TL;DR

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

• Web3 gaming and tech: MON Protocol, Aethir Cloud raises $90M+, Inevitable Games Fund, GAMES.GG token launch, NIM Network claim, Nyan Heroes raise, CityVerse Tycoon, Bornless raise, Pixel Guilds, Gaimin token, and more.

• Macro Cryptocurrency News: Microstrategy buys more BTC, Blackrock deposits $100M USDC, Solana memecoins, interest rates, Robinhood crypto wallet, CZ education project, and the SEC pursues ETH.

🎮 Web3 Gaming and Tech

• The MON Protocol keeps on partnering with Web3 gaming studios and added Space Nation and Endless Clouds to their network

• Block Games reveals its lineup of partners and contributors

  • Again we see notable figures such as Alex Becker, Mario Nawfal, and Dingaling included

• Immutable, Polygon, and King River Capital partner to launch a $100M Inevitable Games Fund

  • The fund is set to pioneer early-stage investments in Web3 gaming

• GAMES.GG is launching its $G3 token on the Neo Tokyo launchpad on the 5th of April

• Madworld, a mobile post-apocalyptic shooter raises $11M

  • Carbon, a studio of industry veterans, develops the game and also raised in 2020

• The NIM Network Genesis Rolldrop is now live

  • 90M NIM is distributed to DYM stakers and holders of on-chain and AI-related NFT collections

• The Machines Arena raises $5M in a round co-led by Delphi Digital, Framework, and Arca

  • This is a hero-shooter game on the Ronin Network

• Saga announced that Saga Origins, the game publishing arm, has unveiled plans to publish games for the Saga Layer-1 blockchain

• Aethir Cloud raises over 25.000 in ETH, which is over $90M

• Nyan Heroes raised $3M in a round led by Mechanism Capital, with participation from Delphi Digital, Sfermion, and more

  • Nyan Heroes is one of the better Web3 games that you can play right now

• The studio behind Cityverse Tycoon comes out of stealth, it’s a monopoly-like Web3 game

  • They raised $8.5M and are backed by Framework and BVP

• Pixels released Guilds, here’s everything you need to know about this new game feature

• The Bornless raised $6.66M in a round through Arca, XBORG, Builders Capital, and more

  • This is one of the best upcoming Web3 games, that has been going under the radar

• Hyperplay received a strategic investment from Square Enix

  • This partnership also includes Symbiogenesis being featured on the Hyperplay launcher

• Crypto Rogue raised $1.5M for the development of Crystals of Naramunz

• Shrapnel launches a series of partnership skins, including AVAX, BoDoggo, SuperVerse DAO, Neo Tokyo, and Play Alchemy

• Bowled.io is launching its Mystery Box collection on the 25th of March on Dew

  • Bowled is a mobile P2E game ecosystem with various sports games

• Gaimin will launch its token on Bybit on the 26th of March

  • Gaimin is holding one of the largest social campaigns on Twitter right now and is incubated by CoinMarketCap

• SuperVerse DAO partners with Wilder World

  • $SUPER holders will benefit through a token integration with the game

• WELL3’s public token sale is starting on the 27th of March

  • This is the studio behind the Yoga Petz Web3 app

• Wilder World releases a new cinematic trailer

• Ronin gets listed on Coinbase, meaning 73M users get access to buying the token

  • Since its listing, the price of $RON has been fairly stagnant

• Elixir Games opens up its Incubation Program with Domenation

  • You can get involved with the Elixir Games Launchpad through its upcoming NFT collection

• The YGG token is now available on Ronin

  • YGG is one of the larger guilds that flourished in the last bull cycle of 2021

• Aptos announced an extension of the collaboration between GameStack and Google Cloud

  • This strategic move enables developers to create, monetize, and distribute their web3 games effortlessly.

• Immutable partners with OKX and unveils a new GameFi launchpad

  • The partnership will integrate the OKX Wallet and OKX Marketplace into Immutable Passport and Immutable Orderbook

• Gala Games partners with GemsGG to bring the Galachain to esports

• Starbucks has revealed plans to discontinue its program allowing customers to earn and purchase digital collectible stamps in the form of NFTs, to accommodate new initiatives

🕹️ Gaming Narrative Play

• With Aethir’s outstanding raise of $90M in ETH, a new narrative is unfolding, which is Web3 gaming x AI infrastructure. The stickiness of AI keeps steamrolling the space, and gaming is a great vertical for this application.

  • Other projects like NIM Network and GamesGPT are also gaining traction, which could follow in the footsteps of successes like Aethir.

🚀 Nexus V1 Alpha Launch

Welcome to the twentieth edition of the newsletter! Behind the scenes, we are working on “big things” we can say for now, hopefully, we can break the news to you soon.

Furthermore, we are still working hard on the public launch. In the meantime, this is how you can get involved:

• Get a Nexus Pass NFT now for exclusive and immediate lifetime access.

When we launch publicly, you can:

• Subscribe for $49/month to unlock the full potential (live at a next-stage 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

• MicroStrategy has purchased an additional 9,245 BTC for approximately $623.0 million using proceeds from convertible notes and excess cash, equating to roughly $67,382 per Bitcoin.

• Blackrock launches a digital asset fund and deposits $100 million $USDC on the Ethereum network.

• Memecoin mania drives the Solana token toward its all-time high. Trading volume on Solana's blockchain surged to its highest level in over two years, driven primarily by memecoins like Slerf, Boom of Meme, Snap, and Dogwifhat dominating activity on decentralized exchanges.

• The Federal Reserve decided to keep interest rates unchanged and maintain expectations for three rate cuts sometime within the year.

• Robinhood launches an Android crypto wallet, endeavoring to push for more Web3 adoption. 

• Binance ex-CEO ChangPeng ZI hao (CZ) is set to launch a new education project.

• The SEC is actively pursuing legal action to categorize Ethereum, the second-most popular cryptocurrency, as a security.

🌟 Token Spotlight by Hustle

• Coin of the Week: $PRIME

• Market Cap: $690M

• What is $PRIME? PRIME is the token that empowers the Parallel ecosystem (TCG and Colony). The largest appeal for the token right now is coming from Colony, a simulation game with AI agents. Additionally, stakers of PRIME will receive airdrops of AIWayfinder tokens, the underlying foundation for AI tech.

• 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: The Bornless: Genesis Collection

• Why the Bornless?

  • In development for 2+ years

  • Accumulated over 200K wishlists on Steam (without marketing)

  • Unique take on the battle royale genre

  • Going under the radar in Web3

  • Just raised $6.66M in seed funding

  • Deep understanding of Web3 community building

• Utility:

  • The whitepaper has been removed, however, the thesis is that the studio’s latest round was a token sale, which was rumored to launch in Q3 ‘24.

  • Holders of the Genesis NFT collection will almost certainly benefit here, considering the Bornless has been very understanding of Web3, however, not shown it publicly.

• Catalysts:

  • Once there are more details on how the NFTs can benefit, the Web3 attention on The Bornless will likely increase. More attention will lead to more liquidity moving in.

🛠️ Nexus Feature Highlight

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