
Our weekly updates are put together by folks deep in the crypto scene, giving you a clear picture of what's happening without overwhelming you.

July 12, 2024
AIRDROPS: Stone age
July 12, 2024
ALPHA: Free Champions
July 5, 2024
AIRDROPS: It's Symbiotic
July 5, 2024
ALPHA: Generative AF
June 28, 2024
AIRDROPS: Blast into Scroll
June 28, 2024
ALPHA: Giga PFPs on Solana
June 21, 2024
AIRDROPS: Lots of Linea
June 21, 2024
ALPHA: Entangled on fx(hash)
June 14, 2024
AIRDROPS: Photon Blaster
June 14, 2024
ALPHA: Whatup BabesJul 8, 2024

Coins
Xai, Immutable, and Pixels Among July's Biggest Ethereum Gaming Token Unlocks
July is poised to be a big month for crypto gaming token unlocks. Throughout the month of July, over $148 million worth of crypto gaming tokens will be unlocked and can enter the market, according to data from TokenUnlocks. And all of the projects in question have launched tokens on Ethereum. Many crypto projects make their total supply of tokens available across days, weeks, months or years. Often, when a project launches its token, it locks up a significant amount of the supply that’s intended...
Jul 6, 2024

Gaming
Pirate Nation CEO Predicts Thousands of Dedicated Crypto Game Blockchains
Amitt Mahajan—founder and CEO of Proof of Play, the developer of crypto game Pirate Nation—predicts that eventually there will be thousands of dedicated blockchains that each support individual applications. This comes after his experience building the viral Facebook game Farmville. During his time developing the casual farming simulator, Zynga operated approximately 64 databases simply to prevent the game from crashing. To Mahajan, the blockchain is just an advanced database. “At peak, [Farmvi...
Jun 26, 2024

Gaming
What to Expect From Xai as It Aims to Become Ethereum Gaming's Valve
Key contributors to Xai, the Ethereum-based layer-3 gaming network, say they aim to build the next Valve, developing their ecosystem in a similar way to the video game titan behind the Steam marketplace and some of the best-loved games of all time. Tobias Batton, co-founder and CEO of Ex Populus—a game studio that works closely with the Xai Foundation as a “labs company” of sorts, he previously told Decrypt’s GG—explained that the Valve model is how they envision the future of the gaming network...
Jun 21, 2024

Gaming
Ethereum Fighting Game 'AI Arena' Sets NRN Token Launch
Artificial intelligence-driven fighting game AI Arena has set a date for its NRN token launch, following a play-to-airdrop campaign this spring. Earlier this year, AI Arena let 8,000 users play its unique brawler game—built on Ethereum layer-2 scaling network, Arbitrum—while in pre-release for the chance to earn potential token rewards, with a campaign built around social media influencers. Now, those rewards are just around the corner. Those who participated will be able to claim their tokens a...
Jun 17, 2024

Gaming
Creators of Fortnite-Like Ethereum Game 'OpenSeason' Reveal Token Airdrop
The makers of OpenSeason, a crypto-themed battle royale shooter game built around Ethereum NFT access passes, announced details Monday for the studio's upcoming token airdrop to players—and revealed that the giveaway is coming this week. At some point this week, holders of Fractional Uprising Studios NFT membership passes—which are currently required to play OpenSeason—will automatically receive some portion of the 62.1 million “FU Money” tokens that have been earmarked for this week’s initial...
Jun 6, 2024

Gaming
Xai Reveals Vanguard: Genesis Campaign With New Ethereum Games and Rewards
Xai, an Arbitrum-powered Ethereum layer-3 scaling network focused on video games, announced Thursday that it will launch its Vanguard: Genesis campaign beginning June 10, offering up months of game launches and fresh rewards ahead. Set to run through November, the Vanguard: Genesis campaign will feature a suite of new game releases, quests, achievements, and rewards for the Xai community. Games including Crypto Unicorns, Final Form, and The Lost Glitches will launch and reward players for achiev...
Jun 5, 2024

