Are Telegram games revolutionizing crypto and NFT markets? They are in this $1M NFT success story.
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This week, Telegram continues to be a hot topic in crypto gaming, and a mobile gaming studio shared how they sold $1,000,000 worth of NFTs in under a minute. Let us know your thoughts on this week’s stories in the comments below!
?? Last week, we highlighted ‘Hamster Kombat,’ a Telegram game taking the crypto gaming world by storm. The animal theme continues with @Cointelegraph’s overview of ‘Catizen’: a Telegram gaming bot on the Ton Blockchain which has received $10 million in revenue from IAPs. The game-makers are using the project’s success to donate 1% of this revenue to charity, suitably supporting stray cats in the real world. Will Catizen have Hamster Kombat for dinner, or can the two peacefully coexist?
?? @Andrew Hayward shares that “Telegram is in the midst of a crypto gaming phenomenon” (case in point—the number of Telegram games in Star News at the moment). With this growing popularity of gaming, Telegram has announced a “mini-app bar” that allows users to switch between games quickly. Part of the appeal of Telegram games is the speed at which players can access their titles; the new multitasking feature will make this even quicker.?
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?? A new analysis from BlockchainGamer.biz has revealed that Ronin is the blockchain with the highest number of user wallets (20 million) in June. However, Ronin wasn’t the biggest gainer. Instead, that title belongs to Immutable, which saw a 30% increase in user wallets. The full analysis can be found below:?
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?? $1 million worth of NFTs sold in 25 seconds? In 2024? That’s the mega milestone achieved by Animoca-backed @Zilion Whales. In an interview with Benzinga, the studio’s lead developer, Artem Naseniuk, explains the success of the web3 mobile strategy title ‘Wild Forest,’ which saw its full release this week. In the interview, Artem explains the importance of community engagement and how its marketing activity has been mostly organic, with gameplay systems designed to appeal to content creators.?
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