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Immutable Passport—which creates secure wallets for users to manage and transfer assets like NFTs across various gaming platforms—has reached a significant milestone. Its signups now exceed 1 million.  Designed to “onboard the next billion users to web3,” as stated in an X post, the blockchain-based identity solution for gaming saw its user base jump from 400,000 to…

SNPIT—the world’s first Snap-to-Earn platform, which rewards users for their photo submissions using blockchain technology—is expanding its global footprint.  Since its debut last year, the SNPIT app on Google Play and iOS has seen remarkable success in Japan. In just 21 hours, it sold 10,000 Camera NFTs at 150 $MATIC each and attracted over 300 new users.…

Phantom, a leading crypto wallet in the Solana ecosystem, recently announced its acquisition of the wallet-as-a-service platform, Bitski. In the coming months, Phantom plans to fully integrate Bitski’s team and technology into its ecosystem, and existing Bitski products will sunset as users transition to Phantom’s embedded wallet solutions. While the terms of the deal were…

Web3 venture capital firm basedVC and popular NFT collection Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) has partnered through its community initiative, Apes Plus, to launch APES Capital—a new venture capital initiative. This collaboration focuses on increasing investment opportunities for BAYC community members and aims to support blockchain gaming startups through tokenized ownership and community-led investment. As…

Recently, Immutable unveiled BADMAD ROBOTS—a thrilling, team-oriented, free-to-play multiplayer shooting game slated for release in the second quarter of 2024. Developed by industry veterans from renowned games such as Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War and Dying Light 2, this game is expertly designed using Unreal Engine 5 to deliver stunning visuals and enhanced…

The prominent CryptoPunks series recently faced significant pushback over a controversial art addition, leading the masterminds behind the NFT brand—Yuga Labs—to quickly cancel the auction for ‘Super Punk World’ NFTs.  Amidst the turmoil was Nina Chanel Abney’s contribution to the project, as part of Yuga Labs’ innovative Punk in Residence initiative. Her “woke” artworks quickly attracted criticism, prompting Yuga Labs to…

Eldarune, an interoperable web3 game studio specializing in medieval-themed blockchain games, has recently announced a partnership with Immutable. As part of this partnership, Eldarune will receive a grant valued at 50,000 $IMX tokens to support its flagship trading card game, Heroes of Eldarune. The grant will be distributed in three stages, based on Eldarune achieving…

CAGA Crypto, a DeFi platform, recently launches its testnet featuring two key innovations: gas fee integration and NFT minting. The testnet enables users to utilize $CAGA tokens as gas fees for transactions across multiple networks, and aims to streamline transaction processes and reduce costs for users engaging in decentralized finance activities. Additionally, CAGA Crypto also…

An NFT-enhanced version of the beloved soccer manga series ‘Captain Tsubasa’ is now live on the gaming-centric blockchain network Oasys.  Developed by Mint Town, Co., Ltd. and BLOCKSMITH&Co.—subsidiaries of the mobile gaming giant KLab Inc.—Captain Tsubasa -RIVALS- offers fans a novel way to engage with one of Japan’s most iconic Anime-styled soccer stories.  To celebrate the…

Magic Square—a web3 app that enables users to earn rewards through NFTs, DeFi, GameFi, and more—recently introduced its latest endeavor: Magic Launchpad. With significant backing from industry titans like Crypto.com and Binance Labs, this accelerator—an Initial DEX Offering (IDO)—is designed to boost fundraising, enhance brand visibility, and increase user acquisition by supporting emerging web3 companies.  Moreover, it presents blockchain-based…