SmartSoft will sponsor the “Best Start-up NFT Collection” category at the Ortak x B.F.T.H. Arena Awards 2025 in Armenia, awarding 10,000 FTN to support emerging digital art. Meanwhile, Avalanche’s game Forgotten Playland now integrates tradable NFT items, enhancing gameplay with cosmetic and collectible features. Bored Ape Yacht Club launched animated NFT stickers on Telegram, turning them into tradable digital assets via the TON blockchain. FC Barcelona unveiled “Barça Pass,” a free crypto wallet for fans to collect avatars and NFTs tied to an upcoming racing game. Finally, Silver Scott Health introduced a Health Trust NFT that gives patients full ownership of their medical and genetic data, promoting secure and consent-based access in a decentralized ecosystem.

Well well well, look who’s back trying to make the Metaverse happen again. OG ghost town Decentraland is hosting a 24-hour Game Night, kicking off at 5pm UTC, June 19th. And yes, it's exactly what you think – pixelated party games and digital claw machines for your precious $3 t-shirt wearables. The “action” (lol) goes down in the Game Arena – a 4x4 parcel in the Game Expo Area (coordinates 0,81 if you’re still navigating like it’s 2004). There are five micro-games, and apparently they’re “designed for maximum replayability” – which probably means you’ll rage quit five times in a row and keep coming back out of spite. Here’s what you’ll be wasting your clicks on: Fall Rush – stand on a tile or fall into water. It’s like musical chairs but with more existential dread. Patch Battle – “Run to the big colored zone.” So, Squid Game: Lite Edition™. SpeedTag – Basically tag, but with leaderboards so it feels productive. Think or Sink – Answer trivia or go for a swim. Because nothing screams Metaverse like virtual SATs. Highest Heights – Climb platforms while everyone else griefs you. Rage climbing, but make it blockchain. Win a round and you get to try your luck at the oversized claw machine. That’s right – you’re trading your dignity for a chance to snag a wearable that maybe, just maybe, some future DAO will value at $0.38 in 2026. But hey, it’s free-to-play and runs all day. So if your alt bags are bleeding and you’re looking to distract yourself with some Web3 nostalgia, Decentraland’s Game Night might just be the ironic dopamine hit you didn’t know you needed. LFG, I guess? 🕹️🧢 

Alright degens, gather 'round the fire—Animoca just doubled-down on Cross The Ages like it’s a discount sushi buffet. Yep, after leading a $3.5M round in May 2024 (aka peak hopium season), they’ve now gone in for a second helping. This time it's a "strategic investment", which is corp speak for “we’re buying tokens off the open market, but no, we won’t tell you when or how much—because alpha.” Naturally, the market’s eating it up. CTA is up 454% since bottoming out in Feb 2025 (down bad era), with a 161% pump just in the last month. Not bad for a token that was practically on life support. BUT let’s not get too euphoric. It’s still down 84% from its ATH in May 2024. That’s right—your bags might be up now, but they’re still in recovery mode. Circulating market cap is sitting at $37M, which is small-cap casino territory. So why is Animoca jumping back in? Well, Cross The Ages is cooking Arise, their shiny new Unreal Engine 5 ARPG. Looks like it drops Q4 this year on PC, with Mac and co “coming later” (read: probably 2026). Animoca’s not just buying tokens—they’re also helping with go-to-market, tokenomics, and liquidity. In other words, they’re doing everything but writing the code. Yat Siu dropped the usual poetic soundbite about “triple-A potential” and “bridging web2 and web3”—which, yeah, we’ve heard before. But fair play, CTA’s team has raised over $24M so far, and they’ve already shipped one game (the TCG from 2023), so it’s not just smoke and mirrors. TL;DR:Animoca just bought more CTA off the open market. Price is up, but still miles from ATH. New game Arise might be their redemption arc—or another episode of “When Unreal Engine Meets Unreal Expectations.” DYOR, but don't sleep. When Animoca starts scooping, it usually means they see something the rest of us are too jaded (or wrecked) to notice. WAGMI? Maybe. Just don’t FOMO in at the top. Again.

