistakes yet.
That is a genuinely useful head start.
Do you think the weeks between content drops are where Web3 games actually win or lose their player base for good? #Pixel
Crypto Fear and Greed Index drops 17 points in a day
The Crypto Fear and Greed Index fell to 44 on Thursday, shedding 17 points in a single day — one of the steepest drops of 2026, according to CoinStats. Bitcoin has failed to break above the $77,500 resistance zone repeatedly, while Ethereum slipped below $2,330 on Wednesday. Derivatives markets flash caution, with heavy demand for downside protection ahead of a $9.8 billion options expiry later in April, per BeInCrypto.#bitcoin
Ex-NATO envoy urges Europe to stop criticising Trump over Iran
Kurt Volker, former U.S. ambassador to NATO, said European leaders should keep any criticism of Trump's Iran war private to avoid alienating him. He praised NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte's conciliatory stance towards Trump, saying Rutte is "doing them a service" by maintaining the relationship. The remarks came as EU leaders met in Cyprus amid a widening rift, with Trump calling NATO a "paper tiger" over its limited support.#TRUMP #iran
Palestinians vote in first Gaza election in 20 years
Palestinians cast their ballots on Saturday in municipal elections across the occupied West Bank and in Deir al-Balah, marking Gaza's first vote in two decades. President Mahmoud Abbas amended election law to require candidates to recognise Israel and the PLO, effectively barring Hamas from taking part. Nearly 1.5 million voters were registered in the West Bank and around 70,000 in Gaza, where polling took place in tents and open fields.
Islamabad eases supply curbs as US-Iran talks stall
Islamabad authorities permitted fuel, food, and medicine vehicles into the city on Saturday, though a wider heavy transport ban remains in place as the lockdown stretches beyond 10 days. The White House confirmed that envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner were heading to Pakistan, but Iranian state media said direct talks were not planned. Schools, courts, and markets remain closed across Islamabad and Rawalpindi, with residents facing food and fuel shortages amid the prolonged security restrictions. #Pakistan #islamabad #iran #US
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