August 30, 2024

Will Telegram founder arrest affect gaming on TONchain?

PlayToEarn Newsletter #242 - Web3 gaming news from this past week

Welcome back to your weekly PlayToEarn newsletter where we give you the latest lowdown on all the happenings in the world of blockchain and web3 gaming!

The crypto markets were extremely volatile again this week, which seems to be the norm these days. Be careful when trading, especially with futures!

Gamescom 2024 was a success, with numerous web3 games putting in appearances with booths and presentations. And while full mainstream adoption isn’t here yet, it gets closer month by month!

Unfortunately, one of the biggest movers towards mainstream adoption of web3 technology, Telegram, took a hit this week as the CEO was arrested and charged in France! More on this event further down the newsletter.

By let’s kick off our web3 gaming news with a quick look at the most searched and visited games on the PlayToEarn site over the past day.

Top Trending games on PlayToEarn

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

Last chance to join PlayToEarn’s Web3War Tournament
Telegram CEO Arrested
The latest play to earn and play to airdrop campaigns
Moving Money: Web3 gaming token and fundraising news
Our top web3 gaming headlines this week
PlayToEarn Double XP Gaming Night in Singapore on September 17th

Last chance to sign up for our Web3War Tournament!

Join and Win with PlayToEarn’s Free to Play, Web3War Tournament 🔫

PlayToEarn is hosting a special 4v4, Web3War tournament starting on August 31st. Each round will be played in ranked deathmatch mode, best of three maps.

The prize pool consists of 100k FPS tokens, with a value of over $3,000! Prizes go to the top 8 teams.

This will be a single elimination bracket tournament, held in four rounds over two days. The battles will begin at 5pm UTC on each day. And you will need to join our Discord chat to find out who your opponents will be.

You can register for this tournament through the Community Gaming site and read the full set of rules there as well. If you plan on playing, be sure to register before August 31st!

This is just the first tournament scheduled. PlayToEarn will continue to host more tournaments in the future, celebrating the world of blockchain gaming!

Telegram CEO Arrested; Privacy the main conflict point 👮

The biggest news in the tech world this week as the arrest of Pavel Durov, CEO of Telegram. He was arrested in France and is now out on bail awaiting trial. Basically, Pavel Durov is being charged with aiding criminals and other such charges related to the fact the he refused to give French authorities access to private user data from the Telegram platform. If convicted, he faces up to 20 years in prison.

This arrest represents another battle in the ongoing fight between privacy and governmental authority. Finding a middle ground between the extremists in either direction will likely be a constant and ongoing struggle for some time to come.

And though this arrest could eventually lead to Telegram being banned in France or even the entire EU, that hasn’t seemed to phase most Telegram users. Nor has it slowed the continued rise of web3 gaming on Telegram.

In one example, GOAT Gaming launched their Telegram app just recently, and in the first week, saw over 100k active users and over a million on-chain transactions! It certainly doesn’t feel like Tonchain is going away anytime soon!

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Latest Play to Earn and Play to Airdrop News🪂

Things have slowed down a little as summer in the north comes to a close, but that doesn’t mean there isn’t plenty to do. Here are some play and earn opportunities available right now!

The Forgotten Runiverse open beta runs through September 7th, giving players a chance to try out the game and mint items as NFTs as well!
The Apeiron beta playtest started on August 22nd, with leaderboards slated to go live in early September. Play an earn with this action-packed auto-battler!
A new Mirandus playtest started this week. Earn a reward for participating and an additional, special reward for finding and killing the elusive Golden Bunny!
Boss Fighters kicks off an open beta with the servers open 24/7 and special rewards for participants
RavenQuest kicks off an open, early access playtest with a play to airdrop campaign
Tribally, a hot new ‘social-fi’ platform, has a new play to airdrop event as well, offering token rewards to the top 4000 players!
And that’s not all. We also have Fableborne Adventures Season 2, Zeeverse play to airdrop phase 1, and the Nyan Heroes pre-alpha playtest 3!

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

Call of the Voyd Genesis Voyd Heart NFT sale hasn’t been as active as many recent gaming NFT sales, but that means there is still a chance to pick up one of these Genesis NFTs for ~$30 in IMX tokens. The sale ends in 30 days.
The SCAPE Founding Citizens Mint sold out and have already generated 14 ETH worth of trading volume on the secondary market. The avatars have not yet been revealed, so every NFT is still equal at the moment.
The Boss Fighters Loot Drop sale has been pushed back a week to September 5th
Zerpmon has already made an airdrop to those who picked up an NFT and from their recent Evolved Mint
$HMSTR token to be listed on OKX on September 26th

PlayToEarn Double XP Gaming Night in Singapore 🎉

PlayToEarn’s Double XP Gaming Night in Singapore is only a few weeks away! This event will bring together industry leaders and blockchain gaming enthusiasts from around the world for an evening of talks, panels, and networking.

Keynote speakers include Sebastien Borget, COO and co-founder of The Sandbox, Gabby Dizon, CEO of YGG, Andrew Miron, founder of Gamestarter, and Robby Yung, CEO of Animoca Brands.

The event is free to attend, but spots are limited, so sign up now!

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Will Telegram founder arrest affect gaming on TONchain?

Will Telegram founder arrest affect gaming on TONchain?

Join and Win with PlayToEarn’s Free to Play, Web3War Tournament 🔫

Telegram CEO Arrested; Privacy the main conflict point 👮

Latest Play to Earn and Play to Airdrop News🪂

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

Top News Stories in Web3 Gaming This Week ⬆️

PlayToEarn Double XP Gaming Night in Singapore 🎉

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