NFTs are expanding their influence across art, politics, and national identity. Donald Trump’s Solana-based dinner NFTs are fetching up to $16,000, with tiered collectibles given to attendees and registrants. Kazakhstan and Bhutan launched cultural NFT projects to preserve and globalize heritage, while platforms like OpenSea support national identity through blockchain art. However, not all is rosy—artist Jonathan Mann shared his $1M tax nightmare after profiting from NFT sales, and the FBI warns of NFT airdrop scams targeting Hedera wallets. Amid highs and lows, NFTs continue reshaping the digital ownership landscape.

NFT innovation shows no sign of slowing, bridging global cultures and economies. From Trump’s Solana-based NFT dinner gifts selling for up to $16,000, to Kazakhstan digitizing national symbols for global collectors, NFTs are empowering creators and expanding digital heritage. Bhutan has launched its first cultural NFT collection at the National Museum in Paro, targeting youth engagement and preservation of traditions. Meanwhile, artist Jonathan Mann’s $3M NFT success turned into a tax nightmare, highlighting the financial risks in the crypto space. The FBI has issued a warning about phishing scams via Hedera wallet NFT airdrops, urging caution among users. NFTs are not just collectibles—they’re becoming tools for cultural preservation, financial gain, and unfortunately, fraud risk. 

Well well well, look who decided to respawn — Decentraland, the OG metaverse we all definitely still visit regularly, is throwing a 24-hour Game Night starting today (June 19th, 5pm UTC). That's right, they’re cracking open the voxel vaults and serving us... micro-games. 📍 It’s all going down in the Game Arena at coords (0,81), aka the Game Expo Area. They even blocked out a whole 4×4 parcel for it — big spenders. 🎮 Here’s what’s on the menu: Fall Rush – Musical chairs meets a trapdoor. Miss a tile when the countdown ends? Say hi to the virtual fish. Patch Battle – Color zone roulette. Get to the right color fast or join the losers' lobby. SpeedTag – One player runs, the rest become stalkers. Creepy fun. Think or Sink – Quiz night with instant punishment. Pick the wrong answer and you take a dip. Highest Heights – Parkour simulator. Climb fast, fall faster. And here’s the “alpha”: win a round, you get to hop onto a winners’ podium and take a shot at a giant claw machine (because nothing says cutting-edge web3 tech like arcade nostalgia) to snag wearables. Unlimited plays, so you can sweat it out like it’s a Web2 mobile gacha game. Is this the beginning of a Decentraland renaissance, or just another dopamine drip for metaverse tourists? Either way, I’ll be there embarrassing myself in pixel parkour while secretly hoping my wearable pumps on OpenSea. Catch you on the leaderboard — or at the bottom of the water tank. 👾 Anyone else jumping in? Or are we still too busy pretending we never bought land there?

So, in the most 2025 move imaginable, Base-based blockchain B3 (you know, the one trying to make crypto gaming a thing) just bought Andromeda Insights, a custom PC builder for pro gamers and streamers. Why? Because apparently the next step in blockchain adoption is… custom rigs with self-destruct buttons. Yes, you read that right. They're calling it the B3PC, and it’s being billed as "a PC purpose-built for crypto gaming". This majestic beast comes with all your standard gamer flex gear—RGB, liquid cooling, probably a case that looks like it belongs in a Marvel movie—but also: A built-in Trezor Safe 5 wallet, because keeping your assets cold is so hot right now An instant internet kill switch, for when you sense the SEC breathing down your neck A hard drive “delete” button, presumably for rage-quitting more than just the game And best of all: a big red “destroy” button that physically nukes the memory chip. Yes. A literal button to brick your PC. Web3, baby. Slated for launch in Q1 2026 (because vaporware always tastes better when it’s slow-cooked), you can preorder this apocalypse-ready rig with a fully refundable $200 deposit—but only if you’re in the US. International degen gamers? Touch grass. Price? TBD. But their regular PCs range from $1.4K to nearly $5K, so expect your ETH bags to feel lighter. Of course, you’ll also get access to exclusive drops and NFTs, because what’s a $5K PC without the promise of jpeg utility? According to B3, this is all part of their master plan to create an “integrated ecosystem” of protocols, apps, and hardware. Translation: if Meta had a baby with Razer and raised it in a DAO. Look, I love me some high-concept crypto toys, but I can’t tell if this is the future of gaming… or a skit from Black Mirror. Either way, I’ll probably buy one just to yeet it on TikTok when BTC hits $10K again. TL;DR: B3 bought a PC builder and is now selling crypto gaming rigs with a self-destruct button. Because nothing says “mass adoption” like a $4,000 NFT miner with a red button labeled DO NOT PRESS. Thoughts? Will you preorder one, or are you holding out for the SuiPlay0X1 toaster edition?

