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AIRDROPS + ALPHAMar 31, 2022
Markets
Metaverse Cryptocurrencies Enjoy Bullish Week Despite Axie Infinity's Ronin Hack
Though "play-to-earn" game Axie Infinity's Ronin sidechain suffered one of crypto's largest-ever hacks this week, investors are still pouring money into gaming, NFT and metaverse cryptocurrencies. This interest can be seen in the steady rise of cryptos like Enjin Coin (ENJ), Flow (FLOW), Gala (GALA), The Sandbox (SAND), and Decentraland (MANA), all five of which have mounted hefty increases in the past week. Enjin Coin has risen more than 11% in the past day and a whopping 19% in the last seve...
Feb 11, 2021
Technology
Limited Edition Minecraft NFTs Celebrate Women, Girls in Science
Minecraft is one of the most popular games on the planet, still growing and enrapturing some 131 million monthly players as of October. While the multiplatform game itself is not built on blockchain technology, crypto gaming firm Enjin introduced non-fungible tokens (NFTs) to Minecraft last year via the launch of an unofficial, open-source plugin, allowing players to pull in NFTs as usable items on supported servers. Now Minecraft publisher Microsoft is getting in on the action with a new collab...
Dec 10, 2020
Business
Atari Wants Developers to Use Its Brand to Build Blockchain Games
Retro gaming company Atari has partnered with Enjin to enable developers to create Enjin-powered games using its brand and IP. The deal, which includes Atari IPs such as Pong, Breakout and Asteroids, will begin with a range of sports games that will go live in 2021. The partnership marks Atari’s latest step into the blockchain gaming world, which kicked off with the launch of its own Atari Token last month. The company plans to dive deep into this industry, as it continues its 30-year-long strea...
May 28, 2020
Technology
Minecraft gains blockchain assets thanks to Enjin plugin
Over the last decade-plus, Minecraft has cemented itself as arguably the world’s most popular game, with 126 million monthly users and more than 200 million sales to date. And now, thanks to Enjin, you can use tokenized blockchain assets within Minecraft. Enjin’s newly-launched, open-source EnjinCraft plugin makes it possible, letting Minecraft Java Edition server operators enable blockchain functionality within their online worlds. As a company, we've evolved in tandem with @Minecraft, and we'...