ABGA and Footprint Analytics REPORT: WHAT CHANGED IN GAMEFI IN THE LAST MONTH?

|JulyReport

Description:WhenwilltheGameFisectorseea"secondgrowthcurve"andasustainableXtoEarnmodel?

WhilethepreviousbullmarketsawhundredsofPlaytoEarngameslaunched,onlyafewwereabletomaintainasteadyuserbaseasthemarketdeclined.ThisbecameapparentinJuly?whenactivitycontinuedtofall.

However,thetryingmarketconditionsalsohighlightedthehandfuloftitlesthatmanagedtostandout.Splinterlands?isoneofthoseprojects,retainingusersthankstoitslowbarriertoentry,simplegameplayandfastbattlespeed.?AxieInfinity?alsocontinuedtointroducenewfeaturestoregainmomentum.

FootprintAnalyticsdatashowstheoverallperformanceoftheGameFisectorinJuly.

-?Thetotalnumberofusersdecreasedby21%MoM,andthegrowthofnewuserswasweak.

-?Transactionactivitywasdown55%MoMand737%YoY.

-?Thenumberofprojectshadan?MoMgrowthoflessthan2%.

-?VCfinancingincreasedby17%MoMand126%YoY.

GameFiMarketOverallMarketAnalysis

GameFiprojectcountgrewlessthan2%,andnewprojectgrowthinBNBlagged.

Therewerelessthan80GameFiprojectslaunched3consecutivemonthsuptoJuly31.Asevidentinthechart,allchainssawstagnantgrowth(althoughPolygonandWAXareslightlyup.)

FootprintAnalytics-GameFiProtocols

Gamerspaymoreattentiontotheplayabilityofthegameandthesmoothnessofthenetworkexperienceandhaveextremelyhighrequirementsforthenetwork.OntheEthereumchain,youneedtopayhighgasfeesateveryturn.Whenencounteringtheproblemofon-chaincongestioncanbringplayersaverybadexperience.Therefore,theseissuesareapriorityfordevelopmentteamscreatingnewprojects.

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FootprintAnalytics-GasUsedOnChain

NewprojectsonEthereumfacehighfeesandcongestion,whichhasledtomoreprojectsmovingtoBSC(nowBNB)sinceJuly2021.

ThishasledBNB?toattractahighvolumeofgamesthatfailtoretainusers—indicatingthehighquantity?andlowquality.

FootprintAnalytics-BSCGameFiTracker

FootprintAnalytics-EthereumGameFiTracker

Comparedtobothchains,Polygonhaspresentedafastersolution,withthecostpertransactionbeingabout10,000timeslowerthanEthereum,andthetransactionspeedisupto7000tx/s.

GameFiWeb3categoryaccountsfor98%ofGameFi'stotalfunding.

WiththeriseoftheWeb3conceptintheblockchain,newerscenariosandrequirementsareintroducedintothegameindustry.

ComparedwithJune,GameFifinancingactivitygraduallyrecoveredinJuly,increasingby17%.Intermsoffundingcategories,withthedevelopmentofblockchaintechnology,moreandmoreinvestmentfundsareinjectedintoWeb3-typeGameFi,amongwhichWeb3-typefundingaccountsfor98%.

FootprintAnalytics-GamingFinancingDistribution

Web3hasenteredthepubliceyesinceNovemberlastyear.Itwasn'tuntilafterAprilthatWeb3becamethefocusofthecryptomarket.Andrecently,AnimocaBrandsannouncedthecompletionof$75.32millioninfinancing.Itisthesecondtrancheoffundingannouncedfollowing$358.8milliononJan.18.WithastrongfocusonWeb3,thecompanyaimstoaddressexistinginteroperabilityissuesinthemetaverseindustrytorealizeitsvisionofanopenmetaverse.

全鏈貨幣市場協議TapiocaDAO完成600萬美元融資，LayerZero參投:6月18日消息，全鏈貨幣市場協議TapiocaDAO完成600萬美元種子輪融資，參投方包括Fisher8 Capital、LayerZero Labs、PARC Capital、Jones DAO、Dewhales Capital、Magnus Capital、Capybara Capital，個人投資者包括Library Onchain創始人Zoomer Oracle、Squirrel（Arrakis Finance）、DCF GOD、CryptoCondom等。

TapiocaDAO推出了基于LayerZero的全鏈超額抵押穩定幣USDO。[2023/6/18 21:44:56]

FootprintAnalytics-GamingFinancingDistribution

Web3hasenteredthepubliceyesinceNovemberlastyear.Itwasn'tuntilafterAprilthatWeb3becamethefocusofthecryptomarket.Andrecently,AnimocaBrandsannouncedthecompletionof$75.32millioninfinancing.Itisthesecondtrancheoffundingannouncedfollowing$358.8milliononJan.18.WithastrongfocusonWeb3,thecompanyaimstoaddressexistinginteroperabilityissuesinthemetaverseindustrytorealizeitsvisionofanopenmetaverse.