Telegram’s collectible gifts are fueling a surge in NFT activity on the TON blockchain, making it the second most active chain after Ethereum. Integrated directly into the chat app, these NFTs can be used as stickers, shown on profiles, and traded both on- and off-chain. Over $36 million in sales have been recorded, with more than half of the wallets created in 2025. The growing popularity, driven by low minting fees and Telegram's native Stars token economy, helped TON overtake Solana in NFT activity. Telegram recently launched its own NFT marketplace, accelerating the hype and user engagement. 

So Somnia – yes, that blockchain with the “1 million TPS” tagline that sounded like every marketing intern’s fever dream – is back in the news. And surprise surprise, they’re now claiming they broke the record for the most onchain transactions in a single day on an EVM-compatible L1. 80 million transactions. In. One. Day. Oh, and they’re still just on a testnet (Shannon), because why not break world records before you actually go live? Mainnet’s not launching until “later in 2025,” which in crypto terms is basically 3 bull/bear cycles away. For context, Ethereum's best day ever? 1.9 million txns. Solana? 66.9 million (and that’s including all the bots, retries, and the kitchen sink). Somnia just rolled up with its Minecraft-on-chain knockoff, Chunked, and casually pumped out 80M daily txns like it’s flipping burgers. Even better? Chunked already pushed 250M txns in Season 1 and hit 70K concurrent users. All onchain. Which either means Somnia’s tech is borderline alien or they’ve industrialized transaction spam in a way that would make Solana devs weep. They also crossed 1 billion total transactions – again, on testnet. I guess we’re doing billion-dollar valuations based on pretend-mode stats now, which honestly, is pretty on-brand for Web3. Games are flocking in too. Sparkball ditched Solana and Monad for Somnia. Variance, DarkTable, and NightSpawn are also jumping ship. Must be a hell of an offer. Or just bags of that sweet VC liquidity Somnia’s waving around – they’ve got two $10M grant pools for web2-to-web3 transitions. And let’s not forget the marketing gold from co-founder Paul Thomas: “The future of digital experiences demands seamless interconnection, real-time performance, and freedom from traditional barriers.” Translation: “Please don’t ask what the tokenomics are yet.” TL;DR: Somnia testnet = 80M txns/day, 1B+ total Mainnet? LOL, 2025. Minecraft clone pushing onchain game logic like it’s 1999 Games abandoning other chains for a slice of the dream Grants everywhere, adoption incantations strong I’m not saying Somnia is vaporware… but if it walks like a hype train and quacks like a TPS record, maybe just wait and see if the mainnet doesn’t melt on day one. Anyway, bullish I guess? Until the next TPS flex.

Ah yes, another week, another delay in the magical land of crypto gaming. If you’re one of the lucky 21,000 Off The Grid players already onboarded to Gunz mainnet, congrats — you’ll finally be able to withdraw your precious NFTs in July and trade them on OpenSea. 🎉 Welcome to 2022, I guess? For the other ~16 million wallets stuck on the testnet: sit tight. The migration’s on hold while Gunzilla finishes building their “regulated custodial wallet” with Kauri Finance. That’s right — we’re waiting on lawyers now. Apparently, legal frameworks and compliance are the new boss levels of Web3. They're also chasing a Virtual Asset Service Provider license from the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority. Because nothing says “trust us with your game items” like a sunny offshore jurisdiction. ☀️🏝️ On the plus side, once they finally flip the switch, we’re promised monthly “ecosystem reports” and roadmaps. Because if there’s one thing that moves markets, it’s graphs and bullet points. Anyway, just another day in crypto: delays, compliance, and the eternal hope that your in-game flamethrower skin might moon someday. 🔥📈 Hold strong, grid warriors. Mainnet is definitely coming. Probably. Soon™. #GameFi #NFTGaming #OffTheGrid #Gunzilla #StillWaiting