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Markets

Axie Infinity’s SLP Rallies 40% in 24 Hours After Season 20 Update

The SLP token has quadrupled over the last seven days in the buildup to the update.

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Finance

To Improve Crypto Gaming, Developers Should Look Back in Time

If we want to expand the metaverse, developers should take lessons from pre-blockchain game developers.

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Finance

Zynga Plans First NFT Games, Web 3 Acquisitions in 2022

The mobile gaming giant expects to announce partnerships with, and possible purchases of, blockchain firms by the end of the second quarter.

Zynga headquarters in San Francisco, Calif. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Tech

Who’s Using the Metaverse? Poker Players in Decentraland

Decentral Games’ casino has made $7.5 million in revenue over the past three months with daily user counts topping 5,000.

A scene from inside Decentral Games' metaverse casino. (Eli Tan/CoinDesk)

Videos

GameStop Taps Immutable X for NFT Marketplace, Launches $100M Gaming Fund

After hinting its plans for the metaverse in a Web 3 job posting in October, GameStop is partnering with layer 2 system Immutable X for the launch of its non-fungible token (NFT) marketplace. “The Hash” panel discusses the implications of the rollout amid continued NFT backlash in the gaming community.

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Markets

Nintendo President Vague on Company's Metaverse Plan

Shuntaro Furukawa remains noncommittal to the metaverse, while investors target Nintendo's stock as an undervalued metaverse play

Super Mario (Nintendo)

Videos

The Father of PlayStation Doesn’t Like Metaverse or VR Headsets

In an interview with Bloomberg, PlayStation creator Ken Kutaragi called the metaverse “isolating” and VR headsets “annoying.” Kutaragi equated the metaverse to nothing more than an anonymous message board. “The Hash” hosts discuss the strengths and weaknesses of Kutaragi’s criticisms amid the metaverse increasingly moving to lead the gaming revolution.

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Finance

The Father of PlayStation Doesn’t Like Metaverse or VR Headsets

PlayStation creator Ken Kutaragi equates the Metaverse to nothing more than an anonymous message board.

A Playstation VR headset (Sony)

Markets

Number of 'Active' Blockchain Games Doubled in Past Year to Almost 400

The prices of tokens for gaming projects like Axie Infinity have fallen recently, but user metrics in this subsector of cryptocurrencies are soaring.

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Finance

Southeast Asia Gaming Guild Ancient8 Raises $4M Seed Round

The funding round was led by Dragonfly Capital, Pantera Capital and Hashed.

(AxieInfinity.com)