Introduction Apps need users, and users seek yield....leverage restaked assets, either natively staked ETH or Liquid Staking Tokens (LSTs), for additional yield...They are defined better as a marketplace connecting restakers (users seeking extra yield on staked assets...LSTs are straightforward: they validate the underlying consensus and pass the yield directly to their...

However, for the sake of this report series, we will focus on games that have proven, over an extended...This is because, when tires hit the road, only games (regardless of Web3 or Web2) that find the right...The unique value proposition of blockchain-enabled games then becomes the ability to drive some of that...

...markets directly – or opt to deposit into Royco Vaults, which optimize for the highest risk-adjusted yield...passive, multi-strategy sleeve The Royco USDC Vault makes optimizing for the highest-risk adjusted yield...nBASIS IAM — Basis Trade + PLUME Incentives The nBASIS Royco market combines real-world delta-neutral yield...

Tim Sweeney, founder and CEO of Epic Games, just announced that the company has made significant progress...assume that the soon-to-be tens of millions of daily active users will be regularly directed to the Epic Games...discovery algo, there is a decent chance that some of these users will use EGS to find and play new games...

...buybacks and point incentives across pools denominated in LSTs and CDPs—not just HYPE—offering strong yield...to launch HUSD—a fiat-backed stablecoin designed to keep capital in the ecosystem and redirect the yield...Beyond its architecture, Felix also offers layered yield incentives—users can earn not just borrowing...

Tuesday at 8pm GMT+8, Tencent put on its annual Spark showcase, where it highlighted a bunch of new games...I’ll leave links to all the games mentioned and include a full list of games at the end....The Games: Out of the 39 trailers shown throughout the stream, 25 were directly involved with Tencent...

...of Mir franchise, the South Korean team was in the business of publishing and developing traditional games...Night Crows Night Crows marked a return to form for the Korean publisher after a few discontinued games...While revenue from PC games was not insignificant, it is mobile that drives scale.

As more of these games launch, MON’s staking ecosystem could increasingly serve as a proxy bet on the...However, Day-7 retention dropped to 3.85% (vs. 7-8% for top mobile Action, Adventure and Strategy games...Other Games The MON Protocol team is quietly developing two additional games to complement their ecosystem...Games are slow and expensive to build.

Energy (two off-chain resources that are used for high-level equipment enhancements and generating MAK yield...mechanic that can be leveraged in the future to add additional social mechanics and token sinks, such as guild...Due to the importance of bosses for player progression, end-game content (like guild v. guild battles...

USDai can be thought of as a high-yield bond index, with each loan being individual tradable bonds....USDai can be staked for sUSDai, the yield bearing synthetic dollar that will receive T-bill yield and...eventually hardware loan yield....USDai, DAI, and USDe have various tradeoffs concerning yield and liquidity.

This will offer users additional yield on top of deUSD’s native yield. deUSD is minted by depositing...The yield that users receive on deUSD will instead be subsidized by Elixir Potions. ...For starters, more sDAI in circulation will push down the yield paid out on sDAI....This could erode deUSD’s profitability causing Elixir to look to other assets for yield.

However, select users will be able to start staking their rKGEN pre-TGE for additional token yield. ...Aside from those seeking a straightforward staking yield, a feature that goes live with rKGEN pre-TGE...In return for providing this service, Oracle operators are rewarded with a fixed KGEN token yield based...

Take someone with a stash of USDC looking for the best yield....No longer would they be constrained to jump into the first yield aggregator or dig through an endless...With a mix of Fuel-based and cross-chain yield options, plus each user’s unique preferences, there’s...

...wasn’t until I saw Delphi listed as a leading validator and realized many of the leading rollups were games...The protocol will support liquid staking for INIT through xINIT and its yield-bearing counterpart, sxINIT...They will also introduce Cabal LP tokens (wrapper providing additional yield via bribes) and a bribing...

...particularly special one for us because it was the first time, afaik, that not one, but three Web3 games...Creature Collector games outperformed relative to the total supply of games in this genre....Last SNF, I noted the outperformance of games tagged with Cute or Pixel Graphics....In general, the number of top-ranking games with Visual tags fell by over 20%.

The multi-billion dollar esports industry proves that ultra-low latency makes games engaging and competitive...times and finality ranging from 200ms to several seconds hindering the developers ability to build fun games...applications and users, particularly in algorithmic and high frequency trading, fun and responsive games...

Web3 user base behind select games will be put to the test....Games like Fableborne, Age of Dino, and King of Destiny demonstrate how mobile games can integrate blockchain...Now, the tables have turned, with browser games having approximately 25.6% market share and mobile games...

...question is whether that cheap scale eventually attracts the right kind of demand, not just tapping games...If you’re building a high-volume appchain (games, DePIN, social, micro-payments), Ethereum is expensive...The reality is that users don’t care about decentralization or security, as long as there’s yield to...

Only then can games reach hyperscale....Furthermore, frequently requested features, such as non-instanced player housing or large-scale guild...vs. guild battles, are impractical due to technical bottlenecks....Maybe it will be social gaming hubs, guild halls, or entirely virtual esports arenas that bring together...

This transparent, cash-yield approach addresses the trust gap that has plagued other casino tokens....From House Edge to Holder Yield: Deconstructing the SHFL Lottery It should be noted that despite the...But the real bottleneck isn’t yield awareness, it’s access. ...This creates an unusual dynamic: the staking pool offers unusually high, sustainable yield – but can’...