TL;DR

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

• Web3 gaming and tech: Imaginary Ones raised, Bubble Rangers 2M downloads, Wolf Game on Blast, XBORG raised $5.7M, Deadrop on XBOX and Playstation, Gangster Arena on Blast, Bladerite raises $12M, and more news.

• Macro news: Wells Notice Robinhood, Metamask MEV, Coinbase class-action lawsuit, Tesla x Dogecoin, and BTC and ETH ETFs.

🎮 Web3 Gaming and Tech

• Imaginary Ones announced their funding round was oversubscribed - Animoca, Polygon, EDEN Holdings, and multiple others were involved

  • $BUBBLE is scheduled to release its tokenomics and TGE/CEX data tomorrow

• Imaginary One’s Bubble Rangers game reached a milestone of 2M downloads

• Blade of God announced a funding round - Delphi Ventures, OKX Ventures, YGG, EDEN Holdings, and others were involved

  • According to a Medium article from March Void Labs raised $6M in the round

• Wolf Game is relaunching Cave Game on Blast

  • One of the OG “Ponzis” all the other Ponzis are inspired by

• Xborg announced they raised $5.7M in the XBG presale round

  • TGE will be announced in the coming weeks

• The MOCA Foundation concluded the sale of its MOCA token with a total of $5M raised

  • There was a lot of demand with a 12x oversubscription (based on the available lots)

• An employee at Deadrop announces the game has been approved to launch on XBOX

  • In April, Rich shared they have been approved to build on PlayStation as well

• Nyan Heroes launched its Pre-Alpha V2 version on Epic Games

  • This season will also have P2A features, and will mostly focus on skill

• Gangster Arena is now live on Blast - 1M $GREED tokens up for grabs

  • You can read more about the game here

• Legend of Arcadia announced OKX Ventures invested in them

  • Both the funding amount and Series are unknown

• The Sui Wallet mobile app is now available on the AppStore and Play Store

  • You can stake + manage SUI and interact with various DeFi apps directly in the app

• The Ubisoft-backed game, The Watch announced they’re partnering with Immutable

  • The Watch is an RTS game from the first gaming cycle, which has been in development for 2+ years

  • They will release a Beta version of the game soon

• Blade Games announces the $2.4 million seed funding round co-led by Palm Tree Crypto and IOSG Ventures

• Dark Machine released a teaser: “From the darkness comes $MXNA”

  • The studio is building a mech-based Hero shooter

• The SOL-based melee BR game, Bladerite, announced they raised $12M in a Seed Round

  • BlizzardFund (Avalanche), HashKey Capital, Signum Capital, and others got involved in the round

• The sci-fi fantasy shooter Low Life Forms started to tease the potential release of a token

  • We featured the game in February in our “5 shooters that stand out among the crowd” thread

• Confiction Labs, the studio behind the upcoming roguelite Rifstorm is rolling out its “ZERO” initiative

  • Multiple influencers have been announcing they joined the ZERO launch, which is a low supply (300 NFTs) Genesis mint

• Saga is increasing SAGA rewards as it gets ready to launch airdrops from over 100 partners.

• The third, and likely final Blast Gold allocation has been announced

  • The highest gold allocations will go to ThrusterFi, Fantasy Top, and DistrictOne

• Shadow War, a “next-gen hybrid action title”, announced they raised $5M

  • Investors such as Momentum, Cointelligence, Cogitent, and others were involved

• Pantera Capital recently made the largest investment in its history in TON Blockchain

  • You can read the larger investment letter here.

🕹️ Gaming Narrative Play

• Blast (again): In the past 26 issues of Nexus Power Up, we have mentioned Blast Gaming multiple times. However, considering current events, we cannot ignore the L2. So, the attention on Blast is returning to the higher interest levels of May primarily driven by Fantasy Top, PAC, and the Blast Gold distribution.

  • Only yesterday was announced that Wolf Game is re-launching Cave Game on Blast, a Web3 game that has been around since the end of 2021, and still has an active community.

  • Furthermore, we just saw Gangster Arena S2 launch on Blast today. Do you remember the “gaming playground for Web3 degens”?

• All-in-all with the Blast airdrop concluding at the end of May and the last Gold distribution, it is expected the momentum will only continue for the upcoming weeks.

🚀 Nexus V1 Alpha Launch

Welcome to the twenty-seventh edition of the newsletter! We are builders and keep building out Nexus into an excellent product, that’s the message.

In the meantime, this is how you can get involved with Nexus:

• 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

• The SEC continues to issue Wells Notices, this one levied against Robinhood.

• Metamask is introducing a new feature aimed at assisting users in mitigating the effects of maximal extractable value (MEV).

• A crypto litigator has recently filed a class-action lawsuit against Coinbase on behalf of its customers, claiming that the exchange sells securities without proper registration and functions as an unlicensed broker/dealer.

• Tesla has now officially incorporated Dogecoin as a payment choice on its website.

• Crypto trading firm Mintermute will offer liquidity for the spot bitcoin and ether ETFs listed in Hong Kong, aiming to increase their involvement in the Asian market, thus fostering the partnership.

• Coin of the Week: $PRIME

• Market Cap: ~$600M

• What is Parallel? PRIME is the ecosystem token for Parallel, which powers their games Colony and Parallel TCG, and the Wayfinder Foundation which was announced more recently. This week we were teased with some of the power of the AI Wayfinder is working on, which also showed $PRIME stakers will earn $PROMPT. PRIME’s narrative continues its strength.

• 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: Wolf Game Sheep

• Why Wolf Game?

  • Been around since 2021

  • A large inspiration for many other Blast ponzi-like games

  • Existing and engaged community

  • A DEGEN-minded team that is willing to give value to its holders

  • Announced they are launching Cave Game on Blast

• Utility

  • Sheep (and Wolves) will be able to hunt for dig spots, which are RNG spots for different items

    • Some of the rewards when Cave Game originally launched (Gems) were selling for multiple ETH

• Catalysts

  • Wolf Game checks many of the boxes that align with Blast’s DEGEN-like nature. The launch of the game and more of the Blast crowd starting to pay attention will be the most important catalyst.

• Note: considering this is likely the last Blast Gold allocation it seems Wolf Game will likely miss out on getting a Gold airdrop. However, there does remain the chance of Jackpot eligibility for WOOL, the WG currency.

See you next week!