Gaming
Ethereum Gaming Network Xai Launches Bootcamp to Bring Web2 Devs Into Crypto
The Xai Foundation, the core contributor to the Ethereum layer-3 gaming network Xai built on Arbitrum, announced Wednesday that it has teamed up with venture capital firm Outlier Ventures to help bring more traditional or “Web2” developers into the space. The Xai Tokenomics Bootcamp is designed to streamline the development process for new blockchain games and help support the transition of existing Web2 games into models that work well with crypto infrastructure. Developers can tap Outlier Vent...
May 31, 2024

Gaming
Arbitrum Is About to Unlock $250 Million in Funds for Ethereum Games
In an attempt to bolster the Ethereum layer-2 network’s gaming ecosystem, it appears that over $250 million worth of Arbitrum tokens will be unlocked over the next three years, following strongly positive support for a DAO proposal that’s currently being voted on by token holders. Arbitrum is a scaling network that enables cheaper and faster transactions than the Ethereum mainnet. It’s also attracted a number of prominent gaming projects, including the Xai layer-3 network, Treasure's Infinity Ch...
May 30, 2024

Gaming
‘Final Fantasy’ Maker Square Enix Moves to Arbitrum for Ethereum Game NFTs
Square Enix, the video game giant behind the Final Fantasy and Kingdom Hearts franchises, is adopting another Ethereum scaling network for its Symbiogenesis blockchain game. The publisher announced early Thursday that its next NFT character mint for the story-driven game will take place on Ethereum layer-2 network Arbitrum, shifting gears after the first wave of characters was minted on the Ethereum mainnet. “For Chapter 2, we've adopted Arbitrum, reducing the gas fees to about 1/1000 of the pre...
May 29, 2024

Gaming
'Crypto Unicorns' Reveals Airdrop Rewards Amid Move to Ethereum Layer-3 Xai
Crypto Unicorns has announced a “play-to-airdrop” campaign to start next month, amid the game’s migration across the Ethereum scaling ecosystem—from sidechain Polygon to Arbitrum’s layer-3 Xai gaming network. Founded in 2021, the expanding Crypto Unicorns ecosystem includes the core land-based building and battling experience, spinoff jousting, and party games. The project’s NFTs have generated about $35 million worth of trading volume to date. While Crypto Unicorns migrates to Xai, the game wil...
Apr 30, 2024

Gaming
AnimeCoin Launches ‘Gacha Grab’ Game With Ethereum NFT Collection Azuki
After announcing the AnimeChain project in March, the AnimeCoin Foundation—the group behind the eponymous token—launched a web-based game called Gacha Grab on Monday. Like a virtual slot machine inspired by Japanese gachapon toy vending machines, “Gacha Grab” tasks players with spinning the dial to earn points and prizes, including one of eight digital Gachapons each with a different reward level. Each spin in Gacha Grab costs 100 credits and grants one Gachapon collectible. Created in collabora...
Apr 29, 2024

Markets
More Than $3 Billion in Tokens Unlock in May—Here’s What to Watch
As the merry month of May starts to peek through the clouds, $3 billion worth of tokens are about to be unlocked across seven different projects, according to TokenUnlocks data. The two largest unlocks will be from DeFi oracle network Pyth and crypto derivatives platform Aevo (formerly Ribbon Finance). Most crypto projects make their total supply of tokens available across days, weeks, months or years. Bitcoin, for instance, currently has 19.7 million of its 21 million total supply in circulatio...
Apr 24, 2024

Gaming
Ethereum Card Game 'The Lost Glitches' Coming to Layer-3 Network Xai
The Xai Foundation announced Wednesday that it has teamed up with game publisher Mimunga and developer Honig Studios to bring the trading card game The Lost Glitches to the Xai layer-3 Ethereum gaming network built on Arbitrum. Alongside the alliance, The Xai Foundation has also invested an undisclosed sum in the project to help bring it to the gaming network. Decrypt’s GG asked for clarification on the investment, but did not receive an immediate response. "We've partnered with Xai due to the t...
Apr 24, 2024

