Title: Beamable launching BMB presale on Solana — because apparently gaming needs another DePIN now 🎮💰 Alright folks, mark your calendars — another decentralized gaming infra project is entering the ring. Beamable (yes, the same one powering games like Star Trek Timelines, Doctor Who: Lost in Time, and even FIFA Rivals) just announced that their BMB token presale is going live on November 6th via Metaplex Genesis on Solana. They’re calling it a DePIN for gaming — basically, decentralized nodes that handle matchmaking, player sessions, and all the juicy backend stuff. Operators will be able to earn on-chain revenue through Checker Node NFTs, which sounds like a mashup of Helium, Render, and a PlayStation server farm. 👉 You can sign up for the allowlist and even suggest your token allocation (bold move) until October 30th. The CEO dropped some spicy words too: “For DePIN to matter, it has to serve real industries… it’s the first time game infrastructure becomes an open, onchain economy.” Translation: “We’re gonna tokenize the gaming backend, and hopefully it actually works.” Still, Beamable isn’t some random vaporware — they’re already powering 100 games, 2.5M players monthly, and 11B API calls a month. So maybe this isn’t just another DePIN-shaped money printer. What do you guys think? Real infrastructure play for web3 gaming, or just another “earn while you host” ponzi with a joystick? 🎮🧠

Here’s a Reddit-style post you could use — written like a mildly sarcastic crypto trader reacting to the Pixels Chapter 3 news: [Discussion] Pixels drops Chapter 3 – “Bountyfall” – and introduces Unions. Web3 finally invents… teamwork? Alright folks, Pixels is back at it. The Ronin-based social farming game (yes, the one that turned “grinding crops” into “earning tokens”) just dropped Chapter 3: Bountyfall. The big new feature? Unions — basically guilds but without the Discord drama and application forms. There are three of them:🌿 Wildgroves (Verdant stones)🔥 Seedwrights (Flint stones)💀 Reapers (Hollow stones) Each has its own yieldstone — which sounds like a mix between RuneScape loot and DeFi yield farming — and players can earn these by completing tasks or crafting on NFT land. Then you get to either deposit them in your union’s hearth to help… or throw them into someone else’s to sabotage.So yeah, we’re doing PvP farming now. Peak 2025. Seasons end when one union hits 100% hearth health, and rewards of up to 50,000 $PIXEL (≈$7.5k) get handed out based on rank and participation. You can switch sides, but it’ll cost you 50 PIXEL and a cooldown. So pick your farmer cult wisely. The devs also basically admitted they over-engineered stuff last year. CEO Luke Barwikowski said they’re “returning to their roots” with faster updates and more experimentation — aka “we stopped trying to be Blizzard and went back to speedrunning patches.” Also, they’re now measuring success by something called return on reward spend, and apparently it’s finally >1. Translation: the game might actually be sustainable now, which is borderline heresy in Web3 gaming. Personally, I’m just waiting for the first Reaper whale to sabotage everyone into oblivion while the Wildgroves argue about strategy in Discord. But hey — at least Ronin’s finally got a game where the farming isn’t just metaphorical. What do you guys think — is Pixels turning into the Splatoon of Web3, or are we still playing FarmVille with gas fees?

The NFT craze, once hailed as the future of digital ownership, has now become a cautionary tale — and a running joke. After peaking in 2021 with multimillion-dollar sales like Beeple’s $69 million artwork and the Bored Ape craze, the market collapsed in 2022 amid speculation, scams, and oversupply.Now, roughly 95% of NFTs are worthless, and investors — including celebrities like Justin Bieber and Jack Dorsey — have seen their assets lose nearly all value. Online, many former buyers have turned their financial misfortunes into viral humor, posting “Bought this NFT in 2022 for $30,000 — now worth $10” memes. The trend marks a full-circle moment: NFTs began as digital certificates of authenticity but ended as proof of how fragile hype-fueled markets can be. 

Title: Yuga Labs Finally Opens the Otherside (For Real This Time?) So after what feels like a century of "tests," Yuga Labs is actually launching the first official version of Otherside on Nov 12. Yeah, the same Otherside we’ve been promised since NFTs were still the hot thing and gas fees cost your left kidney. The browser-based version will start with something called the Koda Nexus, which is basically the metaverse’s social hub (think: digital swamp bar meets sci-fi airport lounge). Apparently, you won’t even need a wallet or NFT to get in — because what’s a Web3 project without a little Web2 accessibility sprinkled in? But if you do hold land, congrats, you’ll get to connect it to your little slice of Koda heaven and start generating “resources” (aka... we’ll see how that turns out). They’re also dropping Boximus avatars via Amazon Gaming on Oct 30 — because nothing screams metaverse decentralization like partnering with Jeff Bezos — and designer Daniel Arsham is releasing 300 limited-edition avatars. Expect gas wars, despair, and a few flexes on Twitter. Yuga’s also hyping up their Otherside Development Kit (ODK) so third-party devs can build experiences — from 8v8 shooters like Bathroom Blitz (yes, that’s real) to zombie survival games like Outbreak. So maybe the metaverse will finally be fun... or at least meme-worthy. TL;DR: 🗓️ Launch: Nov 12 🌌 Entry point: Koda Nexus (browser-based) 🧍‍♂️ Avatars: Boximus & Arsham’s limited editions 🧰 Dev tools: Otherside Development Kit 🧟‍♀️ Mini-games: Bathroom Blitz & Outbreak 💭 My take: cautiously bullish, mildly entertained Wake me up when we can actually walk from the swamp to Meetropolis without crashing Chrome.

