Street Fighter and Major NFT Market Trends - Play to Earn #26

This week more digital collectibles of major brands, Axie Infinity, The Sandbox and Sorare

This week I did some research into the biggest trend in the market for digital assets this year. The article resonated well, especially within the crypto art community. This week’s news underlines the article, as Street Fighter is coming to the blockchain!

Enjoy this week’s newsletter!

Robert Hoogendoorn

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Five Major Trends in the NFT Market This Year So Far

Based on all the news, blockchain data and developments, we've identified five trends in the world of NFTs that summarize the first six months of 2020. This isn't only about gaming, but also about art and other tokenized products. In 2020 the NFT Market is growing at a rapid rate. There's a growing interest from traditional companies looking for new kinds of business. In addition there's more money moving into this space as well, while the technology keeps developing. Read more ▶▶▶

User Acquisition Record for The Sandbox

For the past six weeks The Sandbox has been selling small amounts of land. This has proven to be the best way to get new users involved in the game, according to research by Play to Earn. For six weeks The Sandbox has been selling small amounts of land, and the number of landowners increased with almost 40 percent. On Thursday the sale ended bringing the total number of land owners at 1715. Read more ▶▶▶

Street Fighter Digital Collectibles Coming Soon

Japanese games publisher Capcom is very soon launching their first blockchain-powered digital collectibles in the Street Fighter series. The company is doing this in collaboration with blockchain company Wax. Details about the nature of these digital collectibles, their prizes, or availability or not yet revealed. Read more ▶▶▶

Axie Infinity Getting Ethereum Sidechain

In order to reach a bigger audience for their turn based per battle game Axie Infinity, Sky Mavis has announced an Ethereum sidechain that will serve as a long term scaling solution. Thanks to this sidechain Axie Infinity will be able to bypass any congestion on the Ethereum blockchain, while all players can enjoy the game fast, cheap and seamlessly. Read more ▶▶▶

New Garbage Pail Kids Collection Next Week

Trading card company Topps is launching a second collection of Garbage Pail Kids collectible trading cards on the Wax blockchain. The card packs will go up for sale on July 8th on the official website. A teaser image stated that 'GPK goes exotic', which is a 2020 series based on the Netflix series Tiger King. Read more ▶▶▶

Forgotten Artifacts Became Lost Relics

It’s all in the name. The blockchain-powered dungeon crawler Forgotten Artifacts has had a name change, and is now known as Lost Relics. They also launched a new website, so check it out ▶▶▶

Nine Chronicles Attracted Over 1500 Beta Testers

The decentralized role playing game Nine Chronicles has had over 1500 testers during their closed beta. Next week the studio is planning to bring some news on the release of the game, which is likely to happen this summer. Read more ▶▶▶

Major update for Metamask

If you are playing blockchain games on your PC, it’s inevitable that you are familiar with Metamask. This browser plugin is one of the most used tools to interact with the blockchain. Metamask has now announced Metamask Version 8. Update ▶▶▶

Dissolution Getting Complete Overhaul

Garage Studios is taking their free online shooter Dissolution offline for a few weeks. They are going to complete overhaul the game. It's unknown what the idea is here, but only those with 20 DFT in their wallet will be able to play. Read more ▶▶▶

Sorare Doubled its User Base During Pandemic

Even though the COVID-19 pandemic crippled nations and cancelled all kinds of sports and entertainment events, Sorare managed to double its user base for their fantasy football game. Read on Dapp.Review ▶▶▶

Major League Soccer Joins Sorare

The Major League Soccer Player Association has signed a deal with Sorare. With immediate effect players can start buying, collecting, trading and using tokenized cards based on players from the MLS. Read more ▶▶▶

Enjin Introduces Envoy Program

Blockchain game platform Enjin has introduced their Envoy Program: allowing ambassadors to get commission on referrals, acquire custom Enjin merchandise and an exclusive blockchain badge. Apply now ▶▶▶