BlackPool Bulletin #12
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 in the news: Ukraine is accepting crypto donations (possible airdrop and in fact not), Epic Games acquired Bandcamp, the Randi Zuckerberg WAGMI song, Web3 Game Design by Aiko, and Token Gated access for Shopify.
RIP Alotta Money.
I can’t believe it. Mostly everyone knows the great @money_alotta from the OG CryptoArt days 💔.
— Loopify 🧙♂️ (@Loopifyyy) March 4, 2022
RIP. pic.twitter.com/MWOEBd0PpS
Good bye monsieur monnaie pic.twitter.com/5T0fTieY7r
— Arthemort (@Arthemort) March 4, 2022
Table of Contents:
1. Ukraine cryptocurrency donations (wen airdrop?)
2. WGMI Interface team stop project
3. FTX Gaming Strategy by Amy Wu
4. A dating app for Web3 users
5. Pixelm'OH MY GOD!
6. Adidas and Gucci collaboration
7. Don't Feed the Bears with Copium Wars
8. Steam is banning NFTs
9. The first batch of tickets and applications for ETHCC are open
10. How to create a sustainable game economy by Derek Lau
11. Sky Mavis Creators is delayed
12. Axie Infinity Marketplace raised its fees
13. What's real about crypto gaming, with Ryan Wyatt
14. The Everai is starting its minting phase
15. A closer look at Tencent, by Khee Hoon Chan
16. BlackPool & TeamFr team up on Gods Unchained
17. How to make it as an influencer: NFT Edition by Zachxbt
18. Kathleen Osgood comes in as Director of Business development for Axie Infinity
19. A tokenized Shopify with Torii by Gravel
20. Epic Games has acquired Bandcamp
21. Will Robinson's Web3 Game Thesis
22. FTX x YGG India
23. Consensys' Shareholder Lawsuit
24. Aiko's thoughts on Game Design for Web3
25. Randi Zuckerberg's WAGMI song
26. CD Projekt Red is halting its sale in Russia
27. Why gamers hate NFTs with Justin Kan
28. OpenSea and Consensys Blocking
29. Mani(fold) NFT-Gated Merch Bridge
30. Crypto finds a way - Jurassic Park thread by Fomosaurus
[JOB]: BlackPool is hiring :
📊Have a proven track record of success in finance, know the investment community and hold personal initiative close to your heart?
— BlackPool (@BlackpoolHQ) March 2, 2022
We’re looking for a Head of Finance and Investor Relations:https://t.co/HjMFCxUyoo
1. Ukraine cryptocurrency donations (wen airdrop?)
The address is legit and had more than $36M in it a few days ago and now more than 1 674 ETH ($4,5M)
— Julien Bouteloup - bneiluj.eth (@bneiluj) February 26, 2022
Payments: https://t.co/NynYO94CDi@KyivIndependent:https://t.co/zTkXNP1j2H
— Julien Bouteloup - bneiluj.eth (@bneiluj) February 26, 2022
bc1q444wayyye4jke3ty87sdvm77dwkysz9hwcyu6u (using @renprotocol )@Unchainfund: 0x10E1439455BD2624878b243819E31CfEE9eb721C@UCA_ruhate_: bc1qkd5az2ml7dk5j5h672yhxmhmxe9tuf97j39fm6 (using @renprotocol ) pic.twitter.com/UJNBHnnLf2
$36m 😳 https://t.co/12uZHVFAhl pic.twitter.com/mHAXQFqrL6
— Julien Bouteloup - bneiluj.eth (@bneiluj) March 1, 2022
Rekt already on the Russian and Ukraine Propaganda.
« so it's no surprise that this conflict is being fought with code as well as bullets. »
— Julien Bouteloup - bneiluj.eth (@bneiluj) February 26, 2022
Our dystopian dreams are becoming reality.https://t.co/PaY0rn2BaC https://t.co/ZGipvjjVB1 pic.twitter.com/ImTyhSutc6
Airdrop now?
Airdrop confirmed. Snapshot will be taken tomorrow, on March 3rd, at 6pm Kyiv time (UTC/GMT +2 hours).
— Ukraine / Україна (@Ukraine) March 2, 2022
Reward to follow!
Follow subsequent news re Ukraine’s crypto donation campaign at @FedorovMykhailo
After @Ukraine announced that they would be accepting crypto donations, many joked about an airdrop.
— rekt (@RektHQ) March 2, 2022
Now it's happening.
Considering the purpose of the fundraiser, it’s hard to criticise these results.
But where will this practice lead us in future?https://t.co/DtNS2Hj216
No airdrop.
