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I was asked by one the Hive Gaming community members to post my newsletters here. So I am giving this a try. :)
This has been another mind blowing week in the world of blockchain and NFTs. We’ve seen a record NFT transaction with a total value of more than 1.5 million dollars. At the same time several celebrities have entered the space, including Mesut Özil and Lindsay Lohan. Microsoft jumped into the NFT space together with Enjin, while a very cool third-party plugin launched that allows players to earn (or lose) bitcoin while playing Counter-Strike. So much developments this week, it’s unbelievable to imagine that this revolution of digital ownership and user empowerment is just getting started. 😎 - Robert Hoogendoorn
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Earn Bitcoin Playing Counter-Strike with Infuse
Zebedee has launched a plugin that allows gamers to play for bitcoin. Each player needs to install the Infuse plugin, login to an Infuse server and pay an entry fee using their Bitcoin Lightning Network wallet. This can be a few cents (paid in satoshi, the smallest amount of bitcoin possible). Then the battle for glory and more bitcoin begins! ▶▶▶ Read more
What’s Your Digital Identity in The Metaverse?
For as long as we’ve been chatting in IRC chat rooms or raiding in World of Warcraft, we’ve been creating digital identities within these particular virtual locations. Blockchain technology will allow us to move one identity from one world to the other. Think about logging in with your crypto wallet. What will that look like when we expand this digital identity in the metaverse to a 3D character? That’s where Crypto Avatars comes into play. ▶▶▶ Read more
Axie Infinity Estate Sells for Record $1.5 Million
An NFT collector and game investor acquired nine Genesis land plots in Axie Infinity for the total sum of 888.25 ETH, which was roughly 1.5 million at the time of the transaction. It’s the biggest NFT transaction in history… so far. Because we’ve all seen how fast these record sales get broken. ▶▶▶ Read more
Data Research: Land Whales in the Metaverse
This week I did a bit of research about the presence of whales in virtual worlds. How strong is their ‘power’ within each of these virtual worlds, and how spread out is the ownership among those whales? Did you know that the average landowner in The Sandbox has 0.02 percent of the current total supply? However, the biggest whale in that world owns 7 percent! ▶▶▶ Read more
New DeFi Game Sells $54.000 Spaceship NFT
The concept of yield farming is already a gamification of traditional banking, and now developers are working to truly gamify banking. Alien Worlds already does this to some extend, and now there’s Cometh. You control a spaceship that needs to gather resources from asteroids. The better your ship, the more you’re able to… yield. Cometh works on Matic, lowering the costs of ‘playing’ significantly. ▶▶▶ Read more
Microsoft Brings Game NFTs into Minecraft
If you’ve been watching the crypto market this week, you’d see that Enjin Coin (ENJ) made a significant jump in value. The reason was a nice partnership with Microsoft. They now have a free web game where players can earn an NFT, and then use that NFT to unlock a new quest and character in the MyMetaverse Minecraft server. All this powered by Enjin. How to get started? ▶▶▶ Read more
More Blockchain Gaming Headlines
Alien Worlds Pays Gamers to Open Packs - 👽 Outlandish!
Atari Game Jam Started in Decentraland - 👾 A Breakout event!
Cryptovoxels Makes Digital Fashion Affordable Again - 💪 The Matic Effect
KOGs Slam! Brings On-Chain Gameplay to Mobile - 👨🏫 No more cheating!
R-Planet Scheduled for February 16th on WAX - 🌍 In their element
Gods Unchained Introduces New God Powers - ⚡ Divine intervention
Win AXS Tokens in Axie Infinity Season 15 - 🐮 Bullish!
More NFT, Collectibles and Crypto Art Headlines
Doki Doki Brings NFT Machines to Matic - 🐱👓 Making collecting fun again!
NBA Top Shot Issues Apology to Community - 🏀 Dropped the ball
Football Star Mesut Özil Drops Crypto Art NFT - 🎨 Great collab!
Lindsay Lohan NFT Sold for $17.000 - 👧 Paid promotion or not?
Play to Earn Community Update
I’m looking for crypto artists, gaming companies and NFT projects that want to get involved in the upcoming Play to Earn Game Festival in March. Please provide tips in our Discord or send me tips at nederob#9458.
We’ve got a great announcement happening on Monday, so stay tuned! Now get your weekly PLAY drop here.