[3 Reads] MCPOLIS AI agents / Base's faster blocks / AI in orbit + take
Today's 3 Reads
MegaCryptoPolis rebrands as MCPOLIS ahead of AI agents
Blockchain game MegaCryptoPolis has announced a rebrand to MCPOLIS as it prepares to introduce autonomous AI agents. The planned agents would play alongside humans in a persistent virtual city. The new name combines the original game's initials with Model Context Protocol. Source: https://www.blockchaingamer.biz/news/43121/megacryptopolis-rebrands-mcpolis-ai-agent-players/
Base plans 200-millisecond blocks for November 5
Base has scheduled its Denim mainnet upgrade for November 5 at 18:00 UTC. Base says the upgrade will introduce blocks every 200 milliseconds, or five blocks per second. Bankless notes a caveat for apps that use block counts to measure time. Source: https://www.bankless.com/read/news/bases-denim-upgrade-brings-200ms-blocks-to-mainnet-on-nov-5th
Google's prototype satellite generates an AI response in orbit
Google says it launched its Project Suncatcher prototype satellite on October 1. The company reports receiving its first AI response from a data-center-class TPU in orbit. TechCrunch AI reports that a Gemma 4 model running on the TPU wrote poetry. Source: https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/30/googles-first-data-center-satellite-is-online-and-writing-poetry/
On-Chain Data
Ethereum chain TVL: $44.10B [Source: DefiLlama] (as of Nov 01, 2026 06:30 JST) TVL describes the value of assets deposited on a chain. It should be distinguished from game user counts or revenue.
Take
My reading of these stories is that AI is moving toward a role inside game worlds while the infrastructure around digital products keeps changing. MCPOLIS describes agents that could play beside people, but their introduction is still ahead. Base has scheduled faster blocks, yet the effect on individual apps remains to be seen. Google's response from an orbiting TPU is a prototype milestone, not evidence of a commercial service. Together, the stories point to possibilities worth watching, with each project's next practical step still decisive.
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