Volume 39

OpenSea: Was there a specific moment when your art style crystallized, or has it been a slow evolution?

Vinnie Hager: I think it started to crystallize around middle or high school. I was the kid who couldn’t pay attention in class and ended up...

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Generative apparel company mmERCH led a three-day charity art sale, raising over 17 ETH (approx. $56,000 USD at mint time) for families affected by wildfires in Los Angeles. The mint ran from Jan. 17 to 19 and featured seven distinctive artworks.

Echelon, the blockchain ecosystem behind the popular trading card game Parallel, has news ahead of its March esports competition. According to an announcement, the league's initial $500,000 prize pool drove intense competition, and the partners now plan to commit to $3 million in prizes over the next two seasons.

On Feb. 6, gaming community GOAT Gaming will roll out AI-driven characters called “AlphaGOATs” that players can manage across multiple player-versus-player (PvP) games.

According to the initial description, the autonomous agents, which reportedly cost between $325 and $775, will come with a fixed allocation of $GG tokens and be able to compete in games, grow a fanbase, and earn rewards on behalf of their holders.

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Ahead of its forthcoming mainnet launch, Ethereum layer-two (L2) chain Abstract announced a new points program for users, developers, and creators who build within the ecosystem using Abstract Global Wallets.

Mobile basketball game Rumble Kong League announced on Jan. 16 that it will migrate from Avalanche to Ronin, an Ethereum-linked sidechain made originally for the pet battle game Axie Infinity.

Free-to-play social game Nifty Island is also catching the AI-agent wave. On Dec. 19, the team invited players to create AI agents for gameplay, and this week people began tweeting about their first earnings from the agents in the game’s native token, $ISLAND.