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GameFi now accounts for 16.4% of all blockchain investments. May. 2022, Vincy Data Source: Footprint Analytics — 2022 Funding Potential GameFi Projects Investment focus in the blockchain industry is gradually tilting towards gaming, driving a huge rise in the number of projects, funding, transactions and participants in this sector of the market. According to Footprint Analytics, the total number of GameFi projects reached 1,498 as of May, up 99% YoY, and the amount of investment in the first...

Total losses in Q2 reach $718.34 million, down approximately 40 percent from $1.2 billion in Q1In the second quarter of 2022, 48 major attacks were monitored in the Web3 space, with total losses of approximately $718.34 million, down approximately 40 percent from $1.2 billion in the first quarter and approximately 2.42 times the losses in Q1 2021 ($296.56 million). Click here to download the full Q2 web3 security report, or read the summary below. From January to June 2022, assets lost in the...

July. 2022, Vincy Data Source: Footprint Analytics — BTC & ETH Trend Analysis One of the biggest changes to the crypto market today compared to the last bear market is the different types of assets that exist. Instead of choosing between Dash, Litecoin, Ethereum, Bitcoin, etc., people can invest in NFTs and plots of digital land in the metaverse. Common sense indicates that these new, experimental assets are riskier compared to BTC and ETH. While it’s difficult to objectively measure risk, we...

June 2022, Simon Data Source: Footprint Analytics Stablecoins After the UST Event Dashboard Once the 3rd largest stablecoin, UST has shaken the entire stablecoin market after it collapsed on May 9. Instead of finally figuring out a solution to algorithmic stables like thousands of people thought, it went to zero nearly overnight. UST failed due to a sudden and massive sell-off as it depegged, causing an excessive amount of LUNA to be minted. Despite its rapidly expanding supply, LUNA failed t...

June 2022, Simon Data Source: Footprint Analytics — Investing in Bear Market Dashboard Since April, the crypto currency market has been in a severe downturn. Bitcoin is down by 70%** **from all time highs, while Ethereum is down 80%. Whole ecosystems, like Luna, have been obliterated, and dozens of altcoins and GameFi tokens have lost nearly all their value. In a bull market, passive returns can be achieved by simply investing in beta to follow the general trend. But in bear markets, it doesn...

Jun. 2022, Vincy Data Source: Footprint Analytics — NFT Market Overview NFTs are incredibly volatile. Most people lose money trying to trade them in good conditions, never mind in a bear market. However, NFTs are quickly becoming an alternative asset class as their transaction volume grows, household names enter the market, and VCs fund more projects. While the value and sustainability of the NFT market is a divisive topic, the big-name players do believe there is a science to choosing promis...

July 2022, Simon Data Source: Footprint Analytics Tron & USDD Dashboard Since the fall in the crypto market in May, TRON has performed extremely well compared to other chains. Its market share of total TVL (among all chains) nearly quadrupled from 2% on January 1 to 6% on June 30. For reference, the next highest jump was BSC, which increased from 7% to 8%, while some, like Solana and Polygon, declined. TRON now has the 3rd highest TVL after Ethereum and BSC, but not nearly the same amount of ...

July. 2022, Vincy Data Source: Footprint Analytics — June 2022 GameFi Report While the Web3 GameFi sector continued to bleed users in June and see funding rounds slashed, several popular games have kept their token prices and user numbers relatively stable. Additionally, game platform BinaryX reversed its downward trend, creating a rare bear market breakout, while game developer Playful Studios raised a record amount for its battle game Wildcard. Despite how things look from the token price c...

Jun. 2022, Vincy Data Source: Footprint Analytics — May 2022 Report Dashboard There were many ups and downs in May for the GameFi sector and cryptocurrency investors. Especially in terms of GameFi financing funds, it fell from a peak of $2.4 billion to $165 million, a drop of 93.14%. This is the biggest drop since 2021, which is lower than everyone’s expectations for the GameFi market. The former leader Axie Infinity has also been hit hard. The number of players has been reduced from more tha...

The former candidate for Ethereum-killer has fallen out of the top 20 in the DeFi sector, but one GameFi project is giving it a lifeline. May 2022, Simon Data Source: Footprint Analytics EOS Ecology Dashboard Launched in 2018, EOS was one of the original “Ethereum-killers”. As one of the early chains, it saw the problems of Ethereum and came up with solutions. However, EOS’s TVL is now ranked 29th. EOS didn’t break out during the DeFi Summer of 2020 nor the GameFi wave of 2021. Its only notab...

Apr. 2022, Vincy Data Source: Footprint Analytics — Polygon Protocols Data Ethereum’s project count in the GameFi ecosystem is not growing as fast as on the BSC and Polygon chains and game projects from the latter two ecosystems have become the most popular in today’s crypto market. According to Footprint Analytics, Polygon has 117 projects, an increase of 388% YoY. The following will introduce three of Polygon’s more popular games.3 Game Projects on PolygonData on new users of Polygon game p...

In April, Web3 was the largest fundraiser in the blockchain sector, with a total investment of $3.24 billion. May. 2022, Vincy Data Source: Footprint Analytics — Web3 Dashboard According to funding data from Footprint Analytics, the Web3 sector of the blockchain industry — which refers to core technology which will enable the web of the future, i.e. blockchain infrastructure — received $9.463 billion more investment in 2022 than GameFi and DeFi’s combined investment of $5.488 billion. This in...