
BlackPool Bulletin #10
We know that our troops need to be one step ahead of the markets so our apes gathered the latest news about Play & Earn, NFTs, and Blockchain Games from the week.
This week: Tezos in the news with RESPAWN and Dogami; Tokenomics, Tokenomics, Tokenomics, the mammoth funds are coming, but so is crypto regulation and JP Morgan arrives into the Metaverse.
Table of Content:
- The Future of Gaming in Web3 by Tezos
- Strider DAO raises $3M to use blockchain DAOs
- Deconstructor of Fun: Tokenomics podcast
- Ubisoft employees are not fond of NFTs
- The gaming industry is nearly twice as large, as reported by Bitkraft VC
- The future of the Metaverse by the World Economic Forum
- The economics of Play to Earn with Economics Design
- Everai AMA Recap, first trailer and Mehdi Aouichaoui interview
- Cometh's new soundtrack: Black Hole
- Be careful of social engineering scams, anon
- Now go revoke everything, anon!
- [Baguette Only] Conspiracy theories borrow from the logic of video games
- LooksRare looks down
- Skyweaver is now available on OpenSea
- A Casino in The Sandbox, but not the one you're thinking of
- RabbitHole raised $18M in a Serie A
- Animoca overview by Forbes
- Onyx by JP Morgan, how the tables have turned
- You can now tip in ETH on Twitter
- GoG is showing more gameplay, dance moves, and a snapshot happened!
- The Dogami mint is coming soon
- Tokenomics: crowdsourced resources by Packy McCormick.
- Enjin and the impact of Web3 on society
- Crypto regulation is coming next week in the U.S
- Sequoia Capital is launching a $500M crypto fund
- The M&A race in the gaming industry by Wu Carra
- The Super Bowl ads boosted crypto app downloads by 279%
- How blockchain and NFTs enhance player experiences by 0xRyze
- The impact of blockchain in the gaming industry by Crypto Valley
- GameFi is the next trend and the 7 Gaming stack layers by Raymond Chng
1. The Future of Gaming in Web3 by Tezos
Tezos is introducing RESPAWN, a virtual gathering on the subject of the future of gaming in Web3.
2. Strider DAO raises $3M to use blockchain DAOs
Strider DAO is a DAO aiming to build the future of Web3, entertainment and games. They raised $3M to use blockchain DAOs to enable game creators.
1/ One sunny day walking in Philadelphia, we were talking about how the games and entertainment industries have a lot of problems. The business of getting things made is almost completely top down, with funding centralized among too few players. https://t.co/TLA3Bx6VLD
— Strider (@Strider_DAO) February 10, 2022
3. Deconstructor of Fun: Tokenomics podcast
Interested in Tokenomics? The podcast Deconstructor of Fun did a series on it!
4. Ubisoft employees are not fond of NFTs
As Ubisoft posted a defense of NFTs on its internal message board, the employees push back.
Statement from Ubisoft spokesperson, not pleased that this dissent is now public: pic.twitter.com/ouQhgFiMpJ
— Jason Schreier (@jasonschreier) February 11, 2022
5. The gaming industry is nearly twice as large as reported by Bitkraft VC
“We believe $175B remains an incomplete underestimation of gaming’s potential market size.”
For those interested in the details. 🧐
— BITKRAFT Ventures (@BitkraftVC) February 12, 2022
CC: @naavik_co https://t.co/bmoqJxe9h9 https://t.co/WSKLMrk04T
6. The future of the metaverse by the World Economic Forum
Bitkraft ventures partnered with the World Economic Forum to discuss 3 technologies that will shape the metaverse.
What will the metaverse likely look and feel like to those who will create and use it? We partnered with @wef to discuss 3 technologies we believe will help shape the human experience within the metaverse. Check it out below! https://t.co/4hW8w8hb0L
— BITKRAFT Ventures (@BitkraftVC) February 7, 2022
7. The economics of Play to Earn with Economics Design
After publishing a report on P2E, Economics Design explains the details in a 25 minutes recap video.
