BTCS has been included in the Russell micro cap index and plans to raise 100 million USD to increase its ETH reserves, with its stock price rising over 100% in the past month. At the same time, other companies increasing their ETH reserves, such as SharpLink Gaming and GameSquare, have also performed strongly.

Gate News Bot news, July 02, according to CoinMarketCap, as of the time of publication, VIRTUAL (Virtuals Protocol) is currently priced at $1.47, with a rise of 0.77% in the past 24 hours, reaching a high of $1.65 and a low of $1.39. The 24-hour volume is $145 million. The current market capitalization is approximately $965 million, which is a 73 rise compared to yesterday.

Odaily News Bella Protocol launched its first on-chain AI interactive mini-game Token Yugijo on July 1st. The game is deployed on the Optimism network and provides verifiable random numbers through ARPA Randcast, ensuring that every coin flip result is fair and transparent. Users do not need to hold ETH in their wallets, and can use USDC to complete deposits, withdrawals, and game operations through the EIP-712 signature mechanism, providing a zero Gas on-chain gaming experience. The operation mechanics of Token Yugijo are simple and introduce an AI interaction mechanism. The in-game animated assistant Ms. Bunny Flipton provides personalized suggestions and interesting tips based on the user's historical performance and behavior patterns. Bet

Odaily News Pudgy Penguins has launched the P2E game Pengu Clash on the TON blockchain. Pudgy Penguins stated that this game will adopt a play-to-earn model, allowing players to earn rewards through competition, said Pudgy Penguins CEO Luca Netz.

Golden Finance reported that the Tokenomics team of the Algorand Foundation released a new study questioning one of the most cited metrics in the Crypto Assets field—Total Value Locked (TVL). This report provides the strongest evidence to date that, despite TVL occupying a significant position in various dashboards, news headlines, and investor profiles, it has no impact on the financial performance of Tokens. A recent analysis of over 300 Crypto Assets (excluding Bitcoin and stablecoins) during the 2023-2024 period, led by Dr. Matthew Brigida, associate professor of finance at the State University of New York and chief economist of the Algorand Foundation, shows no evidence that TVL can predict the value performance of Tokens.

According to Gate News bot, Voya Games, a Web3 game developer, has raised $5 million in funding. This round of financing was co-led by 1kx and Makers Fund, with participation from institutions such as RockawayX. The funds raised will be invested in the development of the leisure resource management game Craft World, which is currently in the testnet phase. Source: Wu Shuo

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On April 23, Jin10 reported that European Central Bank senior official and council member Villeroy stated during a speech in New York on Tuesday that the trade dispute initiated by U.S. President Trump based on erroneous economic theories has plunged the world into a "lose-lose game," which not only suppresses global economic growth, including that of the United States, but may also jeopardize the stability of the financial system. Villeroy called on all parties to take downgrading measures to avoid a spiral rise in tariffs. "At this moment, both sides of the Atlantic need to face the truth more than ever, fully assess the damage of the trade war, and pave the way for constructive dialogue," Villeroy said.

According to the official announcement, Enish, a Japanese-listed game developer, announced that it will include Bitcoin in its financial strategy, planning to buy 100 million yen (about $670,000) worth of Bitcoin between April 1 and 4. The company positions Bitcoin purchases as an important part of its overall financial strategy.

On March 19, Jin10 Data reported that during the Global Game Developers Conference (GDC2025), Omdia stated in an online seminar that more game developers are currently choosing to procure AI tools rather than develop them in-house, in order to drop costs and risks. Large game issuers are starting to provide AI tools to small and medium-sized developers, driving market maturation. Customized AI tools are on the rise, with specialized AI tools to meet game development needs continuously emerging, helping to enhance R&D efficiency.

The decentralized card game Fantasy.top announced its migration to Base, with the cross-chain bridges set to open on July 15. The game completed a $4.25 million seed round financing last year, led by Dragonfly and with participation from Manifold Ventures.

