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Pengu Clash Dip: Is Web3 Gaming Failing Emerging Artists?

Pengu Clash Dip: Is Web3 Gaming Failing Emerging Artists?

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The release of Pudgy Penguins’ Pengu Clash was heralded as a success for the Web3 gaming sector. A fun, “play-to-win” mini-game developed on the TON blockchain, creating yet another stride forward for NFTs. Except… the PENGU token sank almost 8% right out of the gate.While analysts point to market volatility,...

Pengu Clash Launched, PENGU Dips: What's Behind the Price Drop?

Pengu Clash Launched, PENGU Dips: What's Behind the Price Drop?

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Our Pudgy Penguins community collectively plugged their ears in excitement and anticipation ahead of the launch of Pengu Clash. This new game comes to life through the most anticipated PENGU token. Instead of a price explosion, PENGU saw a significant drop. Marcin Kowalczyk, our blockchain regulatory analyst, explores the reasons...

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169 Million Users: Hedera's SEA Gamble – Will It Pay Off?

Hedera's move into Southeast Asia, partnering with Binary Holdings to tap into the region's massive mobile user base, feels ambitious. 169 million potential users ain’t no joke. Ambition doesn't guarantee success. It’s a high-stakes poker game, and the cards on the table are still largely hidden. Is this something of...

Hedera's SEA Push: A Win for Artists or Just Another Telco Grab?

Southeast Asia’s digital landscape is set to be a whole lot more exciting. Hedera, the Layer 1 blockchain, is teaming up with The Binary Holdings to inject decentralized apps (dApps) into the mobile networks of major telecom providers in Indonesia and the Philippines. We're talking potentially reaching 169 million users....

Forgotten No More: NFTs Will Empower Southeast Asian Artists This Cycle

The crypto world has moved on. Remember the NFT frenzy of 2021? Celebrities were shilling Bored Apes, and the world was sure that digital tulips were the way of the future. Now, it’s all about memecoins. Doge, Shiba, and all the other canine-themed bullshit that comes along in their wake....

NFTs Are Not Dead: 3 Reasons Why They'll Dominate the Next Wave

Let’s be honest, the political climate in the crypto sector seems like one huge meme making machine. Dogecoin, Shiba Inu, Pepe – they’re all dogs fighting for dogecoin’s throne, inflamed by nothing but speculative fever. NFTs certainly seem like the fad that’s already become a memory this far out. They...

5 Ways Bubblemaps & TON Empower Southeast Asian Crypto Artists

As artists from Southeast Asia, we often find the crypto art world intimidating and overwhelming, like stepping into a jungle. You’re advocating for genuine engagement, transparency, and equitable pay in an industry generally plagued by snake oil and hero worship. I know this firsthand from years of conversations with artists...

TON's Transparency Gambit: Can Bubblemaps Tame the Wild West?

Is TON, with its recent skyrocketing inherently driven by Telegram’s acceptance, really to swap its cowboy hat in favor of a badge? The integration of Bubblemaps, a self-proclaimed "InfoFi" analytics company, into the TON blockchain feels less like a technical upgrade and more like a preemptive surrender to the inevitable:...

Forgotten Playland's NFTs Unlock Southeast Asian Artists' Untapped Potential

Forgotten Playland is an experimental social indie party game evoking a stylized attic atmosphere. On the surface, it would appear to be a universe apart from the dynamic creative sphere of Southeast Asia. Its recent addition of support for NFTs flips the script. This kind of initiative can connect underappreciated...

Forgotten Playland's NFT Gamble Could Reshape Gaming Regulation Forever

Vermillion's Forgotten Playland, a social party game set in a dusty attic amongst abandoned plush toys, just rolled out its biggest update ever: formal NFT integration. While the developers at Vermillion (a collaboration between Duckland Games and the Beam Foundation) tout personalization, ownership, and a vibrant in-game economy, I see...