Welcome back to the latest edition of your weekly PlayToEarn newsletter!

Big news this week from us at PlayToEarn as we announce our upcoming industry event in Singapore — Double XP Gaming Night! This event will bring together industry leaders and blockchain gaming enthusiasts from around the world for an evening of talks, panels, and networking! The event is free to attend, but spots are limited, so sign up now!

Crazy times in the crypto world lately as we see a lot more volatility and a general downward trend in token value as the US federal interest rates remain unchanged.

But even as token prices drop, there is still a lot of strong, long-term, positive sentiment, particularly for Bitcoin, with Michael Saylor (founder of MicroStrategy, one of the largest Bitcoin holders in the world) predicting Bitcoin could hit a price point of as much as $49 million per coin by 2045 (with $3 million as his ‘worst’ price!) If that ever happened, there would certainly be a lot of happy people around here!

And though the proposal isn’t likely to make it very far, one US politician has put forth a bill to create a national Bitcoin reserve. Bitcoin, and crypto in general, an an increasingly large part of the mainstream news cycle, which is a very positive trend!

Last week you mostly said that you really didn’t care what day of the week this newsletter was delivered. So we’re going to try a Friday send. That way we can get you news about any upcoming weekend events before the weekend starts!

Our new poll this week asks about the type of game you most enjoy. Please participate and let us know your opinions!

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Here are our hot topics at PlayToEarn this week for web3 and blockchain gaming.

Blockchain Tech: More than just Crypto and NFTs

There is just too much going on with blockchain tech to not bring up this sort of news every week. These blockchain integrations with currently existing systems is something that web3 enthusiasts have been promoting for years, but it seems that the wave of actual integrations is rising fast!

The California DMV (Department of Motor Vehicles), has digitized 42 millions car titles on the Avalanche network, paving the way for transfer of car ownership to take minutes rather than days, or even weeks!

You can also use the Blackbird app, developed on Base, to make dining reservations and accumulate rewards, all through the blockchain!

Or how about some Bitcoin with your donuts? Dunkin Donuts is having a promotion in South Korea where they give Bitcoin coupons (redeemable for actual BTC) to their customers.

This really feels like the beginning of a potential tsunami as people discover that the blockchain is more than just ‘funny money’ and ‘over-priced pictures of monkeys’.

Latest Play to Earn and Play to Airdrop News🪂

Community Gaming has kicked off their Summer Points Program, allowing players to earn points through daily logins, wheel spins, referrals, and quests. These points will be redeemable for CGX tokens at some point after the program ends.

Wanderers Open Beta, play to airdrop campaign started this week. And Last Remains is holding a one day (Aug 2nd only) playtest event where players can earn NFTs.

Loot Legends 10 day closed beta starts next week on August 8th. This beta was scheduled to start on August 1st, but the team ran into some last minute issues and decided to delay it by a week.

Animoca has been keeping things exciting by launching early playtests of two games, Cosmic Royale, a wacky racing game, and Cosmic Bomber, a real-time strategy / puzzle / PvP game! Both are accessible to anyone with a MOCA ID (which is completely free) and allow players to earn Realm Points, which could in turn open up airdrop claims for the next round of the MOCA token release!

Moving Money: Funding, Tokenomics, and other related stories from web3 gaming 💰

Top News Stories in Web3 Gaming This Week ⬆️

Here are just a few of the top stories in web3 gaming from this past week.

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