8. Everai AMA Recap, first trailer and Mehdi Aouichaoui interview
Everai assemble! Find here the recap from the AMA.
- Official trailer drop: February 15th,
- Website launch date (week of the 21st),
- Target mint date (early March),
- Merch in the works: prints, figurines, some drip. Remember, we are all about quality.
- Content in the works: Webtoon, ARK Adventures, also, ever wonder what the ARK looks like?
- Leaked a bit about future heroes, the second one is already in the pipeline
- Interoperability between friends of Screenshot Projects and our holders
Introducing Duo, First Hero of the #Everai Universe. . . pic.twitter.com/sPgJthtTAX
— Everai (@TheEverai) February 15, 2022
9. Cometh's new soundtrack: Black Hole
gm
— Cometh (@MUSTCometh) February 13, 2022
🕳🕳🕳🕳🕳🕳🕳🕳🕳🕳https://t.co/DuvymxaNZR
10. Be careful of social engineering scams, anon
Thomasg.eth almost got REKT by a complex social engineering scam. Be careful out there!
22/ So I pull up etherscan for the new address where I staked the first NFT and my blood goes ice fucking cold.
— thomasg.eth (@thomasg_eth) February 13, 2022
The aWETH that I approved was not Armstrong ETH, but rather Aave's aWETH. On my main address, almost all of my ETH is sitting in Aave... pic.twitter.com/ruSSyG01qa
11. Now go revoke everything, anon!
4lteredBeast gives out some advice on how to avoid malicious contracts and scams.
3/
— 4lteredBeast.eth | Voyager#1920 (@4lteredBeast) February 12, 2022
THE FIX - You need to revoke the approvals ASAP.
Go to https://t.co/KR0t2IMjJV, paste your address/connect wallet, click the ERC20 switch to change to ERC721, and then search for any ERC-721 tokens that have approvals to contracts that are unknown.
12. [Baguette Only] Conspiracy theories borrow from the logic of video games
Can you read French, anon? Here is a good article by Antoine St.Epondyle, who interviewed Albert Moukheiber, a doctor in neuroscience, and Éric Viennot, a game designer about conspiracy theories and gamification.
Le complotisme est-il un jeu comme un autre ? Dans cet entretien, le docteur en neurosciences Albert Moukheiber et le game designer @EricViennot nous expliquent comment les théories du complot empruntent à la logique du gaming https://t.co/BfyIqPYakw
— Usbek & Rica (@USBEKetRICA) February 13, 2022
And for the non-baguette speakers, please welcome Deepl.
13. LooksRare looks down
A series of tweets on LooksRare as a new Ponzi model by Cobie and Zachxbt.
Now, let's look at LooksRare.
— Cobie (@cobie) February 14, 2022
75% community, with only 25% for insiders!
Great right? pic.twitter.com/uczW5v22Bc
Wasn’t hidden much at all. Strategic sale investors staking from day 1 for WETH rewards solely was the only “sneaky” part besides maybe encouraging wash trading.
— zachxbt (@zachxbt) February 14, 2022
People buying a reward token get rekt inevitably bc emissions are too high.
Blows my mind they act surprised. https://t.co/hNG8WpvCDI
Highly recommend you attend primary school again https://t.co/bvnBdo3aUq
— zachxbt (@zachxbt) February 14, 2022
14. Skyweaver is now available on OpenSea
Skyweaver is now on OpenSea - all the golden cards sold out in seconds!
Skyweaver is now officially verified on @opensea! 😃 #skyweaver #opensea
— Skyweaver (@SkyweaverGame) February 14, 2022
Check out our collection right here 👉 https://t.co/ZHmQniP1gj pic.twitter.com/yhD5kHixsb
15. A Casino in The Sandbox, but not the one you're thinking about
After Carrefour, it’s the Casino Group, a French mass-market retail group that is entering the metaverse with The Sandbox and the game experience is coming soon.
