PANews news on April 29, TON ecological Gaming Bot track project Catizen revealed that since the launch of LaunchPool points mining on April 27, its gamer growth rate has once again broken a new high. In just 4 days, Catizen's gamers have exceeded 4 million, on-chain users are approaching 300,000, and the total on-chain interaction has reached 38,000.

Golden Finance reported that Netflix launched the Korean variety show "The Devil's Gambit" on the 29th of last month. One of the participants, professional gamer Guillaume Patry, was recently exposed as being suspected of using NFT to defraud, amounting to 8 billion won (approximately US$6 million). According to Korean media reports, the Seoul police revealed that Guillaume Patry and many people were suspected of fraud and launched an investigation in July this year. It is reported that Guillaume Patry began to participate in the promotion of the game developed by the NFT game company Meta Adventure in February last year, but the game was not finally listed on the market. More than 60 game investors felt cheated and filed a lawsuit against Guillaume Patry and others.

According to PANews on August 30, according to data from VentureCap Insights, which tracks regulatory documents in Singapore, Iskra, a Singapore-registered but South Korea-based Web3 game platform backed by mobile giants such as Line, Kakao and Netmarble, will have revenue of $8 million in 2022, with a profit of $8 million. Approximately $900,000. Its revenue comes from "platform development and rendering of related services," according to the company's audited statement, without disclosing further details. LinkedIn estimates Iskra has more than 50 employees and operates a Web3 gamer and developer hub. It enables players to participate in blockchain-based games, where users can trade tokens and other in-game assets on its platform. Some of the games on its platform include casual games like Norma in Metaland and Legend of Slime, as well as role-playing games like ClashMon and Three Kingdoms Multiverse. Iskra’s token economy is driven by three elements: the governance token ISK, the utility token Pioneer NFT, and the stablecoin iUSD. Users spend ISK to purchase Pioneer NFTs, which gives the owner the right to become a node operator on the platform.

Jinse Finance reported that Archipelago Labs (A-Labs)'s first ALAB Incubation Program announced that it has selected 5 Web3 start-ups from more than 100 applicants for incubation, namely: the artificial intelligence-driven decentralized social layer application Twine, Ridge, an AI catering solution, Synthillate, which converts intellectual property into financial assets, Gamer Points, a play earning startup, and Nexhire, a Web3 HR bounty and recommendation system, will each receive PHP 1 million in funding. Archipelago Labs launched a $10 million Web3 fund at the end of last year, and the second batch of ALAB Incubation Program is currently open for applications. (clayton county register)