Gaming is the ‘largest scale opportunity’ for crypto: Polygon co-founder

    Polygon co-founder Sandeep Nailwal says that speculation has been both the “boon and bane of crypto,” but genuine use cases will eventually rise to the surface. Sandeep Nailwal, the co-founder of the Ethereum scaling platform Polygon, believes Web3 gaming will eventually become one of the biggest drivers of mass crypto adoption. In a May 25…

    Polygon becomes second largest gaming blockchain after user activity surges in March

    Polygon overtook Hive for the second spot in last month, as the growth in unique active wallets was driven in part by the Hunters On-Chain RPG game. Surging user activity on Ethereum layer-2 (L2) Polygon in March saw the network become the second-largest blockchain gaming network in terms of unique active wallets (UAWs). According to…

    a16z Omnibus: Big Ideas in Crypto for 2023

    Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) just released an omnibus list of “big ideas” tech builders may tackle in the year ahead, according to various a16z domain partners spotlighting a big idea that startups in their fields may tackle in 2023. The list spans everything from consumer tech and games to enterprise and AI to fintech and of…

    Web3 game ‘Illuvium: Overworld’ starts private beta

    Illuvium Labs has launched a private beta for “Illuvium: Overworld” – the second of six Web3 games the team has planned over the next two decades. An alpha release of “Illuvium: Zero” could also be rolled out before Christmas. A new game for Illuvium Labs has gone live for the 30,000 lucky community members selected…

    Aave acquires NFT game developer Sonar for Lens social media integration

    Aave Companies has acquired Sonar, a mobile metaverse app whose users pilot NFT-linked avatars through digital worlds, with plans to integrate its Lens social media protocol with the platform. Following the acquisition, Lens Protocol will be integrated into a game app with about 20,000 monthly active users. Software development company Aave Companies announced on Dec….

    Web3 and the Metaverse bring people together amid FIFA World Cup

    Prominent brands from the crypto universe are spearheading novel collaborations and partnerships with mainstream brands and organizations to unlock an array of fully immersive and gamified experiences revolving around the largest football event of the year in Qatar. As social beings, the desire to “belong” is deeply ingrained in us. Since time immemorial, humans have…