gm Web3 explorers,

Last week we published a report about the status of the blockchain gaming industry... and things aren't as grim as always portrayed online and in the media. In today's newsletter we highlight a couple of interesting gaming projects and a rising star in the DeFi lending scene. For each of these there's a potential airdrop reward on the horizon as well, so that's worth investigating.

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🔥 Ragnarok Libre airdrop hype increases user numbers

In the past 7 days, mobile idle RPG Ragnarok Libre has attracted 37,140 active wallets. User numbers have increased daily, and that trend isn't likely to end soon. Sunday over 19,000 users did onchain actions for Ragnarok Libre, and on average these users do more than 7 transactions per day.

Built on Kaia and deployed by Delabs Games, Ragnarok Libre is an idle RPG built for mobile and in-app experiences. There's a $DELABS airdrop campaign associated with Ragnarok Libre, with a prize pool of 30,000,000 $DELABS

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🎉 Crypto Leaders Gather at Blockchain Life in Dubai

Industry leaders and pioneering crypto professionals will come together in Dubai for the 15th anniversary of Blockchain Life, the leading Web3 event. Over 15,000 people from 130 countries will gather on 28-29 October to learn, connect and advance the industry, building a decentralized future together.

DappRadar's CSO Dragos Dunica will be one of the key speakers, unveiling the future of Web3 discovery. DappRadar readers can get 10% off for their tickets, using the discount code "dappradar10".

💖 Gaming dapp volume up 11% this week

Crypto flowing into gaming-related smart contracts increased by 11% in the past 7 days, reaching a total of $11.49 million. Moreover, when we zoom out volume is up 30% on the 30-day period, suggestion a new trend. Top performers are the following:

🐹 Axie Infinity gained 44%, reaching a total of $3.9 million in volume.
⚔️ Cambria Dual Arena saw a huge surge in activity, up 7,690% with its volume.
🐺 Heroes of Mavia reached over $1 million in dapp volume in the past 7 days.

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🍎 Farming game Appleville rising star on Etherlink

Etherlink, an L2 network on top of Tezos, is slowly becoming a bit of a gaming hub. Recently the online shooter Reaper Actual was announced as a Web3 game tapping into Etherlink. Appleville is a completely different product, but its deployment underlines the trend: Etherlink is attracting game developers.

Appleville is a social farming sim with various passive engagements. In the past 7 days activity increased 5,599% to more than 40,000 active wallets. They also have an airdrop campaign, which adds fuel to these numbers.

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💎 Takara becomes premier lending protocol on Sei

While many parts of Sei Network revolve around gaming, new opportunities arise. Takara Lend is slowly becoming the most used lending protocol on Sei, having a total market of $149.6 million. Right now, supplying USDC can result in 12% APR paid using $USDC and $WSEI.

The number of active wallets increased 297% from the previous week, reaching a total of 2,770 active wallets. Volume sits around $1.89 million in a week, placing Takara 36th according to the DeFi page on DappRadar. Morpho is still market leader with billions in volume.

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🔵 Track Your Portfolio Across 10 Chains on DappRadar

In recent weeks DappRadar has added support for Linea, Ronin Network and OP Mainnet, bringing the total of supported chains for the DappRadar Portfolio to 10. Track your token and NFT holdings and their valuation based on recent trading activity per chain, or combined across all chains.

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