TL;DR

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

• Web3 Gaming and Tech: AOFverse raises, Persona reveal, PlayEmber mint, Imaginary Ones and Treeverse partner with Immutable, $MON presale waitlist, Chronoforge Prospecting Deeds mint, and more news.

• Macro Cryptocurrency News: Twitter crypto payments, BTC price declines after ETF approval, Swarm Markets platform hack, and more news.

🎮 Web3 Gaming and Tech

• Unagi, a Binance Labs-backed studio, is behind the Persona NFT project

  • Unagi built two fantasy sports platforms: Ultichamps and UltichampsBball.

• The PlayEmber mint happened and is now trading at a 0.4 ETH FP.

  • NFT mints aren’t flying on secondary anymore. This is telling of the current market we’re in.

• Imaginary Ones and Treeverse partner with Immutable.

  • Despite the extra social traction it created, little happened to the floor prices of both games’ NFTs.

• AOFverse raised an additional $3M in a private round led by Animoca.

  • The funds will be used to achieve the studio’s expansion plans.

  • Unfortunately, due to (negative) changes to the NFT collection regarding the $AFG airdrop, the collection dropped to 0.17 ETH.

• Domination Game is a new Seedify incumbent.

  • A quick-paced 3rd-person battle royale shooter.

• Mon Protocol announced it will be providing limited waitlist access to the $MON presale to selected communities.

• Elisa shares how Matrix is expanding on its mobile ecosystem.

  • It seems they are planning to release a BR game, called Matr1x Battle.

• Quantum Cats is an upcoming Ordinals (gaming) project.

  • The company behind the project, Taproot Wizards raised $7.5M, and Quantum Cats will be the first NFT collection it will release.

• The Anime Foundation made an announcement it is planning to create the largest open ecosystem to power anime culture via $MANGE.

  • Additionally, they announced their strategic launch partners including Animoca Brands and San_FranTokyo.

• ChronoForge sold out its Prospecting Deeds mint (now at 2.2 ETH)

  • Benefits of owning land include extra votes in world-shaping events, eligible for 15% of $RIFT supply as voting rewards, tax in-game resource harvesting

• Magic Eden announces a new reward system, the Non-fungible DAO, and Magic Eden Wallet.

  • By using the ME platform you earn Diamonds, which you can later (potentially) convert into the coming $NFT token.

• A GMEE deployer address was comprised, which led to a loss of $15M in tokens.

  • Update: The hacker still controls 1/3 of the 600M $GMEE tokens that were stolen.

  • The token lost 60% of its value this week.

• Farcana’s $FAR token got listed on Bybit.

  • The token opened at around $0.20 and is now trading at around $0.13.

• Saga is expanding its airdrop rewards across Solana, Polygon, and Avalanche games.

  • By participating in the ‘Tree Kingdoms’ event, players can claim a potential $SAGA airdrop when their mainnet launches.

• Raiden shows us how to position yourself for the upcoming AOFVerse play-to-airdrop campaign.

  • $AFG is the game’s governance token with an upcoming TGE.

• AI Arena announced The GateWay to the Arena event is coming soon. The most innovative play-to-airdrop event for $NRN tokens.

  • Hustle officially announced he’s one of the team captains.

• Pulsar announced its Miner Main Event started today.

  • $PLSR token extraction is getting a 5x boost. You can claim these tokens once their mainnet launches.

🕹️ Gaming Narrative Play

• Conviction Bags: we’re arriving at a stage where Web3 (gaming) is experiencing a downturn. This means we will likely see a shakeout of the projects purely based on hype, without the fundamentals of a good (upcoming) game.

• Take this time to revisit your current holdings, and truly assess whether these games have a shot at success. Look at the projects you are convicted on, and see if there are potential opportunities for re-entries.

🚀 Nexus Platform Countdown

Welcome to the twelfth edition of the newsletter! We’re working hard on fixing bugs in our Alpha build right 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

• Twitter might implement cryptocurrency payments in mid-2024.

• The price of BTC has experienced a decline after the approval of bitcoin ETFs. Now that FTX completed the sales of its largest holdings, it’s possible selling pressure could be alleviated.

• Mark Zuckerberg's latest objective is the development of artificial general intelligence.

• The Swarm Markets platform was hacked and assets on their ETH-based pools have been impacted.

• The SEC delays its decision on Grayscale and Blackrock’s spot Ethereum ETFs.

🌟 Token Spotlight by Hustle

• Coin of the Week: $SENATE

• Market Cap: ~$15M

• What is Sidus Heroes? Sidus Heroes is an OG Web3 gaming project with 4 live games and 14 games in development. Additionally, it is planning to launch SIDUSPAD soon, an incubation platform for Web3 games. The platform primarily drives utility to the $SIDUS token. However, “SENATE tokens play a crucial role in the DAO Green Light approval process”. This means we can expect more demand to flock to $SENATE as well.

• 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: Sipherian Surge/Flash.

• Why Play Sipher?

  • Raised at least $57M

  • Made for mobile

  • Has continued to build during the bear

  • The vesting schedule for the token is pushed back

  • The alpha version of the game is received well

• Utility: Improved starter equipment, increased shard extraction, can breed new (gen 2) vessels. Both the Sipherian Surge and Flash hold these utilities.

• Catalysts: With the downturn of the Web3 (gaming) market, and prices tanking across the board, it becomes important to choose your conviction bags. Sipherian has the team, funds, and game, and we see them continue to deliver.

🛠️ Nexus Updates Sneak Peek

Update of the week: Partner games slide overview. With this feature, you have an easily accessible overview of all the games we partnered with. We’re working hard on growing our Nexus partner list right now!

See you next week!