So apparently regulation is bullish now.Gunzilla just got their GUN token blessed as a utility token under MiCAR (EU’s shiny new crypto rules). Translation: Brussels says “ok boomer, this one’s not a scam.” 🚬With that stamp of approval, they’re finally starting the real migration of Off The Grid players onto the Gunz mainnet. Until now, only 21k early adopters were on-chain. Now, EU-based PC players are getting moved over this week.Couple fun facts:Steam peak concurrent: ~13k players (so not exactly Fortnite, but hey, not dead either).Xbox & PlayStation launched Oct 2024… but those migrations are on ice until Sony & Microsoft say “sure, why not.” Right now, console peasants are still stuck on testnet.Mainnet metrics so far: 62,498 wallets, 7.7M NFTs minted, $285k worth of NFTs traded on OpenSea (so, like, one Bored Ape sale).~3k daily active wallets.Gunzilla’s CEO came out swinging with the usual “this is a defining moment” speech. Apparently, they’re not just building a game, they’re “building the premier web3-native AAA gaming chain.” Bold words for a company with numbers smaller than some Solana shitcoin Telegram groups.Don’t get me wrong — getting MiCAR approval is a legit flex, and being the first gaming token under it is actually huge from a regulatory standpoint. But whether this translates into player adoption, volume, and actual in-game utility… we’ll see. TL;DR: GUN just got EU regulatory sainthood, migrations are scaling up, NFTs are flowing, and Gunzilla’s dreaming big. Might be early, might be cope. Place your bets. 🎲

The NFT market slowed sharply in early September, with weekly sales dropping to $91.95 million, the lowest since mid-June. This marked a 45% decline from late July, when volumes hit $170 million, the third-highest weekly total of 2025.Unique buyers also fell nearly 59%, sliding from 487,000 in late July to just 199,800 in early September. Average sales prices dropped as well, from about $102 in early August to $72 by September’s first week. Analysts note that July and August were among the strongest months since February 2025, fueled by growing adoption, new NFT platforms, and cultural expansions like Ibiza’s first permanent NFT gallery. Whether September’s downturn is temporary or signals a longer trend remains to be seen.

Slime Miner — the idle clicker mining game that somehow became Kaia’s golden goose with 18M registered users and 150k DAU on LINE Mini Dapps — is now out on the Apple App Store and Google Play. Yeah, you can now mine slimes while pretending to check your emails. But wait for it: The mobile app isn’t connected to the original Kaia blockchain servers. Two separate worlds, no interoperability. Imagine buying Gucci in one metaverse and then being forced to wear knockoff Crocs in another. Also, if you’re in South Korea or Singapore, congrats — you can’t play it at all. Immutable Play will market the game, but it’s not even on Immutable’s chain. Just vibes. Now the juicy bits:💰 The game was already pulling in $2M/month peak on LINE and saw $3M worth of KAIA tokens thrown at it. Some of that “revenue” is basically people preloading hopium for the inevitable token launch. Oh, and yes, there are NFTs too — but they’re framed as “long-term rewards” so that normies don’t freak out. Game modes? Sure: idle mining, PVP racing, guild wars. Basically Clash of Clans meets “leave your phone on overnight.” The CEO says this is a “milestone moment” for Web3 gaming, with the usual “fun first, digital ownership, sustainable ecosystem” pitch. Translation: We’ll take your fiat, your KAIA, and maybe, just maybe, give you some JPEGs you didn’t know you needed.

OpenSea has quietly raised its NFT trading fee from 0.5% to 1%, with half of the revenue funneled into a pre-token rewards pool. The move, announced by CMO Adam Hollander, takes effect on September 15, just weeks before the anticipated October launch of the SEA token. The rewards program will be gamified with treasure chests and backed by $1M in OP and ARB tokens plus high-value NFTs. However, OpenSea has not committed to lowering fees afterward, a risk as rivals like Blur and Magic Eden still charge little or nothing. Alongside the fee hike, OpenSea unveiled an AI-powered mobile app for cross-chain portfolios and real-time trade insights, as well as a $1M “Insignia Collection” of historic NFTs like CryptoPunks—moves aimed at positioning the platform as both marketplace and curator. 

