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Everything You Need to Know About the ‘Tomarket’ Telegram Game Airdrop
Prominent Telegram crypto game Tomarket will launch its TOMA token on the Aptos network this week, following a late-breaking shift from The Open Network (TON). It’s almost time for players to reap what they have sown in the tomato-themed game, as the token is set to start trading soon. Tomarket has split its airdrop into at least three events. One already took place on October 31, but users could not withdraw or trade their tokens—this was more akin to revealing token allocations ahead of the ai...
Dec 17, 2024
Law and Order
SEC Serves NFT Project CyberKongz With Wells Notice Citing Securities Violations
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has issued a Wells Notice to NFT gaming project CyberKongz, marking the latest regulatory probe into an entity of its type. “The SEC’s Division of Enforcement have approached us with very concerning rhetoric that you can not have a token (ERC-20) in tandem with a blockchain game without registering it as a security,” the project said in a statement posted to X on Monday. A Wells Notice informs recipients that the regulator is thinking of undertaking en...
Dec 16, 2024
Gaming
Ethereum Game ‘Pixels’ Spawns Play-to-Earn Dungeon Crawler on Ronin
The team behind popular Ethereum farming game Pixels announced Monday that it will publish a new spinoff game called Pixel Dungeons, which serves up dungeon-based combat and lets players earn the same familiar PIXEL token. The new game, developed in partnership with Crack and Stack, introduces a fast-paced competitive setting where players navigate dangerous dungeons, collect crypto rewards, and battle opponents. Players have two minutes to mine PIXEL tokens, use TNT to defeat goblins, and avoid...
Dec 15, 2024
Gaming
This Week in Crypto Games: Major 'Off the Grid' Moves, 'TapSwap' Airdrop ETA, and Ubisoft NFT Mint
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...
Dec 15, 2024
Gaming
Play With Doge: 7 Games That Feature the Dogecoin Meme Pup
Dogecoin is back in the spotlight, surging to a three-year high price recently amid a broader crypto market spike, not to mention continued promotion from Elon Musk, who will co-lead a government agency called the Department of Government Efficiency—yes, the DOGE. The original meme coin is all about vibes, and if you’re looking to bring more of that goofy fun into your life, then you can find Dogecoin and the meme dog’s likeness in several games. From a Fortnite-like battle royale shooter to a s...
Dec 13, 2024
Gaming
‘Tomarket’ Telegram Game Dumps TON for Aptos Ahead of Token Launch and Airdrop
Tomarket, a popular Telegram game playable on the messaging platform as a mini app, is ditching its original plan to launch its token on The Open Network (TON) and will instead deploy TOMA on rival layer-1 network Aptos. With 50 million total users and 6 million daily active users, Tomarket will launch its TOMA token on December 20, with an airdrop to players who met certain criteria within the game. Tomarket has handed out allocations of tokens across multiple airdrop waves, but players have be...