FootprintAnalytics-GamingFinancingRanking

Atotalof22projectsreceivedfinancinginJuly,generallyfollowingmarketfluctuations.?Investmentroundsarestillactiveattheseedstageformanymonths,supplementedbyotherrounds.?Thisishighlyrelatedtotheactivetimeofusersaftertheprojectislaunched.Judgingfromthenumberofactiveusersoftheproject,theactivetimeformultipleprojectssuchasStarSharks?andCryptomines?doesnotexceed3months.Therefore,accordingtothecurrentprojectdevelopmenttrend,VC'sinvestmentfundsremaininnewprojects.

FootprintAnalytics-NumberofGameFiProjectsFundedinJuly

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FootprintAnalytics-StarSharks:MonthlyNewUsers&ActiveUsers

Splinterlandsgamersmakeup?amajorityofHiveusers.

FootprintAnalyticsshowsthatthetotalnumberofmonthlyusersis1.19million,ofwhich483,000arenewusers,and710,000areoldusers.Atthebeginningoftheyear,developersengagedmillionsofusersthroughavarietyofgamegenresandstyles.Andtheykeeptryingthemoutinawiderangeofgames.Usersprofitiftheycancatchabullmarket,butiftheyencounterabearmarket,theyareintrouble.

FootprintAnalytics-MonthlyGameFiUsers

Theoverallsubscriberbasehasdecreasedfrom3.59millionplayersinJanuaryto1.19millioninJuly(-69%).HerearethepainpointsofGameFi:

-?Lackoforiginality,withaneconomicmodelmainlybasedonmining,outputandreproduction.

-?Somegamesrequireplayerstoinvestingametokensbeforetheycanplay,andusershaveastrongdemandforcapitalrecovery.

-?Infiniteinflationmodel,affectedbythebearmarket,governancetokenandin-gametokenpricesbringdown,theirgamescannotgetridofthedeathspiral.

Asaresult,mostP2Egamesrequirenewplayerstoentertomaintaineconomicstability.

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TakeAxieInfinityandSplinterlandsaretwoexamples.

Splinterlandshasbeenarelativelyhotgamesinceitslaunch.IntermsofthepercentageofnewusersinJuly,Splinterlandsistheprojectwiththehighestpercentageamongalltheprojects.

FootprintAnalytics-NewUsersbyProtocol%

FootprintAnalytics-Top10GamersbyChain

IncontrasttoAxieinfinitybeforeMarch,toparticipateinthegametotrulygainrevenue,realmoneywasrequiredtopurchasethepetP2E(expectedtobeabout$110atthethen-currencyprice).Butthecostishighfortheaverageplayer,andthepaybackperiodwilllengthenasmarkettrendschange.However,Splinterlandsrequiresonly$10toparticipateinthegame,whichisalowbarriertoentry.

Ingeneral,thedevelopmentteamofAxieinfinityignoredattractivedesignswhendesigningthegame?andlaunchedtheOriginversionattheendofMarch,addingcardsandfreeattributes.AndthevirtualLandpledgefunctionwaslaunchedinearlyJuly.Ihopeuserscanexperiencethegame'sfun,notjustmakemoney.

Axieinfinity'sfortunesareturning.

FromGameFi'smonthlytradingvolumechange,only?October-Novemberlastyearwasaperiodofincrementaltrading.AfterDecember,theoveralltradingvolumegraduallydeclineduntilthelowestvalueinJuly.Thisprocessofchangeisverysimilartothemeaningofnewprojectsthatappeartoattractalargenumberofplayerstotrade?andthenleaveaftertheygettiredofplaying.

