New $40 Million Grant Program 🤑
New $40 Million Grant Program 🤑
Everything You Need To Know: Blockchain, Crypto, and NFTs
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Spectrum Highlight 💥
New $40 Million Grant Program
The Avalanche Foundation just launched Retro9000, a grant program offering up to $40M to support developers building on Avalanche's Layer 1 (L1) blockchains.
Here’s the scoop…
🔺Avalanche9000 Upgrade:
Makes it easier to deploy L1 blockchains by lowering costs and removing Primary Network validation requirements.
🔺 Incentives for Developers:
Retro9000 rewards projects based on a community-driven leaderboard—encouraging innovation and transparency.
🔺 Interchain Messaging (ICM):
Enhances communication between L1 blockchains for better interoperability. More information is to be revealed at the Avalanche Summit LATAM in Buenos Aires.
🔺 Luigi D'Onorio DeMeo:
“Avalanche9000 is the culmination of years of development work to build a platform that can support fast, scalable, and connected L1s.”
Deep dive into the full scoop, here!
Spectrum Rewind 🔁
Major Industry + Platform News
🟢 Proof of Play Launches Boss Chain to Support Pirate Nation's Growth
🟢 Why are Web3 Gaming Tokens Down in 2024?
🟢 GAM3 Awards 2024 Nomination Process
Fresh Games + Alpha
🟣 CryptoKitties Launches New Mini-Game on Telegram
🟣 PlayEmber Reveals New Game Monster Tycoon
🟣 Axie Infinity Launches Axie Pals
Tournaments + Tokens
🔴 Space Nation Soft Launch with 13M OIK Tokens Up for Grabs
🔴 Exclusive Details on Ragnarok: Monster World $ZENY Token
🔴 YGG Partners with Parallel for $100k Tournament
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Spectrum Deep Dive 🔥
320% Growth of Gaming Titles on TON
As we enter the final quarter of the year, the blockchain gaming space is seeing rapid growth. Below are some key highlights from Q3 2024 according to the Big Blockchain Game List.
Here is what you need to know…
🔹 TON Leads the Pack:
TON has experienced a remarkable 320% growth in gaming titles during Q3, now listing 385 games on its platform.
🔹 Ronin on the Rise:
Sky Mavis' Ronin blockchain has also seen notable success, with a 40% increase in games, adding 8 new titles, including the popular RPG life sim Tatsumeeko.
🔹 Immutable Holds Steady:
While Immutable remains the largest gaming-centric blockchain with 174 verified titles, it claims a higher total that lacks public validation.
🔹 Simplicity Drives Engagement:
Many new titles on TON are simple games that attract users with play-to-earn models, demonstrating the importance of accessibility in driving blockchain game adoption.
🔹 Telegram's Role:
The integration of games with Telegram is becoming a key strategy for developers, helping to funnel users into TON's ecosystem.
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Spectrum Secrets 🤫
Noted by our team as MUST-watch projects…
Pirate Nation 🏴☠️
Wilder World 🗺️
Some NFT projects that are early but should keep tabs on…
BeraCult 🐻
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Spectrum Extra ⚡
First IRL GAM3 Awards 2024
The GAM3 Awards 2024 will take place in person for the first time at the YGG Play Summit in Manila, Philippines, on November 22, 2024. This marks a significant milestone for the awards, which have previously been held online.
Here are the key details…
🌟 Celebrating Excellence:
The GAM3 Awards recognizes outstanding achievements in the web3 gaming ecosystem - called by some "The Grammys of Web3 Gaming."
🤝 Partnership with YGG:
This year G3 has partnered with Yield Guild Games (YGG), one of the world’s largest networks of web3 gamers, to bring the GAM3 awards to the Philippines.
🌍 YGG Play Summit:
The YGG Play Summit is an annual celebration of web3 gaming, often described as "The GDC of Web3 Gaming."
📊 Record Engagement:
Last year's online awards attracted over 450,000 votes from 50,000 unique voters - with a shared prize pool of USD $2 million.
🗣️ Omar Ghanem:
“The Philippines has long been one of the main hubs for web3 gaming, and some of the earliest adopters and most passionate community members are based right here.”
More information is available here!
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