After careful consideration we decided to cancel airdrop. Every day there are more and more people willing to help Ukraine to fight back the agression. Instead, we will announce NFTs to support Ukrainian Armed Forces soon. We DO NOT HAVE any plans to issue any fungible tokens
— Mykhailo Fedorov (@FedorovMykhailo) March 3, 2022
Someone tries to spoof promised Ukraine airdrop
— web3 is going just great (@web3isgreat) March 3, 2022
March 3, 2022https://t.co/bJorrEiSHP pic.twitter.com/PGW2qSfRP0
2. WGMI Interface team stop the project
" we have made the difficult decision to put a stop to the Interfaces collection"
when a passion project no longer feels like a passion project: https://t.co/tBcgljaquX
— Interfaces ◕◡◕ (@WGMInterfaces) February 27, 2022
3. FTX Gaming Strategy by Amy Wu
Amy Wu discusses FTX's new gaming strategy on the latest Blockwork podcast.
🚨 Crypto Gaming Alpha 🚨
— Blockworks (@Blockworks_) February 27, 2022
We talk w/ FTX's @amytongwu about:
- Crypto gaming vs traditional gaming
- Investing in Web 3.0 and NFTs
- Play to Earn gaming
- Gaming guilds
Apple: https://t.co/Wr7piGiQxB
Spotify: https://t.co/bojC6UUCrf pic.twitter.com/OmIm4nFtYH
4. A dating app for Web3 users
The first NFT / Web3 dating app is here! Yeah...when WAGMI has another meaning.
they did it. the worst thing they could do, they figured out how to do it pic.twitter.com/EJUKASEKBo
— smoovie (@smoovie420) February 27, 2022
5. Pixelm'OH MY GOD!
Pixelmon is finally revealed and the price of 3eth / Mint was maybe not worth it.
Before we start know that this thread has limited space so I'm only covering main issues. My analysis covers:
— OKHotshot.eth (@NFTherder) February 27, 2022
1) The whole "art" reveal
2) What was done with the funds
3) Who is Syberer?
Lets start ...
Seems @Pixelmon also ripped off the name from a popular Minecraft mod that has been around for years now.
— zachxbt (@zachxbt) February 28, 2022
It’s pretty clear which one looks better. https://t.co/GgDlnoqXM2 pic.twitter.com/TS9JpniBSr
6. Adidas and Gucci collaboration
Adidas and Gucci are collaborating on a new collection. What do you think of it?
adidas x Gucci #adidasxgucci pic.twitter.com/dTmqRo7Wcp
— adidas Originals (@adidasoriginals) February 25, 2022
Some pictures:
An emblem of Gucci’s ingenuity that sits within the House’s archive-inspired #GucciBeloved lines, the #GucciBamboo1947 is cast in a contemporary light with the tailored streetwear of #adidasxGucci in #GucciExquisite. #AlessandroMichele #MFW pic.twitter.com/RqLmPZVuPz
— gucci (@gucci) February 28, 2022
In his #ExquisiteGucci fashion show, which included collaborative creations from the new #adidasxGucci collection, #AlessandroMichele blended sportswear codes with signatures silhouettes. Watch the full fashion show either from our feed or in the video section to discover more. pic.twitter.com/aXBrUo6qJj
— gucci (@gucci) February 26, 2022
In his #ExquisiteGucci fashion show, which included collaborative creations from the new #adidasxGucci collection, #AlessandroMichele blended sportswear codes with signatures silhouettes. Watch the full fashion show either from our feed or in the video section to discover more. pic.twitter.com/3ZDRWHYFQk
— gucci (@gucci) February 26, 2022
7. Don't feed the Bears with Copium Wars
Copium Wars is disclosing its minting system in this new mirror post.
We think you might want to read this. 👀https://t.co/LUS2Fft7Uk
— Copium Wars (@copiumwars) February 25, 2022
8. Steam is banning NFTs
"The concepts of digital ownership and shared universes are fine by themselves, he said, but he thinks that the bad actors in the NFT community outweigh any of the potential positives."
Gabe Newell banned NFTs from Steam due to “sketchy behavior” and “out of control” fraud. https://t.co/oWXE8aaboo pic.twitter.com/uaujAazYzY
— IGN (@IGN) February 26, 2022
9. The first batch of tickets and applications for ETHCC are open
The must-go French event, ETHCC, is putting some tickets for sale. You can also volunteer to speak or to help!
If you want to speak, apply via ➡️ https://t.co/sj0XJckx7o
— EthCC - Ethereum Community Conference (@EthCC) February 28, 2022
10. How to create a sustainable game economy by Derek Lau
"The fact that blockchain opens the door to profitable gameplay is, without a doubt, an attractive prospect. But it also tends to attract opportunists and profiteers instead of a passionate and loyal fanbase."