Gaming
What Is Xai? The Rising Ethereum Layer-3 Gaming Network on Arbitrum
A new gaming blockchain has entered the lobby in 2024: Xai. “Xai is built to enable open trade in the next generation of video games,” the official site says. In its quest to do so, the network aims to reduce fees, offer account abstraction to hide some of those pesky blockchain elements, and empower game creators in the process. The layer-3 blockchain is developed in part by Offchain Labs, the original creator and primary developer behind the Ethereum layer-2 Arbitrum network that Xai is built...
Apr 16, 2024

Gaming
Ethereum Gaming Network Xai Expands Staking Rewards
The Xai Foundation, which supports the Xai layer-3 gaming network built with Arbitrum scaling tech on Ethereum, has announced the launch of a new staking pool system designed to reward user involvement in the ecosystem. The Xai staking pools allow XAI token holders in eligible regions to stake their tokens in a pool, thus earning rewards for their participation. The update introduces a new token, esXAI, which serves as an escrowed staking representation of the XAI token. Users can convert their...
Apr 3, 2024

Gaming
Pixel Vault’s 'BattlePlan' Migrating to Ethereum Gaming Network Xai
Reboot, the crypto gaming protocol powering Pixel Vault's flagship game BattlePlan, announced an alliance with The Xai Foundation on Wednesday to migrate the game to the Xai gaming network on Ethereum. BattlePlan will utilize Xai's Arbitrum-based layer-3 technology when it moves to the network sometime this quarter. The game was first launched on Arbitrum Nova, another Ethereum scaling network. "We have helped to develop an ecosystem that starts with fun games and then uses blockchain technology...
Apr 3, 2024

Gaming
Ethereum Game 'Hytopia' Nears Beta Launch After $8 Million Node Sale
Hytopia, a Minecraft-like sandbox game previously known as NFT Worlds, is set to roll out a closed beta test this month after raising millions of dollars through a node sale for its Ethereum layer-2 network, Hychain. The Hychain sale raised 2,098 ETH in March, or more than $8 million worth at the time, as users purchased nodes that help secure the Arbitrum-based gaming network and also allow them to earn TOPIA tokens in the process. In total, 250 million TOPIA—about $17.5 million worth at presen...
Mar 27, 2024

NFTs
Azuki Chooses Arbitrum for Anime-Focused Project AnimeChain
AnimeChain, announced Wednesday by the Arbitrum Foundation in conjunction with the Weeb3 Foundation and Chiru Labs, aims to be a blockchain-powered one-stop shop for anime creators and fans. The three organizations constitute the AnimeChain consortium, which says AnimeChain will provide an online anime ecosystem governed by the community. The network will include original and third-party anime content, games, merchandise, and NFTs. “As a launch partner to AnimeChain, Azuki evaluated existing Eth...
Mar 20, 2024

Gaming
Ethereum Gaming Network Xai Could Add 100+ Games in 2024—Here's How
Xai, the gaming-centric Ethereum network built on Arbitrum scaling technology, could add a heap of games by year’s end thanks to a new collaboration with a prominent indie gaming curator called The MIX. The MIX, or The Media Indie Exchange, says that it could launch more than 100 games on the layer-3 Xai network before the end of 2024 and that we should see the first of those games live within 60 days. No games have been confirmed yet, however, as they will be announced individually. “We already...
Mar 19, 2024

Gaming
How Fighting Game ‘AI Arena’ Turned Its Airdrop Into a Team Sport
Fighting game AI Arena looks very similar to Nintendo’s Super Smash Bros. series, with cartoonish combatants brawling for supremacy. What’s immediately obvious is that, of course, the game doesn’t feature the likes of Mario and Donkey Kong trading blows in iconic locales. What’s less obvious, however, is that there’s nobody mashing buttons to make these characters kick, punch, hop, and occasionally launch foes into the distance. They’re all controlled by artificial intelligence—but each AI has b...