🎮 Web3 Gaming and Tech

• Wildcard and Thousands raise another $6.5M (with $2.5M more to come)

  • This follows Wildcard’s $46M Series A in 2022

• Hackers managed to break MapleStory Universe, and started solo’ing end-game bosses + flooding the market with assets

  • In response, MSU tightened its security. But will it be enough?

• Eden Holdings announces a partnership with Virtuals

  • “In the coming months, we’ll launch a series of native agents across high-priority verticals”

• Gigaverse reported it made $3M in the last 111 days

  • ~$1.5M from its in-game sales and ~$1.5M from its ROM NFT sale

• B3 has acquired Andromeda Insights, a gaming PC company

  • The PCs have a built-in hard wallet and self-destruct drive

• Uprising Labs releases the tokenomics for its UPR token

  • 37% of the supply is going to the community

• Ronin launches its ecosystem directory

  • An easy way to scroll through all the top dApps in the ecosystem

• Wolf Game is migrating to Abstract under new leadership

  • Blast, Solana, and now Abstract, can they turn the ship around?

• Uptopia raises $4M to disrupt game distribution with onchain discoverability through game coins

🚀 Nexus V1 Launch

Welcome to edition #84 of the Nexus Power Up Newsletter. We’re getting closer to releasing the public version of on-platform trading, with a target of this Monday.

Try the free features (game database, crypto market overview, and token and NFT charts) of the platform without having to log in 👇

You can also get access through:

• Getting a Nexus Pass NFT now for exclusive lifetime access

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

📈Macro Cryptocurrency News

• The Federal Reserve is expected to maintain current interest rates during its June meeting, with decisions influenced by ongoing economic uncertainties.

• Pro-Israel hackers claim responsibility for a cyberattack targeting Iran, escalating tensions between the two nations.

• Eigen Labs secures $70 million from a16z to enhance Ethereum restaking with the launch of EigenCloud, a platform for blockchain-grade verifiability.

• The Senate has officially passed the 'Genius Act,' a new bill aimed at regulating stablecoins in the crypto market.

• A crypto investor loses $6.9 million in a scam involving a tampered cold wallet purchased on Douyin.

• The U.S. and UK have finalized a trade deal, marking a significant step in their economic relationship under Trump and Starmer's leadership.

• The SEC has approved a filing by Trump Media, potentially enabling a multi-billion-dollar Bitcoin purchase.

• Fidelity has filed for a Solana ETF, proposing to list it on the Cboe with ambitious plans for market expansion.

• Walmart and Amazon are reportedly exploring the creation of their own stablecoins to compete in the digital currency space.

• Coinbase plans to launch CFTC-compliant perpetual futures trading in the U.S., expanding its cryptocurrency offerings.

🌟Token Spotlight by Hustle

• Coin of the Week: AERO

• Market Cap: ~$747M

• What is Aerodrom Finance? A DeFi platform built on Base, which was recently directly integrated into the Coinbase app. This year, the platform has already surpassed $100B in trading volume, a 10x growth year-over-year.

• 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. 

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See you next week!