'While NFTs and play-to-earn mechanics lay the foundation for a fairer and more lucrative gaming experience for users, these alone are not enough to guarantee a successful and sustainable game economy'
— GuildOfGuardians (@GuildOfGuardian) March 1, 2022
Our very own @xdereklau explains... https://t.co/ujjKjIpKD1
11. Sky Mavis Creators is delayed
Sky Mavis Creators is pushed back for later to optimise the launch.
1. Tuesday 3/1:
— Quinn | Smooch (@SmoochAxie) February 28, 2022
- I'll share the original SM Creators draft on AxieChat to give a sense of the direction that we were thinking
2. Thursday 3/3:
- Let's hold the first of many Axie Content Creator twitter spaces to openly discuss everyone's thoughts on the draft (agenda👇)
2/
12. Axie Infinity Marketplace raised its fees
Jiho thread on the discussions and feedback around the raise of the Axie Marketplace fee.
2/
— The Jiho.eth 🦇🔊 (@Jihoz_Axie) February 28, 2022
First, it’s important to state that our creators are a key pillar of our community. They create so much value by making educational and cultural content that makes the game more fun and rewarding for the entire community.
13. What's real about Crypto Gaming with Ryan Wyatt
Ryan Wyatt, former Head of Gaming at Youtube speaks about Crypto Gaming with Bankless.
14. The Everai is starting its minting phase
The Ark is departing soon, frens, be ready for it.
The Ark is departing soon. . . #4Everai
— Everai (@TheEverai) March 1, 2022
Thread below pic.twitter.com/c3V8DwrBU1
Everai Trailer: Animation Breakdown part 1 pic.twitter.com/JqQHyKyyln
— Everai (@TheEverai) March 2, 2022
Everai Trailer Breakdown Part 2 pic.twitter.com/rByTqvJtsa
— Everai (@TheEverai) March 3, 2022
Evermap Breakdown: Values pic.twitter.com/sA4IOzO9qv
— Everai (@TheEverai) March 3, 2022
15. A closer look at Tencent, by Khee Hoon Chan
"In China, Tencent is everywhere. It’s behind the nation’s most popular messaging app, WeChat, with over 1.2 billion monthly active users. It’s the behemoth that created QQ.com, one of the country’s largest web portals and the world’s fourth most visited website. And with Tencent Music, it also owns the majority of China’s music services, with 841 million active users."
Hi hi, this is a profile piece I did for @Polygon on one of the world's biggest videogame companies: Tencenthttps://t.co/9oLopZ1uGz
— khee hoon chan aka big chonkus ryu fan acct (@crapstacular) March 2, 2022
16. BlackPool & Team FR gang up on Gods Unchained
Look, mom, I'm on TV!
🦍🥖🦧BP & @TeamFr_GU apes together strong 💪 https://t.co/Q35uVdx46m
— BlackPool (@BlackpoolHQ) March 1, 2022
Hi mom, I'm on TV@TeamFr_GU #KELAWIN @GodsUnchained @BlackpoolHQ https://t.co/7DacQZCsUs
— Shaax (@ShaaxLive) March 1, 2022
17. How to make it as an influencer: NFT Edition by Zachxbt
A must-read thread as always by Zachxbt
2/ It’s no secret that there’s a huge lack of transparency in the NFT space with influencers, celebs, & projects deceiving people left and right.
— zachxbt (@zachxbt) March 1, 2022
A common question I am asked is what people can do to avoid being part of the issue.
18. Kathleen Osgood comes in as Director of Business Development for Axie Infinity
Kathleen Osgood is sharing her thoughts behind her move from Jump to Sky Mavis.
2/ my goal is to help grow the @skymavisHQ ecosystem into a thriving digital nation where people all over the world have access to opportunities beyond their wildest dreams. anything is possible with this team where passion, creativity, and superior community & tech run deep
— Kathleen Osgood (@kosgoood) March 1, 2022
19. A tokenized Shopify with Torii by Gravel
Gravel is revealing itself with its first app, Torii, which enables Shopify merchants to provide NFT gated access to their store.
Store owners can customize the gated access (which works via a custom theme) to look for any Ethereum NFT contract address. ⁰You can define as many addresses as you wish.
— Gravel (@gravellabs) February 28, 2022
We plan on enabling further customization and functionality down the line. pic.twitter.com/Yv9CsyedmU
20. Epic Games has acquired Bandcamp
Epic Games studio just bought the online music store Bandcamp.
