BlackPool Bulletin #32

SBF getting arrested, Illuvium opening their gates for 30 000 people, Axie partnering with Cloud9, Trump minting his own rare NFT, Metamask partnering with Paypal…

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SBF getting arrested, Illuvium opening their gates for 30 000 people, Axie partnering with Cloud9, Trump minting his own rare NFT, Metamask partnering with Paypal…

What a week, Apes. Some hopium with good blockchain games, and it’s time to enjoy the end of the year properly: knowing that SBF is in one of the worst jails in the USA.


  1. Dina Belenkaya dropping the bass at the chess-boxing championship.
  2. SBF on holidays (in jail).
  3. A non-exhaustive list of cool ideas tech builders are working on.
  4. Our weekly RTFKT news…
  5. Axie Infinity x Cloud9… A fresh start?
  6. Degens saying stupid things about liquidity.
  7. MetaMask x PayPal… Privacy, you said?
  8. Trump and NFT in the same sentence…
  9. … Only if it’s to reveal a rug!
  10. SBF arrest Memory coins on POAP.
  11. Illuvium: Overworld opens their gates to 30 000 people. Are you in the lucky ones?
  12. A big adoption step for the Blockchain gaming industry: The #Gam3Awards.
  13. How to get non-crypto gamers into blockchain gaming?
  14. Blockchain gaming starting to look like actual gaming… a tl;dr.

  1. Drop that bass.

2. Not in the top 5 Trip Advisor resorts.


3. A non-exhaustive list of cool ideas tech builders are working on.

A few of the things we’re excited about in crypto
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4. Our weekly RTFKT news… The Cryptokicks IRL!


5. Axie x Cloud9… A fresh start?


6. Fake it until you (don’t) make it?


7. Another cross-over nobody asked for. What are your thoughts on this?


8. Not sure we want to add anything to the tweet itself…


9. Are you surprised?


10. You can buy an NFT memory coin of SBF's arrest. Who said it was only for historical monuments?


11. Illuvium: Overworld opens their gates to 30 000 people. Are you one of the lucky ones?


12. A big adoption step for the Blockchain gaming industry: The #Gam3Awards.


13. How to get non-crypto gamers into blockchain gaming?

Illuvium’s Onboarding Process and Mainstream Adoption
One big piece of the puzzle for crypto native games is mainstream adoption. How do we get non crypto gamers to play a blockchain game? This…

14. Blockchain gaming starting to look like actual gaming… a tl;dr.

Web3 Games You Can Play in 2022 and 12 Upcoming Releases in 2023
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And that's all folks! See you next week...

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