Gate News Bot news, on July 1st, according to CoinMarketCap, as of the time of writing, VIRTUAL (Virtuals Protocol) is currently priced at $1.48, with a 6.46% fall in the last 24 hours, reaching a high of $1.72 and a low of $1.39. The trading volume in the last 24 hours is $184 million. The current market capitalization is approximately $969 million, down from yesterday.

The Web3 high-frequency trading and gamification platform SoarFun officially launched on June 10, allowing users to participate in on-chain high-frequency game trading via the website and Telegram Mini App, as well as deposit and redeem points. At the same time, it has initiated the "Million Wealth Creation Plan," airdropping a total of $9,999 USDT to 1,111 users, and introduced the Gatrifi model, which combines gamified trading experience with a transparent mechanism, attracting over 600,000 sign up users.

Gate News bot message, Solana ecosystem memes BONK announces the launch of Bonk Arena, an arcade shooting game powered by BONK Token.

Jin10 Data May 20 News, on May 20, Tencent officially launched the Hongyuan Game Visual Generation Platform, which is the first industrial-grade AIGC game content production engine built on the Hongyuan large model, significantly optimizing game asset generation and game production processes. It aims at industrial-grade content production for games, providing a series of AI tools for game art designers, helping game design manufacturers quickly generate high-quality game materials/concept drafts that meet creative intentions, greatly enhancing the efficiency of game art design by dozens of times. Currently, the "Hongyuan Game" offers an experience portal through the Tencent Hongyuan official website, open for applications from game industry designers.

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PANews July 12 news, according to Businesswire, the Solana Blockchain strategy game Honeyland launched by Hexagon Studios has been acquired by game infrastructure developer BRAVO READY, with the specific acquisition amount not yet disclosed. Honeyland previously raised $4 million at a valuation of $20 million, and upon completion of the acquisition, Honeyland will be included in BRAVO READY's portfolio of real-time revenue-generating products.

ChainCatcher message: According to the official announcement from Nyan Heroes, due to the latest product failing to achieve the expected user scale, compounded by the current challenges faced by the Web3 market environment, the project has not secured the necessary funding to maintain studio operations and has ultimately decided to terminate operations. It is reported that Nyan Heroes has received over 250,000 player reservations on the Epic and Steam platforms, with four testing events attracting a total of over 1 million players. The game has repeatedly topped Epic Games' popular and most-played lists and has been featured by IGN, Business Insider, and Game.

Today, whales purchased various altcoins, including VIRTUAL, WLD, GAME, and COOK, with a total value of over several million dollars. Among them, VIRTUAL and WLD were the main targets of purchase, valued at hundreds of thousands of dollars respectively.

A certain whale address bought a large amount of encryption assets within 13 hours, including 2.6 million USDC to purchase 2.8 million VIRTUAL, WBTC and USDC worth 1.517 million dollars at an average price of 1.02 dollars to purchase 1.48 million WLD, spent 40,000 USDC to purchase 303,574 COOK, and invested 261,644 dollars to buy 6.47 million GAME.

On-chain data shows that a certain Whale has been frequently engaged in large transaction activities recently. In the past 13 hours, using USDC and BTC as the primary trading assets, it purchased 2.8 million VIRTUAL, 1.48 million WLD, and 303,574 COOKIE, and used part of the VIRTUAL to purchase 6.47 million GAME.

According to the Gate.io News bot, on-chain data shows that a Whale account for Crypto Assets has conducted multiple large Token transactions in the past 13 hours. Purchased 2.8 million VIRTUAL Tokens using 2.6 million USDC, with a transaction price of $0.927. Among them, $261,644 of VIRTUAL was used to purchase 6.47 million GAME Tokens. The account also used WBTC and USDC worth $1.517 million to purchase 1.48 million WLD Tokens at an average transaction price of $1.02. Additionally, the account invested $40,000 USDC to acquire 303,574 COOKIE Tokens.

1. Coala Pay secured $3.5 million in financing; 2. The Game Company completed a $10 million equity and token round of financing; 3.Fraktion completes 1.1 million euros financing, with Tezos Foundation participating; 4. Superlogic completed a $13.7 million Series A financing round, with participation from blockchain fund Galaxy Interactive and others.

