In summary
- A tokenized first edition holographic Charizard card is up for auction, with an estimated value of $250,000 and a current bid of $44,000.
- Pixels will launch its “Spore Sports” competitive season with $4 million in PIXEL tokens as prizes between December 2024 and March 2025.
- Nifty Island announced the launch of its ISLAND token for December 17, allocating 12.5% of the supply to participants in its play-to-airdrop campaign.
The Cryptocurrency and NFT gaming space is booming, with a constant stream of notable releases, token giveaways, and frenetic activity. It’s hard to take in everything that’s happening, but don’t worry! GG from Decrypt is here to keep you up to date.
If you need to quickly catch up on the latest movements around cryptocurrency gaming, you’re in the right place. We are excited to present “Week in Crypto Games”.
In our weekend roundup, we round up the biggest news from the past week and give you some extra details you might have missed. Additionally, we highlight some of our most relevant original stories. Get ready to stay on top of everything related to crypto gaming!
Most Featured News
Ultra Rare Pokémon Card: A pristine, shadowless, first-edition holographic Charizard card from 1999 was put up for auction on Friday, after being tokenized through the Ethereum scaling network and auctioned by collectibles platform Courtyard.
The card graded PSA 10, stored in a Brink’s vault, has an estimated value of $250,000. The 30-day auction aims to demonstrate the potential of Blockchain in the collectibles market, according to the companies involved. The highest bid is currently $44,000 at the time of this writing.
Pixel Competition: Cryptocurrency farming and social game Pixels is preparing to kick off its final competitive Guild Wars season this week. Running on the Ethereum Ronin gaming network, the competition, called Spore Sports, has $4 million in PIXEL tokens up for grabs.
Starting December 10, the three-month event will continue until March 4, 2025. Players will be challenged to join guilds and compete in games focused on mushroom farming and strategic sabotage.
Nifty Island Token Release Date: Ethereum-based metaverse gaming platform Nifty Island announced that the launch of its ISLAND token will take place on December 17. This comes after the project concluded a nine-month play-to-airdrop campaign.
Users in the play-to-airdrop campaign will share 12.5% of the ISLAND token supply, a 25% increase from the initial token distribution details. Nifty Island also announced that it has partnered with a handful of Web3 communities to reserve one million ISLAND tokens, which can be claimed on December 17.
In case you lost him
GG Highlights
Here are some of our original stories from last week that we think are worth reading over the weekend:
Edited by Andrew Hayward
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