🚨 #ComingSoon
— Groupe Casino (@Groupe_Casino) February 15, 2022
Découvrez un tout premier aperçu de l'expérience #gaming développée par le groupe Casino et @bem_builders pour les clients du #ClubLeaderPrice dans le monde virtuel de @TheSandboxGame🎮. Une première dans le secteur de la distribution en France. #METAVERS pic.twitter.com/x5FxqJXxIa
Havas is coming in too!
See you soon in the #Metaverse for an exciting new adventure pic.twitter.com/IciYh2VM4W
— Yannick Bolloré (@YannickBollore) February 15, 2022
16. RabbitHole raised $18M in a Serie A
Rabbithole.gg just raised $18M in a Serie A to help onboard more people into Web3.
gm! some news today
— Brian Flynn (🐇,🎩) - ETHDenver (@Flynnjamm) February 15, 2022
we raised $18m led by @GreylockVC & @tcg_crypto to pave the way for users to become contributors in web3 and help DAOs find contributor talenthttps://t.co/aIHNAlv9zM
17. Animoca overview by Forbes
“There's very few times that you can feel like you can help shape an industry,” Siu says. “That's very different from seeing a rising tide and an opportunity to participate. But here, you could help shape it in the manner that, at least we think, could be a net positive for everyone.”
- Yat-Siu
How A NFT Pivot Turned A Tiny Mobile Game Company Into Multi-Billion Dollar Powerhouse https://t.co/vDomdUiwDt pic.twitter.com/iaSLszxgs8
— Forbes (@Forbes) February 18, 2022
18. Onyx by JP Morgan, how the tables have turned
JP Morgan is entering the metaverse with Onyx and wrote a report on it (with mistakes) in it.
VISIT US IN THE METAVERSE: Read our paper here and visit our lounge in Decentraland at @Everyrealm Metajuku mall! https://t.co/sNn6Ei4lms
— moy.eth $JPMLIINK 💎🔥🦈 is in Denver (@cmoyall) February 15, 2022
JPMorgan once called cryptocurrencies being a scam and today they are opening a bank in a crypto metaverse 🤣 “$1 trillion” market opportunity. Brilliant. pic.twitter.com/cgwH6jQWEq
— Julien Bouteloup - bneiluj.eth (@bneiluj) February 16, 2022
19. You can now tip in ETH on Twitter
Twitter is adding the possibility to tip someone in ETH, but ENS is not yet enabled.
BREAKING: Twitter just added $ETH tipping support!pic.twitter.com/rmDT6PIQft
— Crypto-Gucci.eth ᵍᵐ🦇🔊 (@CryptoGucci) February 16, 2022
20. GoG is showing more gameplay, dance moves, and a snapshot happened!
Guild of Guardians is showing us more gameplay:
100 likes and 20 emojis on this leak in 20 minutes and we'll share something exciting... 👀
— GuildOfGuardians (@GuildOfGuardian) February 17, 2022
Annnd GO!! 👇 pic.twitter.com/zI2LRhKf4a
Gameplay LEAKS with sound are LIT 🔥🔥
— GuildOfGuardians (@GuildOfGuardian) February 16, 2022
Let the music play, Guardians!! 📢 pic.twitter.com/1UesUYxDbL
Some dance moves:
A little treat from our GUN Creative Director...
— GuildOfGuardians (@GuildOfGuardian) February 18, 2022
Happy Friday, Guardians!! 🔥 🔥 pic.twitter.com/McXt9AyYn5
Guardian of the Week with Daniel Xiao Wang:
The fifth edition of GOTW is here, Guardians!!
— GuildOfGuardians (@GuildOfGuardian) February 18, 2022
Meet @DanielXiaoWang - Guild founder, senior moderator, ambassador, AMA host + creative writer!!🔥
Here's what he had to say 👉 https://t.co/YIVNos0yFq
Written and run by @GoGAcademy 💙 pic.twitter.com/CjnsIAMhNL
Something this way comes!
The Snapshot has been taken.
— GuildOfGuardians (@GuildOfGuardian) February 17, 2022
21. The Dogami mint is coming soon
The Tezos based game, Dogami, will have its mint begin on the 22/02/22 for 50 XTZ.