Gate News bot message, according to the official announcement from Gate on July 3, 2025: Gate has announced the delisting of 55 token trading markets, including FPFT, MIRX, and FIU. These tokens have been assessed and determined to not meet the trading standards of the platform. For users who have stored on Gate and submitted forms, the platform has completed the repurchase of the relevant tokens, and the repurchase amount has been credited to the users' accounts. The trading pairs involved include 55 USDT trading pairs such as FPFT/USDT, MIRX/USDT, FIU/USDT, etc. The platform will stop the deposit and trading services for these tokens, and these assets will also be delisted from the wallet in the future. The tokens involved include all 55 tokens, including MCASH, MAPE, GAME, POSI, ORBI, and others.

Japanese game maker Gumi announced that it has completed a 1 billion yen (about $6.96 million) purchase of bitcoin, buying a total of 80.352 bitcoins, with an average price of 12,430,257 yen per bitcoin, and the company said it will continue to buy bitcoins in the future. （Tipranks）

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BlockBeats news, on March 6, according to official sources, the on-chain AI game TheDollAI officially launched the DOLL game play today. TheDollAI adopts a prize mechanism that selects lucky winners randomly every 5 minutes. After the game play started, the related Token DOLL saw a daily increase of 542%. Currently, holding a minimum of 50000 tokens allows participation in the draw, and the game is currently in progress.

The Game Station is considering investing in Bitcoin and other Crypto Assets, which may decide not to continue investing, and the stock price pumped 20% due to the news. The company once launched encryption Wallet services, but closed the service in 2023 due to 'regulatory uncertainty'.

PANews 13th February news, according to the official announcement of Azuki, the Azuki TCG card game is expected to be officially launched in 2025.

The development company Minters Dev of the blockchain game Battle for Blockchain has announced that it will soon shut down, and its games will cease operations in 30 days. Despite attracting over 700 daily active users, the team ultimately could not sustain operations due to funding shortages and technical challenges.

Gate News Bot news, June 30, according to CoinMarketCap data, VIRTUAL (Virtuals Protocol) is currently priced at $1.60, with a rise of 7.35% in the last 24 hours, reaching a high of $1.72 and a low of $1.35. The 24-hour volume has reached $195 million. The current market capitalization is approximately $1.046 billion, an increase of $71.7 million compared to yesterday.

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On March 28, Biosphere3 Pre-Alpha2 officially launched, allowing users to create intelligent life forms and participate in a digital life simulation city, observe interactions, and support their favorite intelligent entities in voting. This public science game is a multi-agent social simulation experiment aimed at researching the diversity of AI life and social evolution.

BlockBeats news, on February 17th, Musk responded to a community user's statement that "xAI will establish an AI game studio to make games," saying, "Yes."

According to ChainCatcher news, the blockchain game GOAT Rocket has recently launched, featuring a gameplay theme centered around a cartoon goat riding a rocket. The game offers three leverage betting options: 2x, 4x, and 8x, allowing players to place leveraged bets on the game outcomes. The official game website GOATRocket.io is now open, and the official X account @GOATRocketio has been activated. The game developer stated that the product focuses on casual entertainment attributes and is currently in the market promotion stage.

PANews January 27th news, according to The Block report, the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the blockchain company TRLabs have collaborated to launch the first blockchain game 'Art

According to official sources, Virtuals has integrated Enso Shortcuts to provide GAME Virtuals with one-click execution of Decentralized Finance strategies, supporting operations such as Swap and lending, and can automatically execute across over 200 protocols. This integration aims to optimize Decentralized Finance interaction using AI, improving trading efficiency and automation.

Non-fungible Token game project Illuvium restructures and lays off employees due to poor management, with staff facing pay cuts or accepting Token compensation. After releasing three games, the project encountered layoffs and received negative feedback from the community. The founder acknowledged the issues and laid off some employees to reduce costs. Now, a larger-scale downsizing is necessary.

PANews January 31st news, according to The Game