Web3 gaming


Finance

Astra Nova Raises $48.3M to Grow Web3, AI Entertainment Ecosystem

The company develops no-code tools that enable creators to launch blockchain-based entertainment experiences.

Seed Funding Investment coins in a jar (Towfiqu barbhuiya/Unsplash/Modified by CoinDesk)

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Web3 Gaming Faces Ongoing Turmoil, Market Metrics Reveal Persistent Decline

According to DappRadar’s Q2 2025 report, blockchain gaming experienced a 17% drop in user activity and a 93% year-over-year decline in funding.

Web3 (Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

Tech

Arbitrum Deepens Ties with South Korea's Lotte Group

Lotte’s Caliverse, an AI-driven entertainment experience, is coming to the layer-2 network, allowing web3 users to pay for services with crypto.

The co-founders of Offchain Labs, the firm behind Arbitrum. (Offchain Labs)

Consensus Hong Kong 2025 Coverage

Animoca Brands' Yat Siu: 2025 Will Be the Year Crypto Goes Mainstream

Crypto will reach a turning point when it becomes as useful for companies as the internet became in the 1990s, argues Animoca Brands' co-founder.

Yat Siu, co-founder of Animoca Brands at Consensus 2023 (CoinDesk)

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Opinion

The Ownership Paradox: Why Blockchain Games Have Betrayed Digital Property Rights

Digital asset ownership is both a defining feature of blockchain games and a significant barrier, reflecting the complexities of blockchain gaming’s evolution.

Mavis Marketplace (Emfarsis)

Opinion

Telegram's Tap-to-Earn Games Will Drive Web3 Gaming's Success in 2025

If Web3 gaming is to reach its full potential as a catalyst for blockchain adoption, it needs to take a page from Telegram’s success.

(Hamster Combat)

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Web3 Gaming Sees Shift as Traditional Games Professionals Outnumber Crypto Specialists

More Web3 gaming employees now have a background in gaming than crypto, according to the Blockchain Game Alliance.

The cover of the Blockchain Game Alliance (BGA) State of the Industry Report 2024

Opinion

How Web3 Consumer Apps Will Finally Break Out in 2025: 6 Predictions

Web3 gaming will lead a wave of popular consumer apps and is well positioned to transition from a niche experiment to an innovative force.

(Marko Geber/Getty Images)

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NPC Labs Raises $18M to Scale Gaming on Base Network

Round brings total raise to $21 million and includes participation from Makers Fund, Hashed, amongst others.

A person playing a PC game. (Florian Olivio/Unsplash)

Web3

Immutable, King River Capital, Polygon Labs Set Up $100M Web3 Gaming Fund

Immutable and Polygon Labs will identify investment opportunities while King River will manage the investment process and deploy the capital across game studios and web3 infrastructure firms.

(Jose Gil/Unsplash)

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