{"id":193116,"date":"2023-11-14T08:41:44","date_gmt":"2023-11-14T03:11:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/?p=193116"},"modified":"2023-11-14T08:41:44","modified_gmt":"2023-11-14T03:11:44","slug":"gamefi-tokens-outshine-with-sharp-recovery-crypto-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/gamefi-tokens-outshine-with-sharp-recovery-crypto-news\/","title":{"rendered":"GameFi Tokens Outshine With Sharp Recovery &#8211; Crypto News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>GameFi tokens are continuing to rally, with many of the sector&#8217;s leading projects posting double-digit gains for several consecutive weeks.<\/p>\n<p>Data from CoinGecko shows that half of the ten largest GameFi projects gained more than 10% in the past week, with Immutable (IMX) rallying 35%, Illuvium (ILV) gaining 27%, and The Sandbox (SAND) jumping 12% over the past seven days.<\/p>\n<p>ILV and IMX also spiked more than 100% in the past four weeks, while The Sandbox is up 52%. Axie Infinity tokens also enjoyed impressive gains, with AXS rallying 43% and SLP surging 70% since mid-October.<\/p>\n<p>Archived data shows that the GameFi sector\u2019s market cap grew <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20231030040801\/https:\/\/www.coingecko.com\/en\/categories\/gaming\">23%<\/a> to $11.5B since Oct. 30.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/cove.finance?utm_source=defiant&amp;utm_medium=leaderboard\" class=\"h-[58px] noprose mx-auto mb-8 mt-6 block w-[320px] overflow-hidden lg:hidden\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>GameFi tokens were among the digital assets hardest hit by the recent bear market, with four of the five largest web3 gaming projects still trading at a more than 95% discount compared to their all-time highs despite their recent momentum.<\/p>\n<h2>Web3 gaming bounces back<\/h2>\n<p>On Nov. 13, Game7, a collective of web3 gaming developers and researchers, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/research.game7.io\/state-of-web3-gaming-2023\">published<\/a> a report that found GameFi projects represented an outsized share of web3 fundraising this year, taking in $1.5B during the first half of 2023. Game7 examined 1,900 blockchain games,1,000 funding rounds, and 170 blockchain ecosystems.<\/p>\n<p>The report noted the sector\u2019s increasing migration over to Ethereum scaling solutions, with Polygon, Immutable, and Arbitrum enjoying an influx of new titles. However, 75% of newly released titles launched on Layer 1.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Polygon ecosystem hosts most Web3 games today, followed by BNB and the Ethereum Mainnet,\u201d Game7 said. \u201cImmutable has emerged as the most popular L2 gaming ecosystem, followed by Arbitrum.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Despite the growing number of web3 gaming titles, the report noted that just 5% of projects are fully hosted on-chain. Instead, 85% of games support on-chain assets such as NFTs and fungible tokens.<\/p>\n<p>Most blockchain games are free-to-play with a 69% share of the market, while 26% are token-gated \u2014 meaning users must hold a specific NFT to play the game.<\/p>\n<div class=\"relative flex items-center gap-2 rounded-md bg-[#191919] p-2 my-4 lg:hidden\">\n<div class=\"relative group  flex w-max items-center gap-2  p-2 text-sm text-white mx-auto\"><strong class=\"whitespace-nowrap w-min sm:w-auto bg-gradient-to-r from-[#9FF9D2] to-[#DB9FF9] bg-clip-text text-transparent\">DeFi Alpha<\/strong><span class=\"whitespace-nowrap  w-min sm:w-auto border-l border-white pl-1 lg:hidden\">Premium Content<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"tooltip font-heading shadow-cta absolute hidden lg:visible left-6 z-10 -top-[80px] w-max max-w-xs translate-y-full flex-col rounded-lg bg-[#EEEEF4] p-3 text-left text-xs text-black group-hover:flex lg:left-auto lg:right-4\">Looking for Alpha? Become a premium member of The Defiant and join our DeFi Alpha community.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"list-inside list-disc\">\n<li>DeFi Daily | Weekdays<\/li>\n<li>DeFi Alpha Letter | Weekly<\/li>\n<li>Defiant Podcast Transcript | Weekly<\/li>\n<li>Inbox Dump | Saturday<\/li>\n<li>Weekly Recap | Sunday<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/thedefiant.io\/go-premium#pricing\" class=\"disabled:bg-cta-disabled-background disabled:text-cta-disabled-text rounded font-semibold border-cta-primary-border bg-cta-primary-background text-cta-primary-text hover:border-cta-primary-border-hover hover:bg-cta-primary-background-hover ml-auto block p-2 text-center text-sm !text-black !no-underline shadow-newButton\">Start for free<\/a><\/div>\n<p>Despite the sector\u2019s recent turnaround, Game7 found that AA or AAA-rated web3 games are still few and far between, with 94% of web3 games comprising \u201cindie-level and midsize projects.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GameFi tokens are continuing to rally, with many of the sector&#8217;s leading projects posting double-digit gains for several consecutive weeks. Data from CoinGecko shows that half of the ten largest GameFi projects gained more than 10% in the past week, with Immutable (IMX) rallying 35%, Illuvium (ILV) gaining 27%, and The Sandbox (SAND) jumping 12% [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":193117,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[274,273,272,244,266,271,268,270,269,267],"class_list":["post-193116","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-de-fi","tag-crypto-finance","tag-decentralized-finance","tag-liquidity","tag-metamask","tag-pancake","tag-slippage","tag-sushiswap","tag-tronlink","tag-trust-wallet","tag-uniswap"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193116","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=193116"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193116\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":193119,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193116\/revisions\/193119"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/193117"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=193116"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=193116"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=193116"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}