Here’s a draft you could drop into a crypto/gaming subreddit with that trader-ish, slightly sarcastic tone: [Discussion] Pudgy Party already hitting 500k installs in 2 weeks – bullish or just another sugar high? So Mythical Games has been around the block — NFL Rivals did 7M installs in 3 years, FIFA Rivals did 1M in 7 weeks… but Pudgy Party? Yeah, it’s flexing: 500,000 installs in just two weeks since launch on Aug 29th. For context, Google Play is still showing the “100k+” badge (next stop: 500k+), but their X account swears they already crossed the line. Forkcast even has a prediction market giving it a 63% chance ($0.63) of hitting that official Google tier by the end of September. And surprise surprise — this isn’t just about installs. The Pudgy Power NFT (given out at Comic Con 2025) is already chilling at a $3,300 floor on Mythical’s marketplace. Meanwhile, Mythos blockchain activity is ticking up thanks to this game + their Dmarket (CS:GO skins) integration. So yeah, web3 gaming FOMO seems alive and well. Question is: Is this sustainable growth or just Pudgy penguin hype bleeding over? Do we see this actually onboard new players into web3, or is it just another short-lived dopamine rush? And are we pricing in the fact that Mythical basically has distribution power most “play-to-earn” rug pull wannabes can only dream of? Personally, I’ll believe in mass adoption when someone other than crypto Twitter cares that a Comic Con NFT is trading like a used Honda Civic. What do you guys think — bullish signal for web3 gaming, or just another round of exit liquidity for the true believers?

OpenSea, the leading NFT marketplace, has created a $1 million reserve to acquire and preserve culturally significant digital art. The initiative began with the purchase of CryptoPunk #5273 for around $283,000, highlighting NFTs as historical and artistic artifacts. The vault will expand with works chosen for their creative, social, or technological influence, guided by OpenSea staff and external art advisors. Despite a broader slowdown in NFT sales, OpenSea says the reserve will safeguard milestones in digital art that “stand the test of time.”

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So apparently Wildcard — yeah, the PC game that’s been farming Steam wishlists like there’s no tomorrow (75k+ before launch in October) — is now pulling back the curtain on its Web3 ecosystem. Spoiler: it’s got everything from esports fantasy leagues to digital landlords. Here’s the rundown: The Setup: Their community platform “Thousands” isn’t just about streaming. Nope, it’s tying in esports and game assets. Because why stop at gaming when you can strap a DeFi rocket to it? 🚀 Wildcard Fantasy League: Users (who go through KYC, because of course 🙃) can “sponsor” characters with their WC token. Rookie characters cost ~4,750 WC, pros ~28,500 WC. If your sponsored character actually gets drafted into the season, you get: A USDC signing bonus 💵 A cut of their winnings So basically fantasy sports meets owning a Pokémon trainer. Tokens: Supply is a cute 88,888,888. Very meme-worthy. Token’s currently airlocked, so no liquid price yet. But hey, with “only” 88.9M supply, people are already saying “could easily hit $1.” (Yes, yes, “not financial advice,” we know 🙄). Landlords in the Metaverse (again): You’ll even be able to own the game’s venues and collect revenue shares. So if you missed being a landlord in Web2, congrats — Web3 still has a shot for you. TL;DR:Wildcard wants to be the Fortnite of Web3 esports fantasy leagues with a sprinkle of tokenomics and just enough exclusivity to make people foam at the mouth. Token’s locked, hype’s rising, and somewhere out there a crypto bro is already making a “WC to $10 EOY” thread.

Validators decided OP was the best choice, probably helped by the $5M in milestone-based grants, dev support, and extra goodies like Eigen Labs’ EIGEN tokens and ZKC tokens from Boundless. Oh, and access to the Optimism Retro Fund too. Basically, Ronin’s getting showered with incentives to play nice in the OP ecosystem. Why OP Stack? Well, besides Coinbase’s Base, Sony’s Soneium, and Uniswap’s Unichain already flexing it, OP claims to push way more user ops/sec than rivals like Arbitrum, Polygon, and zkSync. Plus, Ronin’s block times are expected to drop to 100–200ms (about 15x faster). That’s gamer-friendly latency right there. Of course, the marketing spin is predictable: “Ronin’s return to Ethereum” and “Ethereum’s gamification engine.” Translation: we’re done pretending we can stand alone, please enjoy our speedrun into the OP multiverse. Not financial advice, but if history tells us anything, every L1 eventually becomes an L2. Ronin just skipped the denial stage and went straight to “please sir, may I have some OP tokens?” What do you all think — smart pivot for web3 gaming, or just another chain realizing the L1 dream was a bit… optimistic? 👀