TL;DR

• Follow the Hustle and the Nexus Twitter accounts for the latest news.

• Web3 Gaming and Tech: $MOCA token rumors, Iseky x Xterio, KOD global launch, Heroes of Mavia play-to-airdrop, AI arena $6M funding round, Age of Dino successfully mints out, a massive tier list of Web3 games, and more news.

• Macro Cryptocurrency News: BTC ETF approval, Ripple is repurchasing shares, Gary Gensler’s account got hacked, XAI hitting a $154M market cap, and more news.

🎮 Web3 Gaming and Tech

Security Alert: Skyborne Legacy and Age of Dino got hacked today.

• Mocaverse, the Animoca-backed Web3 gaming engagement platform is rumored to release a token: $MOCA.

  • The Moca Foundation Twitter account and recent partnership with Coingecko fuel the speculation.

• Iseky partners with Xterio and will soon release their game: ISEKY: Soul GPS on the platform.

  • Additionally, they will start offering their NFTs-DRT(Digital Rights Token) on Xterio before launch.

• King of Destiny (KOD) launched globally.

  • Players can start earning the FATE on <> off-chain currency by reaching level 5 and playing the tournament mode.

• MAYG becomes an official partner game of Xterio.

  • The team will soon hold their Black Card Pass NFT drop on the platform.

• Heroes of Mavia introduced its Pioneer Airdrop Program.

  • 'If you are a new holder and did not stake land, you will still be eligible for an Airdrop'.

  • The floor price of Mavia Land pumped up to 1.9 ETH for a moment and now stabilized at around 0.9 ETH.

• AI Arena announced its $6M funding round.

  • The round was led by Framework Ventures, a reputable crypto venture firm.

  • It was also announced that the team will be working on multiple games, meaning its token will likely have broader utility.

• Bloodloop announced the details of its mint:

  • 1088 pieces, ~90% will be available for free.

  • More than 1,000,000 $BLS tokens will be available as Faction War loot.

• Age of Dino successfully mints out, their NFT (bidding) sale.

  • Floor prices are sitting at ~1.1 ETH right now, that’s almost 2x the max bid price of 0.6 ETH.

  • Check out our previous thread on AoD for a complete breakdown.

• Pixelmon announced its community pre-sale for the $MON token.

  • ‘Guaranteed Lots are given to Pixelmon and Golden Trainer NFT and are tied to their rarity.’

  • ‘All Pixelmon Holders and Trainers are given waitlist codes to share .’

• How to be early for every gaming launch.

  • Abhi shares Alpha groups, Twitter accounts, and tools worth following.

• Pixels started its Play-to-Airdrop campaign 2.0.

  • ‘For the next 2 weeks, players will compete to earn badges that increase their Airdrop Points.’

    • Owning Farm Land, completing quests, earning badges, climbing leaderboards, and referring new friends are ways to earn points.

• YP shares a massive tier list of Web3 games.

  • Wildcard, Heroes of Mavia, Parallel TCG, Axie, and Oh Baby Kart receive an S-tier rating.

• Synergy Land released the date of its Land Sale: 22 February

  • The game has an existing PFP collection, which has a chance to receive a Land airdrop.

🕹️ Gaming Narrative Play

• With the ETF approval of BTC, we’re seeing more liquidity moving into the space, meaning more attention will go to ordinals as well.

  • So, it can be interesting to start positioning yourself in the BTC gaming ecosystem more, to double-dip in the narratives.

  • As BTC and ordinals are hard-to-understand and difficult-to-navigate ecosystems it will likely take a little longer before we can truly see this take off. You can check out this Nexus thread to stay ahead of the curve.

🚀 Nexus Platform Countdown

Welcome to the tenth edition of the newsletter! We’re getting really close to the launch of the platform now. In the meantime, this is how you can get involved:

• Get a Nexus Pass NFT for exclusive lifetime access, or

• Subscribe for $49/month to unlock the full potential (live at launch), or

• Use the free version (limited in features) of the platform

Don't miss out—follow our journey on Hustle's Twitter, YouTube channels, and Nexus Twitter.

📈 Macro Cryptocurrency News

• Ripple Labs is repurchasing shares worth $285 million from early investors and employees.

• The US approves first spot bitcoin ETF applications for 11 issuers. Last Wednesday, BTC reached a high of almost $48k.

• Gary Gensler said that the Securities and Exchange Commission's X social media account was compromised on Tuesday and that bitcoin ETFs have not been approved for trading.

• Arbitrum's recently introduced "layer-3" gaming network, Xai, has unveiled the XAI token, hitting a market cap above $154 million after the airdrop.

• The gaming markets in East Asia aim to reach the $30.8 billion milestone by 2027.

• Second Dinner raises $100M in a series B funding round.

• Bitcoin devs are safeguarding classic Nintendo games using Ordinals. 

🌟 Token Spotlight by Hustle

• Coin of the Week: $BAZED.

• Market Cap: $21M (fully diluted)

• What is BAZED? BAZED is a sports betting and casino platform, which is right on par with WINR when it comes down to the quality of their platform. Additionally, it is confirmed they have some large updates coming up, which could bring more attention to the project.

• Delve into Hustle's market wisdom with his “Daily Watchlist” and deep-dive analysis available on the TTOO Discord server and through his “In the Game" show. 

✍️ NFT of The Week

• Pick of the week: Fortune Founder’s Key.

• Why Army of Fortune?

  • Their first game Army of Tactics accumulated 1M downloads.

  • Multiple more games are in the pipeline.

  • Just received a fund from Arbitrum.

  • Multiple millions of followers on TikTok.

  • Social traction remains to be good.

• Utility: $AFG (governance token) airdrop to holders, gateway to tournaments, access to future partnerships, rarity-based gamification, and ecosystem-wide benefits.

• Catalysts: AoF started its play-to-airdrop campaign recently, however, we haven’t seen much of a price change yet. The NFT collection’s fp even bottomed. When the team decides to push their marketing efforts it is expected to see the fp rise again.

  • Despite play-to-airdrop becoming saturated, AoF’s success with their game does show that the hype shouldn’t be empty.

• Note: the snapshot for the airdrop allocation hasn’t occurred yet.

🛠️ Nexus Updates Sneak Peek

Update of the week: Cross Chain Portfolio Tracking. This new features allows you to:

1. Add any token specific to a specific wallet in your portfolio

2. Create chain-specific wallets and add available tokens under that ecosystem (as long as they’re tracked on CMC).

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I'm truly ready to concise my wallets and Intel to one stop shop....Thanks Johnny

 ~ A Power Up Review.

See you next week!