Nonfungible tokens (NFT) have arguably transitioned from being an obscure part of the crypto and blockchain space to occupy greater significance within popular culture. Indeed, as cryptocurrencies and decentralization appear to permeate the conversation across social, political and economic lines, the apparent hype surrounding NFTs seems to be incentivizing greater adoption of digital currencies. Within the NFT space itself, gaming has often been cited as a possible use case for the commercialization of digital collectibles. Now, within the ambit of play-to-earn NFTs, there appears to be a growing coincidence of gaming, blockchain and the virtual economy. Inside this confluence point, …

If you're conversant with the cryptocurrency space and you keep tabs regularly on the happenings going on in the ecosystem, then you felt the excitement during Bitcoin's (BTC) rally to $63,000 in mid-April. This excitement is currently being caused by the bullish mood crypto enthusiasts and stakeholders are in at the moment. And this bullish sentiment is a result of the gaming niche. A lot of people say it's decentralized finance (DeFi) season and I can't even argue otherwise with them because the facts are there for all to see. DeFi-based nonfungible token (NFT) games are pumping to record highs …

Since 2017, dozens of projects have created games that use blockchain and nonfungible token (NFT) technology. The overall vision is inspiring and has attracted a solid base of fans and investors in equal measure. However, the industry is still in its infancy, and we have a long way to go until it achieves mainstream adoption. There are various hurdles on the path to this promised land. Some of the primary barriers are that NFT games have relied too heavily on their money-making traits as the selling point and lag behind traditional games when it comes to engaging game mechanics. But …

FTX is launching a nonfungible token (NFT) platform centered on sports and entertainment and has also stitched up a new sponsorship with professional esports league the League Championship Series LCS. According to Variety, FTX US is teaming up with Dolphin Entertainment to create a “large scale” NFT marketplace that will target brands within the sports, entertainment, gaming, esports and charity industries to name a few. We're beyond excited to team up with Dolphin Entertainment to create an NFT marketplace for major sports and entertainment brands—including film, television, music, gaming, eSports, culinary, lifestyle and charity industries. Dolphin Entertainment FTXhttps://t.co/RgKXuWfViF — FTX …

Investment firm and development studio Polyient has unveiled a nonfungible token (NFT) marketplace with decentralized finance (DeFi) functionality. The marketplace dubbed “PolyientX” is set for a beta release in August on Ethereum, with an official launch targeted for sometime in the fall. The initial launch will feature NFTs from Ape In, a DeFi-enabled NFT collectibles game and Rate Network, a decentralized NFT pricing and rating protocol. According to Polyient, users can stake their NFTs in a vault to earn rewards, describing it as “a unique fee share mechanism where users — not corporate stakeholders — are the beneficiaries of transaction …

Yield Guild Games (YGG), a collective of play-to-earn gamers, completed its initial DEX offering via SushiSwap’s Miso platform in under a minute earlier on Tuesday. The offering saw YGG raise roughly $12.5 million on Tuesday, with the token sale distributing 25 million tokens or 2.5% of the project’s 1-billion token supply via a dutch auction. The YGG tokens were sold for roughly $0.50 each. Disappointed investors criticized the sale after 32 wallets exhausted the allocation in 31 seconds, even though YGG’s Discord membership exceeds 47,000. A single address appears to have been able to nab 4.5 million tokens or 18% …

Splinterlands — a trading card game built on the blockchain — has concluded a private token sale that netted the company $3.6 million in proceeds, offering further evidence that investors are keen to back promising crypto plays. The sale centered around the SPS token, which was built for the Splintershards Decentralized Autonomous Organization and will form the basis of game-related governance proposals. Through the SPS token, users will have the ability to influence a range of governance-related decisions, including sponsored tournaments, rewards and card balance updates, among other things. Related: NFTs make it possible for gamers to have digital property …

Tyson Fury’s first venture into the NFT market resulted in a single NFT selling for almost $1 million on HoDooi.com — a new platform aiming to become the 'eBay of NFTs'. The auction for ‘Lineal by Tyson Fury’ closed on July 16, and represents one of the top athlete-themed sales in the market to date. The NFT depicts a tokenized illustration of Fury with two championship belts over each shoulder and a crown featuring his nickname “Gypsy King” on the front. The NFT includes real-world bonuses such as a signed five-by-five foot painting of the artwork, signed boxing gloves, and …

Three United States senators have signed a letter urging Olympic officials to forbid American athletes from using the digital yuan during the 2022 Beijing Winter Games. In a Monday letter to U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee board chair Susanne Lyons, Republican senators Marsha Blackburn, Roger Wicker and Cynthia Lummis requested officials prevent U.S. athletes from using or accepting digital yuan, given their allegation that it can be "tracked and traced" by the People’s Bank of China, or PBoC. The three claimed that the Chinese Communist Party could use the digital currency to surveil visiting athletes and upon their return to …

Ethereum (ETH) infrastructure developer Polygon has spun off a new subsidiary to advance its work in blockchain gaming and nonfungible tokens, or NFTs, offering further insight into the company’s long-term growth strategy. The newly formed Polygon Studios has three core objectives: establish Polygon’s position as the leader in decentralized gaming; create a brand that attracts developers and investors to its NFT ecosystem; and position Polygon as the best venue for transitioning to Web 3.0. Through an initiative called Polygon Gaming Studio, the company aims to help developers create and market decentralized games. A separate initiative, Polygon NFT Studio, aims to …

Argentina’s top pro-soccer league is getting a rebrand after it secured a new sponsorship deal with Chiliz, the creators of fan tokens and the Socios.com blockchain rewards app. According to a July 15 announcement from Socios, the partnership with the Argentina Football Association (AFA) will see the Primera Division renamed as Torneo Socios.com for the 2021/2022 season, with Torneo meaning “tournament” Spanish. A league of our own. We are incredibly proud to announce that for the 2021/22 season, Argentina's Primera División will be renamed Torneo https://t.co/2FROhT4RnG.@LigaAFA ⚡️ $CHZ pic.twitter.com/oLutukdtI3 — Socios.com (@socios) July 15, 2021 Torneo Socios.com was founded in …

Kieran Warwick, the co-founder of forthcoming NFT-powered gaming metaverse Illuvium, has revealed he made a gain of more than 9,000% from flipping a virtual plot of land purchased from the Axie Infinity metaverse. Warwick, the brother of Synthetix founder Kain, recounts purchasing the plots during mid-2020, noting there “weren’t too many use cases” for digital land at the time, with in-metaverse advertising and mining having yet to become common as utilities for virtual property. He purchased the plot for $300, and announced the sale a year later for $28,000 on July 13. I just sold a plot of land for …