Switzerland’s gambling authority, Gespa, has filed a criminal complaint against FIFA Collect, the football organization’s blockchain collectibles platform. After an in-depth investigation, Gespa determined that the platform offers unlicensed gambling services, including NFT-based “Right to Buy” tickets for the 2026 World Cup. These NFTs allow holders to purchase tickets from a reserved allocation, sometimes reselling for up to $6,000. Gespa stated that parts of FIFA Collect function as lotteries or sports betting under Swiss law. FIFA has not yet commented on the allegations. 

An Amazon Web Services (AWS) outage this week disrupted Ethereum-based NFTs, preventing tokenized data from loading and raising fresh concerns about centralization in the crypto space. The incident highlighted how much the supposedly decentralized ecosystem still depends on third-party infrastructure. With NFT access blocked, users questioned what “ownership” really means if external failures can lock assets. The outage also affected Coinbase and other crypto services, further shaking confidence. Some in the community suggested Bitcoin-based Ordinals could benefit, but overall NFT demand continues to decline, signaling deeper issues for the sector. 

So MapleStory Universe dropped their Q3 report and apparently everything is “steady progress and continued foundation building”. Translation: we’re still coping. Here are the spicy bits for my fellow degenerates and long-term “builders”: ✅ 1.75M lifetime accountsBecause making accounts is free. Commitment? Optional. 🤝 🔥 70K daily active walletsThat’s right, wallets, not necessarily humans. Bots and alts count as morale boosters now. 📈 NESO holders up 41% & NXPC holders up 21%Amazing what a dip does for “user acquisition,” huh? Nothing attracts attention like a sale. 🛒 Now the fun part: the financials 🥲 💀 NXPC price yeeted -44% this month to a scorching $0.35“Oh wow, I can afford 3 now!” — someone, probably. 📉 Monthly ARPU down 14%From 65 NXPC to 56 NXPC. Turns out people don’t like spending money on deflating assets. Who knew? 💰 2.5M NXPC total revenue ($856K IRL money)90% on character upgrades. 10% on marketplace fees.0% on helping my bags recover. 🛠️ Coming soon: Extended API & builder affiliate program — Cool, let the community build value while corp watches. Web3 classic. ✅ 5th job advancement — Pump gameplay, not price. More anti-bot measures — Bots reading this like: “lol sure”. 📌 TL;DR: Player count up. Token down harder than my will to live during a red candle. But hey, foundations are being built. I just hope they’re using something sturdier than NXPC bricks before Q4 turns into “coping part 2”. Anyway, enjoy the “steady progress” everyone. I’ll just be here… continuing to build character 😌🪙 Not financial advice. Unless it’s to stop checking CoinGecko every 15 minutes.

A major Amazon Web Services (AWS) outage disrupted Ethereum’s NFT infrastructure, preventing token data from loading and raising concerns about the blockchain’s growing reliance on centralized systems. The incident revealed that third-party technical issues can block access to supposedly “owned” digital assets, challenging the idea of true decentralization in Web3. Some speculate that Bitcoin-based Ordinals could benefit from Ethereum’s setback, but others fear the outage may further weaken overall NFT demand. 

Coinbase has purchased the “UpOnly” NFT from trader and podcaster Cobie for $25 million in USDC, triggering the return of the long-dormant UpOnly podcast. The NFT, originally created as a joke with a “burn to revive” clause, now legally binds Cobie and co-host Ledger to produce eight new episodes. CEO Brian Armstrong confirmed the deal on X, calling it part of Coinbase’s growing push into NFT-driven media. What began as a humorous experiment in 2025 has now become one of the most unexpected—and expensive—media revivals in crypto history. 

So apparently Yield Guild Games wasn’t satisfied printing $4.5M off their casual browser game LOL Land (yes, that’s the real name). Now they’re doubling down with YGG Play, a shiny new portal + token launchpad on the Abstract blockchain. Because why just play games when you can play the launchpad game too, right? The portal’s bringing in some “serious” third-party titles — Delabs Games’ GigaChadBat, Proof of Play’s Arcade, and Gigaverse. I’m not sure if these names came from a focus group or a meme thread, but either way, I respect the commitment to the bit. The new questing system lets you grind points by finishing tasks in these games or by staking YGG tokens (translation: click, play, and stake your way to another airdrop). These points aren’t just vanity metrics — they actually get you access to future token launches. First up? The LOL token later this month, rocking a fully diluted value of $900K. 😂 TL;DR: YGG’s making its own mini ecosystem of degen gaming + token farming. You can earn “points” by gaming or staking. Points = access to token launches (and eventually, more YGG). First launch: LOL token, because the crypto gods have a sense of humor. Honestly, it’s peak 2025 crypto — gamify the launchpad that gamifies your time to farm points to maybe buy more tokens to play more games to farm more points. Infinite loop achieved. ♻️ Not financial advice, just LOLs.