How many Dogamí NFTs?
— Dogami (@Dogami) February 17, 2022
🐾 8000 NFTs
What price?
💰 50 XTZ
Where?
🌐 https://t.co/pDrqO6cuNJ
22. Tokenomics: crowdsourced resources by Packy McCormick.
Want to know more about Tokenomics and become an expert? Packy McCormick crowdsourced a big list of Tokenomics resources for you!
Full Crowdsourced List of Tokenomics Resources:https://t.co/3Png6BFmIN
— Packy McCormick (📜,📜) (@packyM) February 16, 2022
23. Enjin and the impact of Web3 on society
Enjin's CTO Witek Radomsky appears in the latest Untold Stories podcast and speaks about the Metaverse.
What impact will #Web3 and the Metaverse have on society?
— Enjin | We're Hiring! (@enjin) February 17, 2022
Enjin CTO @witekradomski joined @CharlieShrem's Untold Stories podcast to dive into building the open metaverse, from #ERC1155 to Efinity.
Listen on
🍏 Apple: https://t.co/TAs0sNf2Wq
🔊 Spotify: https://t.co/m52A1VA9pL pic.twitter.com/CwUgkAaRXX
24. Crypto regulation is coming next week in the U.S
POTUS is going all in on crypto regulation next week. And CBDC is also in the works.
President Biden will issue a wide-ranging executive order on regulating crypto NEXT WEEK. Among the deats: The order will commission a study of a CBDC and ask Treasury along w other agencies to come up w a report on the future of money and payment systems. More coming.
— Jennifer Schonberger (@Jenniferisms) February 17, 2022
25. Sequoia Capital is launching a $500M crypto fund
It seems that every big Web2 fund is coming to Web3. With good intentions? Uncertain. Loaded? Yes.
Sequoia Capital, one of the world's oldest and most successful venture capital firms, is launching a new crypto-focused fund worth $500-600 million.— its first-ever sector-specific fund since its founding in 1972. Sequoia is interested in cross-chain and GameFi projects. https://t.co/rqLk4UKrXD
— Wu Blockchain (@WuBlockchain) February 17, 2022
26. The M&A race in the gaming industry by Wu Carra
Web3 is the future of games and Wu Carra explains why.
4. Web3 is a new pt of leverage that allows the most innovative game devs to circumvent the tradgame industry & go D2C
— carra.eth (@WuCarra) February 17, 2022
- Direct user acq/community engagement
27. The Super Bowl ads boosted crypto app downloads by 279%
The Super Bowl effect is real and Coinbase hit the jackpot!
Super Bowl ads boosted crypto app downloads by 279%, led by Coinbase https://t.co/7LBAdWPtpa by @sarahintampa
— TechCrunch (@TechCrunch) February 17, 2022
28. How blockchain and NFTs enhance player experiences by 0xRyze
As usual for 0xRyze, a must-read thread.
3/ First, let’s agree that technology is value-agnostic
— Ryan {👾} (@0xRyze) February 18, 2022
We can use the internet (TCP/IP) for a book club, or use it to cyberbully
Similarly, we can use blockchain and NFTs to create incentives, any we like. Content =/= tech
NFTs and blockchains are open technology standards https://t.co/y9PjOT94qw
29. The impact of blockchain in the gaming industry by Crypto Valley
Crypto Valley invited some of the leading participants from the blockchain gaming industry to discuss the impact blockchain had on the field, the intricacies of gaming law, the benefits of blockchain gaming for users, gaming economics, play to earn, and much more.
30. GameFi is the next trend and the 7 Gaming stack layers by Raymond Chng
A deeper look into the future of blockchain and GameFi by Raymond Chng.
End/
— Raymond Chng (@chng_raymond) February 19, 2022
If you missed my previous thread on why i think #GameFi is the next rotation, i linked it below.
Disclaimer: This thread is NFA. I currently DO NOT own any of the above mentioned gaming coins.https://t.co/cQu8Csn8JH https://t.co/6tKI6KKNCH
That's all Folks! Have a great week!
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