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AIRDROPS + ALPHANov 28, 2024
Gaming
Telegram Game 'W-Coin' Will Start Burning Players' Airdrop Allotments—Here's Why
Telegram game W-Coin has introduced an inactivity rule ahead of its upcoming airdrop on The Open Network (TON). While this is standard practice for tap-to-earn games, it is unusually brutal for players. Anyone who is offline for three days will have 5% of their supply burned each day until they log back in. By comparison X Empire, another tap-to-earn game, allowed players 30 days of inactivity before any tokens were touched. “This ensures only active players shape the W-Coin ecosystem, increasin...
Oct 16, 2024
Gaming
Every Blockchain Project Will ‘Have a Telegram Complement,’ Animoca CEO Says
Robby Yung, the CEO of crypto investment firm Animoca Brands, predicts that every Web3 project will soon have a Telegram experience. This is the result of Telegram gaming exploding this year with crypto projects like Hamster Kombat attracting over 300 million users. Yung believes this represents the start of mass adoption. “Anybody with a Web3 app will have a Telegram strategy for user onboarding because it represents a distribution, advertising, and marketing vector. It represents the top of th...
Oct 7, 2024
Gaming
What is ‘Flappy Bird’ on Telegram? Iconic Game Returns With Crypto Twist
Flappy Bird is back! And it's a Telegram crypto game—who’d have thought? The iconic mobile game took the world by storm in 2014, but went dark after its mysterious creator decided it was gaining too much attention. At its peak, Flappy Bird had attracted 50 million downloads, topped the charts in 100 countries, and was allegedly raking in $50,000 from ads every single day. When the game was removed, the world went nuts. Devices with the game still installed were offered for sale for upwards of $...
Sep 25, 2024
Gaming
What’s Next for 'Hamster Kombat' After Airdrop? Expanding Beyond Telegram
As its eagerly awaited airdrop approaches, tap-to-earn game Hamster Kombat has revealed an ambitious roadmap for the year following its token launch on The Open Network (TON). Plans include NFTs and new games—and starting to distance itself from Telegram exclusivity. Hamster Kombat’s tap-to-earn game has been hugely popular attracting over 300 million players as gamers tapped their screens via a Telegram mini app in an attempt to gain a slice of a future airdrop. Approximately 130 million player...
Sep 22, 2024
Gaming
This Week in Crypto Games: 'Flappy Bird' on Telegram, 'Dookey Dash' Returns, and New 'Hamster Kombat' Season
The crypto gaming space is busier than ever lately, what with prominent games starting to release, token airdrops piling up, and a seemingly constant array of other things happening at all times. It’s a lot to take in! Luckily, Decrypt’s GG is all over it. And if you need a quick way to get caught up on the latest moves around crypto video games, we’re happy to present This Week in Crypto Games. Our weekend roundup serves up the biggest news from the past week, along with a few other tidbits you...
Sep 20, 2024
Gaming
'Catizen' Telegram Game Reveals Airdrop Pass as CATI Token Launches
Feline Telegram game Catizen has announced that its token can be used to gain a ticket to future airdrops through a season pass. This comes amid the launch and airdrop of its CATI token on The Open Network (TON). Catizen’s initial airdrop plans to reward players of its swipe-to-earn game with 15% of its total token supply. The token launch and airdrop is taking place today. Players weren’t entirely pleased when this was announced last week as they believed, as per the game’s whitepaper, 34% wou...
Sep 15, 2024
Gaming
This Week in Crypto Games: 'Eve Frontier' on Ethereum, 'Hamster Kombat' and 'Catizen' Binance Rewards
The crypto and NFT gaming space is busier than ever lately, what with prominent games starting to release, token airdrops piling up, and a seemingly constant array of other things happening at all times. It’s a lot to take in! Luckily, Decrypt’s GG is all over it. And if you need a quick way to get caught up on the latest moves around crypto video games, we’re happy to present This Week in Crypto Games. Our weekend roundup serves up the biggest news from the past week, along with a few other tid...
Aug 30, 2024
Markets
Toncoin and Notcoin Plunge Amid Telegram CEO Arrest and The Open Network Issues
Telegram-linked cryptocurrencies Toncoin (TON) and Notcoin (NOT) have plunged more than 23% over the past week. This comes following the Telegram CEO, Pavel Durov, being arrested and charged in France. Days later, the token’s network halted the production of blocks. The Open Network was originally developed by brothers Pavel and Nikolai Durov. But it was abandoned after they received warning from the SEC that they were producing an unregistered security. Quickly, the project was picked up by com...