As mobile gaming grew its share of the global games industry, the free-to-play business was booming. Following a model of onboarding first and monetization later via in-app purchases, F2P quickly carried the industry to new all-time highs. To put thi... Read more

Where is the money? The steep drop in VC funding across the board for Crypto teams is pretty stark. Even if the data in the chart below isn’t showing the entire picture, we can probably expect at least a 60 – 70% drop in startup funding this year. S... Read more

We saw a 66% increase in total funding amount and a 240% increase in the number of deals announced in May compared to April. That being said, total Web3 game investments are still down by 37% compared to February. It is fair to say that market unce... Read more

As a new contender in the NFT lending realm, Blend achieved a remarkable feat by capturing 77% of the total NFT borrowing volume market share and facilitating over 31.8k loans totaling $466M in volume since launch. This achievement speaks to the st... Read more

Reddit — the “front page of the internet” — has been revolutionizing the way people interact and share ideas since its inception in 2005. Renowned for its diverse communities, ranging from light-hearted discussions on the latest memes and cultural tr... Read more

Everyone is still absorbing the recently dropped draft digital asset market structure bill (DAMS), and I wanted to provide a broader perspective on how we might approach these conversations. Is this draft bill perfect? No, it certainly has flaws th... Read more

Last week was a brutal week for crypto-related exploits and hacks. Here are the ones you should be aware of to prepare yourself and put some guard rails in place. Atomic Wallet: Users signed into their Atomic Wallets over the weekend to find all the... Read more

OpenSea Pro has surpassed Blur in terms of daily unique users since its launch. More NFT traders are trying out products on OpenSea Pro than on Blur, even though both platforms offer 0% fees and similar trading features. One possible reason for this... Read more

Vertex Protocol is a hybrid orderbook/AMM DEX that launched on Arbitrum in April. It’s key differentiators are its low fees (0/3 bps) and unified cross-margin. The race for cross-margin is an emerging narrative in DeFi and could be the next big domi... Read more

As someone who loves Bitcoin and thinks fiat is always doomed to fail, I find myself in the odd position of defending the dollar – at least in the short term. As mentioned a few times in these feed posts, I think the ‘Death of the Dollar’ narrative i... Read more