$60 Billion Anime Market Opportunity for Arbitrum x Azuki 💰
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Spectrum Story of the Week 🔥
Arbitrum and Azuki Tap $60 Billion Anime Market
Here’s what you need to know:
🔥 Arbitrum Foundation, in collaboration with Azuki and Weeb3 Foundation, is launching AnimeChain, a web3 network dedicated to anime fans.
🌐 AnimeChain aims to revolutionize the anime experience worldwide by integrating web3 technology, offering fans and creators an immersive ecosystem of content, games, merch, and NFTs.
📈 As the anime market is set to exceed $60 billion by 2030, AnimeChain addresses the fragmented experience faced by fans in web3, paving the way for a seamless and vibrant community.
💰 In other recent news Arbitrum Foundation is investing 200 million $ARB (currently $344 million) to boost gaming projects and even financing a feature-length film by Oscar-winner Shane Boris.
👏 Azuki CEO Zagabond
"We are proud to be the first launch partner on AnimeChain, offering new avenues for creating and consuming anime IP."
Deep dive into the full scoop, here!
Spectrum News Recap 👾
(1) NFTs, Tokens & Airdrops:
🌟 Win $GODS Tokens and Rare NFT Cards in Gods Unchained Tournament
🌟 Nyan Heroes Pre-Alpha Earn MEOW Points for $NYAN Tokens
🌟 Planet Mojo Reveals $MOJO Token and Exclusive Airdrops
🌟 Life Beyond Founder Key NFT Update and New Token
🌟 Engines of Fury Alpha Play to Earn NFT Rewards and $FURY Tokens
🌟 Web3 God Game Apeiron $APRS Token Listed on Bybit
🌟 Yield Guild Games $YGG Token Launches on Ronin Network
(2) Game Updates:
🎮 Yuga Labs Dookey Dash: Unclogged (DDU) Updates
🎮 Space Nation Closed Beta Revealed
🎮 MMO Metaverse Game Wilder World on Epic Games Store
🎮 Parallel Studios Unveils Details of Solana-Based AI Sim Colony
🎮 Apeiron Reveals Major $30K Esports Tournament
🎮 Axie Infinity Classic Guild Leaderboards S1 Live
🎮 Five New Games Coming to Sui Blockchain
(3) Announcements:
🕹️ Moonveil is launching a dedicated chain with Polygon CDK
🕹️ Big Time Generates Over $100 Million in Revenue Since Preseason
🕹️ Kreation Verse Unveils TAT Rumble NFT Mobile Battler
🕹️ Bitcoin Miner Hits 2 Million Downloads with ZBD Rewards
🕹️ The Sandbox Hits 5.7 Million Accounts Created
🕹️ Former StepApp CEO Launches New Web3 Game Pixelverse
🕹️ Affyn Reveals Web3 MOBA Buddy Arena Multi-Chain Global Launch
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Spectrum Spotlight 💡
Pixels Surpasses 2 Million Users on Ronin Network
Here's a quick breakdown:
🎮 Pixels, a leading game on the Ronin blockchain, has reached a major milestone with over 2 million lifetime wallets and 625,000 daily active unique wallets.
🌟 Since its migration in late 2023, Pixels has seen steady growth fueled by innovative initiatives like play-to-airdrop events and collaborations with industry giants like Mocaverse and Yield Guild Games.
👥 Open data shows Pixels attracting around 625,000 daily active unique wallets on Ronin, according to DappRadar. The entire blockchain gaming sector is also experiencing record activity.
🌐 While wallet activity isn’t always indicative of human activity, the sector trend is undeniably upward. Joel John’s Decentralised Substack graph highlights this trend.
🗣️ Pixels CEO Luke Barwikowski
“Is Pixels retaining users? What are players doing with $PIXEL? How will Pixels acquire new users? We aim to be a significant player in web3 gaming."
For the full scoop, read here!
Spectrum Alpha 🔍
Noted by the Spectrum team, these are a few projects that have been making waves in our conversations lately…
Spooks 👻
Pixiz 🙈
BITFOOTS 🐾
TheSEIDen 🤞🏼
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Spectrum Extras ⚡
Forbes Web3, Open Campus, and Animoca Brands: OC100
Here’s everything you need to know:
🚀 Forbes Web3, Open Campus, and Animoca Brands have teamed up to bring you OC100, a groundbreaking competition recognizing the movers and shakers of web3.
🔍 The collaboration will harness the 3 companies’ collective expertise in media, education, and technology to recognize and elevate creators driving the next phase of web3 adoption.
🏆 OC100 will unfold in multiple phases, including nominations and public voting. There are 8 nomination categories ranging from Cultural & Artistic Impact to Social Impact & Ethics - the top 100 creators will be revealed soon.
👩🏫 Creators on the OC100 list will receive prestigious Forbes spotlight, networking opportunities at Animoca Brands events, and early access to Open Campus's innovative products.
🎖️ The selection process will be overseen by a panel of esteemed web3 luminaries, including Yat Siu, Ray Chan, Diana-Luk Ye, and other influential figures from the industry
🏆 To vote holders of an Open Campus ID or Moca ID can go to 100.opencampus.xyz to nominate themselves or a creator that they think deserves recognition as a thought leader of web3.
🗣️ Yat Siu Co-Founder and Chairman of Animoca Brands
“We are excited to be at the forefront of this innovative educational venture with Forbes Web3 and Open Campus. OC100 will help shape the future of learning in the digital age while bringing much-deserved attention to educators for the content they create. We seek to foster a community-driven approach in web3 education, where innovative creators are recognized and elevated by the community.”
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