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We had to deal with a DDOS attack this week, and we started laying the foundations for our $PLAY token. There’s a whitepaper, a website membership that allows you to earn more $PLAY, and there’s a small shop where you can buy banner shout-outs for in this newsletter. This week news about Axies being banned, Blankos being launched and crypto art setting record sales.
This month Async Art is the sponsor of the Play to Earn Newsletter. Async Art is all about creating, collecting, and trading programmable art. These digital paintings can evolve over time, react to its owners, or change according to the weather. There are amazing creations on Async Art, so be sure to check them out!
Trevor Jones & Alotta Money Auction EthBoy on Async Art
EthBoy is an great programmable piece of art that changes every day based on the price movements of Ethereum and Bitcoin, and based on the birthday of EthBoy himself: Vitalik Buterin. The artwork was created by Trevor Jones and Alotta Money, and there’s currently a 99.99 ETH bid on Async Art. As the owner of this piece, you will even get a cut of future revenue from the two artists. ▶▶▶ Read more
More crypto art news:
Axie Infinity Wields Banhammer on SLP Farms
This is the news that probably got many people upset. When someone is cheating by multi-boxing (using multiple accounts on one screen) the Axies tied to those accounts will be banned from the game. In this case we’re talking about a temporary ban, but co-founder Aleksander Larsen told us that perma bans are also a possibility. ▶▶▶ Read more
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Blankos Block Party Launched Private Beta
The only blockchain game —aside from Cryptokitties and Gods Unchained— that has had some mainstream gaming media attention, is Blankos Block Party. They’ve now launched their closed beta. This is clearly one of the best looking blockchain games on the market right now. ▶▶▶ Read more
Flow Blockchain Supports Celebrity and Fashion Avatars
Flow has partnered with avatar company Genies. All kinds of clothes and other virtual assets for their avatar will be tokenized on the Flow blockchain. The announcement coincides with the announcement of a Justin Bieber Christmas album, done by Bieber’s own Genies avatar. ▶▶▶ Read more
KOGs 2nd Edition Collectibles Before Christmas
KOGs were a collectible in the 90s, but they are now making a comeback as digital collectibles on the Wax blockchain. On December 22nd a second series will launch, and there will be a special 3-hour sale. ▶▶▶ Read more
Virtual Pop Artist Auctions Crypto Art for Charity
This is probably my favorite piece of news of the week. A virtual pop star that publishes crypto art on SuperRare. The proceeds of the auction go to charity, so she’s not only a pretty robot girl, but also very good heart— hearted? ▶▶▶ Read more
Coin_Artist Launches New Crypto Puzzle
From virtual pop stars creating art, we jump to boss ladies making crypto puzzles. Coin_artist is at it again. She’s now selling 3000 puzzles that will always give the buyer at least some prize. It’s still a bit of a mystery, but that’s also part of what makes the puzzles by Marguerite deCourcelle so intriguing. ▶▶▶ Read more
Mirandus Promises True Free-to-Play Experience
Mirandus is an upcoming open world role playing game in which town, castles and taverns are owned by players. Adventuring itself can be done without owning any real-estate, but owning the deeds to a building adds a whole new layer of player involvement to a game. Anyway, Mirandus vowed to be a free-to-play game, allowing anybody to play the game. ▶▶▶ Read more
Metalympics Shrimp Run Won by EzinCrypto
Play to Earn is the official media partner for the Metalympics, and every week we take a look at the sports events that unfold in the metaverse. This week competitors gathered in Cryptovoxels for the Lendroid Shrimp Run. In the end it was EzinCrypto who won the gold. ▶▶▶ Read more
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Kucoin Opens NFT Exchange Service
It’s a bit far fetched to consider the involvement of a cryptocurrency exchange in the NFT space a major move into the mainstream. However, the fact that more blockchain companies are getting interested in digital assets surely is a good thing. This week Kucoin joined the party. ▶▶▶ Read more
Somnium Space Adds $300.000 Revenue from Land Sale
Those land sales are doing very well for Somnium Space. The third week is still happening right now, but during the second week they added 300 thousand dollars in revenue. Especially Somnium Worlds are wanted. ▶▶▶ Read more
MegaCryptoPolis Adds Free-to-Play Mechanics
Mirandus isn’t the only blockchain game putting a focus on free-to-play. MegaCryptoPolis is becoming a very complicated game that’s running on two blockchains, has a complex in-game economy and bridges chain with a DeFi token called MEGA. That’s stuff is too complicated for newcomers, so a free-to-play mode will slowly introduce those players into the play-to-earn economy. ▶▶▶ Read more
More about earning and spending PLAY
This week we published the first version of our whitepaper. This paper gives you an insight in the plans we have for our $PLAY token. You will be able to earn $PLAY by contributing to the Play to Earn Community and the Play to Earn platform. In return you can spend $PLAY in The PLAY Shop. In addition we’ve launched a website membership which allows you to earn $PLAY by reading articles on our website. If you want to get started or have questions, please join our community on Discord.
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