Istanbul Blockchain Week is coming, and within its extensive program, blockchain gaming company W3E will host the world’s first Web3 esports tournament on November, 17. Let’s go over the event’s highlights and key figures.

Meta’s VP of product policy and strategy met with South Korea’s official media regulator to work on safety and privacy regulations for the metaverse space, fueled by users’ concerns.

UAE government pursues to secure a place in the metaverse space with its ambitious upcoming project Dubaiverse developed on the Sandbox platform.

U.S. State authorities strive to oversee the crypto industry. September 16 was marked with an issue of a first-ever comprehensive framework for the responsible development of digital assets in the USA. What are the document’s highlights and why might it be far-reaching for the dynamics of the crypto economy?

The Merge’s impact on the NFT market cannot be disregarded. While once the most popular and most-affected NFTs are seeing a sudden surge in sales, other brand-new PoS tokens are minted in celebration of the occasion. Let’s zoom in on what’s happening in the post-merge market.

The long-promised switch finally happened – on September 15, the Ethereum network changed its consensus mechanism for Proof-of-Stake. Some already called it a historical moment that spelled the end of the mass video cards mining era, others portend the dawn of energy-efficient mining – so let us see why.

The Netherlands-based indie gamefi dev studio is reported to be closed due to tax and cryptocurrency-related issues after struggling to attract investors.

Spider Tanks’ fans may finally rejoice and mark the date, as the company has announced the release for October 31, 2022. What is special about the upcoming game that makes it worth waiting for?

The recent partnership between the decentralized gaming platform and the renowned French automaker promises to deliver expanded real-time automobile experience to their customers. 

Ahead of Ethereum’s switch to the proof-of-stake model, Mythical Games has announced its own chain compatible with the EVM (Ethereum Virtual Machine). The team behind Blankos Block Party is looking forward to reducing gas fees for gamers.

Crypto Fantasy Town, an upcoming blockchain game based on the mobile title of the same name, has closed a seed investment round. It is a social sim project, which also offers the NFT lending system to lower the cost of entry.

Sygnum is the first Swiss bank to have its own metaverse residency. The crypto company and virtual asset manager has announced the opening of a digital hub in Decentraland. It will feature an NFT gallery and space for virtual conferences.

Web3 game developer and publisher Xterio has raised $40 million in a new funding round. The Swiss company plans to build a social gaming platform and create free-to-play cross-platform blockchain titles based on its own IPs.

The ongoing crypto winter, which has wiped out almost $2 trillion in value from the market, has affected blockchain companies across the globe. This has resulted in nearly 5,000 people losing their jobs in recent months.

Crypto giant Animoca Brands, now valued at $6 billion, is preparing for a new $100 million funding. The round will be led by Temasek, a Singapore’s state investment fund with net portfolio value of hundreds of billions of dollars.

Sandeep Nailwal, co-founder of Polygon, has started a new venture capital fund titled Symbolic Capital. The company will focus on startups from emerging markets and help bolster the mass adoption of Web3 globally.

Xbox head Phil Spencer has shared his thoughts on the latest trends in GameFi. He expressed his concerns about the play-to-earn model and explained why a lot of gamers now don’t like the concept of the metaverse.

MatchboxDAO, a community of on-chain game developers, has raised $7.5 million at a $50 million valuation. The team will promote development on Ethereum scaling platform StarkNet and build infrastructure for on-chain titles.

PlayNFT has raised over $300k for its new cross-chain platform. It will let Twitch and YouTube streamers create their own NFTs that can be used in blockchain games. However, the project leaves more questions than answers about the way it works and titles it supports.