This has been a big week for the blockchain industry and Play to Earn. Not only did we announce the first sponsor for our upcoming event, we’ve also announced when the second Play to Earn Game Festival will take place. At the same time the blockchain space is seeing tremendous growth, from bitcoin reaching a valuation of $50.000 to NBA Top Shot appealing to mainstream users. At the same CryptoPunks keeps pumping in value, as we saw a new record sale this week. Did you know that the popularity of the word NFT reached its highest points ever on Google? These are very bullish signals for the months ahead, and exciting times! — Robert Hoogendoorn
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🥳 Gala Games x Play to Earn Game Festival
Really kicking this newsletter off with our own news: Gala Games is the main sponsor for the Play to Earn Game Festival at the end of March. ▶▶▶ Read more
😲 Splinterlands NFTs Now Tradeable on Wax
Splinterlands has created a bridge from Hive to Wax, allowing gamers to trade their cards on the Wax blockchain. Cool stuff, and it works smoooooth. ▶▶▶ Read more
💰 CryptoPunks NFT Sold for $1.2 Million
Another week, another record for Cryptopunks. An ape punk sold for $1.2 MILLION, while the seller acquired it three years ago for 645 dollars. Now that’s an amazing return on your investment. Cryptopunks are the real OGs in the NFT space, and that explains the value they have been gaining in recent weeks. ▶▶▶ Read more
🦋 Animoca Moves Free-to-Play into Play-to-Earn
Animoca Brands is currently one of the leading companies in the blockchain gaming space. However, their roots are in traditional gaming, and especially mobile games. They will now use their existing mobile games, and making them into play-to-earn games with blockchain functionalities. ▶▶▶ Read more
🎨 Christie’s Accepts ETH for Beeple Art Auction
Something amazing is happening in the crypto art space. Auction house Christie’s will auction an art NFT by Mike Winkelmann a.k.a. Beeple. And for the first time in their 250 year history, Christie’s will accept bids in ETH. ▶▶▶ Read more
🏙 The Sandbox Land Sale Made $1.49 Million
The Sandbox organized their first public sale and made $1.49 million from it. In total 1200 premium lands sold out in 20 minutes, while the nine auctions ended on Saturday. ▶▶▶ Read more
Gaming NFT Headlines
Hash Rush gets improved play-to-earn this Fall — ⛏ Hashtastic!
Robonomica Collectible Game Coming to Wax — 🤖 Computer says yes!
MegaCryptoPolis Moving from Tron to Polygon — 🏙 Vox populi
The Sandbox Finds Partner to Move Big into Japan — 🎌 Yattaaa!
Esports Platform Chain Games Partners with Atari — 👾 Go away E.T.!
R-Planet Unveiled Roadmap Towards Full Game — 🌳🔥🌊 Elemental!
F1 Delta Time Coming to Polygon Blockchain — 🏎 Faster transactions!
Collectibles and Digital Art NFT Headlines
3LAU to Drop NFT Music Album — 🔥 Seriously cool stuff
Football Mesut Ozil Genies NFT Drop — ⚽ Son Sözümüz, Fenerbahçe!
NBA Top Shot Largest NFT Marketplace — 🏀 Slam dunk!
Genies Avatar Marketplace Launch February 15th — 😎 Fashionable!
Digital Fashion Meta Jacket at Digitalax & SuperRare — 👗 Looking good!
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