🚨 Sky Mavis pulls a 180: Ronin is ditching “sidechain” vibes and moving to full Ethereum L2 🚨 So apparently the days of Ronin being marketed as a “gaming-focused Ethereum sidechain” (translation: an L1 with a cosplay complex) are over. Sky Mavis just announced they’re turning it into a fully-fledged Ethereum L2, because… well, nobody’s playing blockchain games and Ethereum finally looks like it’s not going to rug its own ecosystem. Couple spicy details: 12x faster txs once the L2 transition is done. So maybe Axie players can finally breed their pixel chickens without waiting. Staking revamp: moving to a “Proof of Distribution” model. Translation: devs who actually build get rewarded instead of idle validators who just click “stake” and vibe. Plans for a zkEVM? Yeah, those just got yeeted. Sky Mavis is also cozying up with the usual L2 suspects: Optimism, Arbitrum, zkSync, Polygon. Imagine Ronin as the needy kid at the Ethereum lunch table asking, “Can I sit here?” Big picture: this is them admitting that gaming alone won’t pump RON forever. By aligning with Ethereum’s “institutional adoption” narrative, they’re clearly hoping to piggyback on ETH’s price momentum and grab some non-gaming apps to prop up the ecosystem. The catch? We’re talking about a hardfork around Q2 2026. So yeah, two years of speculation fuel incoming. RON bagholders, congrats—you just got a new narrative. 🎉 TL;DR: Ronin is ditching “independent sidechain” cope, becoming an Ethereum L2, promising speed/security gains + staking overhaul, and praying that non-gamers show up this time.

On August 14, 2025, an EtherRock NFT sold for 135 ETH (about $606,000), sparking flashbacks to the 2021 NFT craze when the collection symbolized market speculation. With ETH prices near record highs, old passions are resurfacing—though not everyone is pleased. Social media reactions ranged from disbelief to mockery, highlighting EtherRock’s enduring role as a reminder of the excesses of past NFT bubbles. 

Here’s how that could look as a sarcastic crypto-trader-style Reddit post: Title: Immutable Just Pulled a Ubisoft – Web2 Games Are Crashing the Party 🚀🎮 Alright, fellow degenerates, buckle up. Immutable, the chain that’s been bribing us with IMX since April 2024’s Main Quest and the April 2025 Perpetual Rewards grind-fest, just announced they’re letting web2 games in the door. First through the velvet rope? Ubisoft – yes, the same guys who can sell you the same game 4 times and call it a “Remaster.” So far, we’ve been questing like medieval peasants: Complete random in-game or social tasks ✅ Hoard “gems” like it’s Candy Crush ✅ Wait for the weekly IMX token drop like starving pigeons ✅ They’ve already given away over $1M in IMX (translation: early grinders are laughing, latecomers are asking “wen moon?”). But the catch until now was you could only do quests in games running on Immutable’s zkEVM chain. Now? They’re letting any game in, blockchain or not. Meaning we can finally grind points in games your cousin Kevin actually plays without having to give him a 30-minute wallet tutorial. Numbers check: 5.6M lifetime wallets touched Immutable (no word on how many are bots 👀) Weekly rewards pool: ~25k wallets. That’s… not a lot of competition if you’re quick. Immutable’s own words: “From today, any web2 studio that meets our quality bar can integrate with Immutable Play…” Translation: “Bring us your whales, your gamers, your cash cows yearning to be monetized.” This could either: Funnel millions of normies into web3 without them realizing it. Become another “play-to-earn but now with Assassin’s Creed skins” graveyard. Either way, I’m farming those gems until they tell me to stop.

Web3 anime brand Azuki has teamed up with Swiss watchmaker H. Moser & Cie. to release Elements of Time, a limited-edition watch collection inspired by the Azuki Elementals NFT series. The line features four Pioneer Tourbillon models ($75,000 each) and four Pioneer Centre Seconds models ($25,000 each), representing Fire, Earth, Water, and Lightning. Each design is limited to 24 pieces, with deliveries managed by The 1916 Company. 

So, our favorite Ronin-based pixel MMORPG Lumiterra just wrapped up a nice little testnet event… and decided the next logical step is to launch its shiny new AI agents on Monad. Y’know, that chain that’s… still a testnet. Mainnet is apparently “later in 2025,” which in crypto years is like saying “don’t hold your breath.” The devs say Monad is basically Ethereum-compatible but with a Solana/Sui/Aptos-style parallel execution model, so in theory we’re talking sub-second block times, single-slot finality, and up to 10k TPS. In other words: it could be blazingly fast… if it actually exists outside of PowerPoint slides yet. The AI agents themselves? They’re supposed to “learn” by watching how you play, so they can grind for you while you’re offline. And because it’s Web3, obviously they’re NFTs — so you can rent out your pixel sweatshop minions to someone else. They might even hop over to other games, DeFi apps, and onchain social. On the one hand: cool tech flex. On the other: we’ve seen this “future of gaming + AI + fast chain” movie before, and it usually ends with a cliffhanger where the chain is still in beta. Not financial advice, but… maybe let the AI agent play the game and do the bag-holding for you this time.