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FootprintAnalytics-?GameFiMonthlyVolume

DespitethedeclineintheGameFitradingmarket,RoninwasabletobuckthetrendofdecliningtradingvolumeonmainstreamblockchainsandovertakeBSCtoregainthenumberonespot.Thisismainlyduetothelaunchofthevirtuallandpledgefeatureonitson-chainAxieinfinitygame,whichhascontributedtothegrowthofAXSpricesandthegradualimprovementofthetradingvolume.

FootprintAnalytics-GamingVolumebyChain

Summary

Inthepastbullmarket,manynewPlay-to-Earngameswerelaunched,butonlyafewwereabletomaintainasteadyuserbase.Splinterlandsisoneofthoseprojects,retainingusersthroughitslowbarrier,simplegameplayandfastbattlespeed.Also,AxieInfinityneverstoppedinnovating,addingnewfeaturestoregainitsstatus.

Atthesametime,morefundsflowedtoWeb3projectsin?July,aimingtosolvemoreproblemsforP2Egames.

JulyEventsReview

NFT&GameFi

●?NFTauthenticationcompanyopticcloses$11MseedroundledbyPanteraCapitalandKleinerPerkins

●?YugaLabs'NFTserieshasgeneratedover$5billionintotalsalesandnearly$150millioninroyaltyrevenue

●?VideogamegiantsquareenixplanstodropafinalfantasyVIINFTcollectionin2023

●?STEPNannouncesQ2profits&initiatesquarterlyGMTbuyback&burn

●?Solana-basedMonkeyLeaguegamedeveloperraises$24million

Metaverse&Web3

●?BAICapitalcompletedthefirstfundraisingofUS$700millionandwillfocusonWeb3,Metaverseandotherfields

●?Web3musicplatformaudiuscommunityvaultattackedwithlossof18.5M$AUDIO

●?Web3Foundationannouncedthe14thbatchofthefundingprogram;?36projectswereshortlisted

●?MagicEdenlaunchesventureunittoinvestinweb3gamingstartups

●?DisneylaunchesstartupacceleratorprogramfocusedonNFTsandtheMetaverse

DeFi&Tokens

●?Curvetolaunchanover-collateralizedstablecoin

●?DecentralizedcryptoexchangeHashflowraises$25Mat?a?$400Mvaluation

●?BTCmanagestofloatabove$20Kdespiterecentliquidationsandheavyoutflows

●?Polygon(MATIC)flipsthistokentobecomethemosttradedcryptoamongETHwhale

●?Stablecoinmarketcapslides,BUSDandDAIvaluationsjump,Fiattokensrepresent70%ofallcryptotrades

Network&Infrastructure

●?PolygonLauncheszkEVMscalingsolutionforWeb3adoption

●?VitalikbuterindiscussesEthereum'supcoming“Merge”and“Surge”atEthCCinparis

●?MatterlabsscheduleszkSync2.0mainnetlaunchforOctober

●?Terra-basedprojectsbeginexodustoPolygonfollowingTerracollapse

●?SolanaandAvalanchepoisedforgainsascryptomarketenjoysnewtailwinds

Institutions

●?ThreeArrowsLiquidatorsseize$40Millionasassetprobewidens

●?SEClistsninecryptotokensassecuritiesfollowingCoinbaseinsidertradingcharges

●?Tesladumped75%ofitsBTCholdings

●?Blockchain.comcuts25%ofitsworkforceamidacryptobearmarket

●?Crypto.comintegratesGooglePayforuserstobuycryptocurrencies

Worldwide

●?ReserveBankofIndiaisworkingon“PhasedImplementation”ofCentralBankDigitalCurrency

●?AfterTerra?LUNACrash,S.Koreadelayscryptotax

●?GhanarankedasthecountrywiththeSecond-highestdebtdefaultriskglobally

●?Australianregulatortrialsautotake-downofcryptoscamsites

●?BankofRussiasaysstablecoinsarenotsuitableforsettlements

AsiaBlockchainGamingAlliance(ABGA)——Anon-profit,blockchainalliance,co-sponsoredbyleadinginstitutionsinthegamingindustry.?Weareoptimisticaboutblockchaingames,NFTsandMetaverse,andwearetakingtheinitiativetosupportABGA-relatedactivitiesandinvestments.

TheFootprintCommunityiswheredataandcryptoenthusiastsworldwidehelpeachotherunderstandandgaininsightsaboutWeb3,themetaverse,DeFi,GameFi,oranyotherareaofthefledglingworldofblockchain.You'llfindactive,diversevoicessupportingeachotheranddrivingthecommunityforward.

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