Epic Games has acquired.. Bandcamphttps://t.co/6XpKT6pJc2 pic.twitter.com/MB58RsA2xP
— Nibel (@Nibellion) March 2, 2022
21. Will Robinson's Web3 Game Thesis
Will Robinson's Web3 Game Thesis is interesting. What do you think?
Web3 Game Thesis:
— Will Robinson (@DangerWillRobin) March 2, 2022
1. Crypto offers new affordances.
2. But, the serious limitations create too much friction to compete with web2.
3. We'll eventually discover new ways of creating value with games.
4. People building web3 for the wrong reasons will pivot first and succeed.
22. FTX x YGG India
FTX is everywhere, as always.
2/ India is one of the most exciting and fastest growing gaming markets in the world, with 400M gamers there today, and estimated to grow from a $2B to $7B gaming market by 2025, led by mobile. 🇮🇳
— Amy Wu (@amytongwu) March 2, 2022
23. Consensys's Shareholder Lawsuit
Consensys seems to be in trouble theses days.
This comes on the heels of a different lawsuit against consensys with lots of salacious back and forth allegationshttps://t.co/BCcdY4Yduk
— Evan Van Ness 🐬 (@evan_van_ness) March 2, 2022
24. Aiko's thoughts on Game Design for Web3
Web3 Games will not outperform traditional ones, but we can learn from them.
1/ Game designers should get rid of the prejudice against different genres and don't evaluate web3 games with the popularity of web2 games as web3 games won't outperform traditional ones on game experience in a short time.
— Aiko ❤️🔥🎮❤️🩹 (@0xAikoDai) March 1, 2022
25. Randi Zuckerberg's WAGMI song
Help, I'm now blind and deaf and feel blood dripping from my ears.
A decade ago, I sang this song on Broadway. Today I sing this song, surrounded by new friends, as a rallying cry for the women of web3. Together, we can accomplish anything. And have fun doing it! #WAGMI
— randizuckerberg.eth (@randizuckerberg) February 28, 2022
PS Look for some fun cameos!
PPS Sorry for *language* at the end 🤣 pic.twitter.com/W9pYZmxwXz
26. CD Projekt Red is halting its sale in Russia
CDPR Russia sales accounted for almost 10% of their last year sales. A big move for the game studio.
— CD PROJEKT RED (@CDPROJEKTRED) March 3, 2022
CDPR says Russia and Belarus accounted for 9.1% of its sales last year. Not an insignificant amount tbh https://t.co/qCspdaB2lX pic.twitter.com/ci4UiPD68r
— Daniel Ahmad (@ZhugeEX) March 3, 2022
27. Why Gamers hate NFTs, with Justin Kan
The co-founder of Twitch and Fractal gives another masterclass with Bankless.
28. OpenSea and Consensys Blocking
Metamask is blocked in Venezuela and Opensea is blocking and ejecting a certain nationality from its platform. Decentralised but still under American law. (lel)
Here it is from the source.
— Chris Blec (@ChrisBlec) March 3, 2022
Remember, MetaMask and Infura are owned by ConsenSys.
JPMorgan and MasterCard are partners of ConsenSys.
ConsenSys is heavily invested in building CBDC infrastructure.
ConsenSys is also a partner of @WEF.
PAY. ATTENTION.https://t.co/1ooCiCxja2
We’re truly sorry to the artists & creators that are impacted, but OpenSea is subject to strict policies around sanctions law. We're a US-based company and comply with US sanctions law, meaning we're required to block people in places on the US sanctions lists from using OpenSea
— OpenSea (@opensea) March 3, 2022
29. Mani(fold) NFT-Gated Merch Bridge
Manifold is partnering with Shopify to make merchs available for holders of NFTs.
gm Manifold Merch Bridge!
— manifold.xyz (マ,マ) (@manifoldxyz) March 3, 2022
🖼 🤝 👕
We've partnered with @shopify to streamline the redemption of merch with NFTs.
Verified NFT hodlers can redeem merch from Shopify stores though token gated access on collections, tokens, and even individual traits.
🧵https://t.co/gVniMGOQ0y
30. Crypto finds a way - Jurassic Park thread by Fomosaurus
Fomosaurus is back with another great thread to discover new Web3 project.
2/ With your help, the first edition reached over 230,000 impressions so far and helped bring exposure to some previously undiscovered, yet deserving projects. I've since spoken to over 100+ projects and will be working to bring them to you.
— fomosaurus 🦖 (@fomosaurus) March 3, 2022
That's all Folks! Have a great week!
BlackPool Newsletter
Join the newsletter to receive the latest updates in your inbox.