The NFT market recorded $574 million in sales in July, marking its second-best month of 2025 despite a drop in active buyers. Average transaction value hit a six-month high at $113, signaling a shift toward rarer, higher-quality assets. Ethereum collections dominated with $275.6 million in sales, led by CryptoPunks and Pudgy Penguins, the latter posting a 65% floor price jump. Bitcoin and Polygon followed in sales volume, while Cardano posted triple-digit growth. Analysts see the trend as part of a broader crypto upswing that could signal a selective new cycle for NFTs. 

🚨 RavenQuest Expansion — aka “Finally Giving Us Something to Do” 🚨 Alright, fellow degen gamers, RavenQuest just dropped its first major expansion, Treasures Below, on Immutable — and apparently, it’s “packed with content” (their words, not mine). Drops Friday, Aug 15th, so you’ve got 2 days to pretend you were here from the start before the new crowd arrives from Epic Games Store. TL;DR Features:Procedurally generated roguelike dungeons — high risk/reward, so basically “lose all your loot in style.” Ranked 2v2 Arena — PvP with seasonal leaderboards, because nothing says “community” like toxic duos. Two new archetypes (Naturalist + Ballistics) → over 60 new class combos. Expect min-maxers to break the meta in 48 hours. Permanent catch-up system — double XP until level 60. Translation: newbs get a speedrun mode. Thaw Festival seasonal event — exclusive rewards for the FOMO inclined. Tavernlight CEO Nicolas Schrik says it’s the perfect time for new players. Which is corporate for: “Please come back, our concurrency graph looks like a ski slope.” Also — and this is the big one — RavenQuest hits Epic Games Store same day. No more dodgy standalone launcher. Could mean more players… or just more bots. Not financial advice, but if you were eyeing RavenQuest NFTs and waiting for a population bump, this might be your moment. Or maybe the new PvP scene will implode in drama and you’ll get to buy cheap rage-quit loot. Win-win. Who’s diving into Treasures Below on launch, and who’s just here to snipe distressed assets? 🏴‍☠️

In 2021, digital artist Beeple sold his work Everydays: The First 5000 Days for over $69 million at Christie’s, setting a record for the most expensive NFT ever auctioned. The piece, a collage of 5,000 daily images created over 13 years, sparked global debate over the real value of digital art and speculation in the crypto market. NFTs (non-fungible tokens) are unique blockchain-based assets that certify ownership of a digital file, making them comparable to owning an “original” artwork in the digital era. 

Here’s how I’d write that Reddit-style post with a sarcastic crypto trader tone: [News] Treasure goes fishing on Ronin with AI agents — because apparently, AI is the new “metaverse” now So… remember Treasure? The blockchain gaming project that was all cozy on Ethereum L2s like Arbitrum and zkSync? Yeah, well, they’ve packed their bags and set sail for Ronin. Why? Because Ronin’s gone “permissionless” and suddenly everyone’s welcome at the party. The first baby born from this AI-agent pivot is here: Fishing Frenzy… but now with your very own AI fishing buddy. 🐟🤖 Here’s the pitch: You cough up 150 MAGIC (~$42) to spawn your agent. It spawns with 20 MAGIC in its wallet so it can pay for gas while doing the important work of catching digital fish for you. Want it to cook your catch? Gotta grind your Fishing Frenzy account to Level 15. Want it to go diving? That’s Level 30. (So yeah, the “AI” can fish for you… but only if you’ve done all the boring manual work first. Nice.) Apparently, the agent can also: Fish one line at a time or spam them like a maniac. Use bait, eat sushi to recover energy (because… Japan?), and collect daily/quest/battlepass rewards. “Change personality” for the low, low price of 40 MAGIC — because why not sell microtransactions for your AI’s vibes too? One fishing run costs around 0.005 MAGIC (~$0.0014), so at least you won’t go broke automating your fish empire. Overall — feels like a weird mix of Idle clicker game + Tamagotchi + speculative token sink. But hey, it’s crypto. If they launch “AI crab farming” next, I’m in.

So apparently Tezos’ Etherlink blockchain is going full GameStop arcade cabinet mode. First, we got word about Reaper Actual, a shooter from Distinct Possibility, and now they’re dropping more titles like it’s an altcoin airdrop. Pikes Arena is the headliner – a frantic mobile/browser PvP where you juggle grabbing resources and not getting absolutely wrecked. Three modes: Warm-up: free-to-play, aka the tutorial where you pretend you’re “just here for fun.” Pike mode: PvP for PIKE tokens – cue every crypto degen trying to turn virtual stabbing into rent money. XTZ mode: wager actual Tezos tokens. Because nothing says “gaming innovation” like getting liquidated by a 14-year-old with good ping. They’re also flexing that it runs on Sequence’s account abstraction wallet so even your normie cousin can get farmed without figuring out seed phrases. Then there’s Cricket Champions – a collectible card strategy game. It’s got PvE, PvP, and an esports angle. Basically, it’s Clash Royale with cricket bats and blockchain bragging rights. Etherlink’s now sitting at 11 active games, 180k+ active wallets in the last month, and a bunch of Web3 buzzwords like “seamless integration” and “dedicated funding.” According to Trilitech’s head of gaming, it’s proof that “innovative concepts can thrive.” Translation: they’re betting you’ll stay for the games, but also for the chance to maybe turn Tezos tokens into Lambo money. Not financial advice… but if Etherlink keeps adding games like this, at least I can say I lost my stack having fun.