This week, GameFi and AI Agents dropped a lot in value but some seem to think it’s a match made in heaven—or should I say Valhalla?
TL;DR
- GameFi is down 2% but optimism remains
- Powell announced banks can serve crypto customers
- Ronin’s AI tool enhances NPCs and game development
- Animoca Brands goes to Davos
- Photo Finish Live partners with BlockBet
Introduction
This week, GameFi and AI Agents dropped a lot in value but some seem to think it’s a match made in heaven—or should I say Valhalla?
Ronin is going all in on AI agents with their new tool.
Bitcoin recovered well after it dropped in anticipation of the first FOMC meeting under the Trump administration. To everyone’s surprise, Fed Chair Jerome Powell announced that banks can serve crypto customers.
Market Overview
The GameFi market cap continued its decline and is down about 2%, from $20.23 billion to $19.74 billion, over the last seven days.
Even though the market is down, we have not broken the structure and are still about 29% away from the bottom in August last year.
It does look like we are slowly but surely forming an uptrend. Hopium (real)!
Source: CMC
According to DeFiLlama’s Narrative Tracker, GameFi was ranked 15th and outperformed Solana and NFTs.
Top Coin Movements
Skale Network ripped amid a sea of red, and their users saved $7.5 billion in gas fees on SKALE in 2024 with gas-free transactions.
Source: CMC
Top Gainers:
Top Decliners:
- Beam (BEAM): -13.89%
- Notcoin (NOT): -10.59%
- FLOKI (FLOKI): -9.97%
- Enjin Coin (ENJ): -8.48%
- Echelon Prime (PRIME): -8.28%
Web3 Gaming Activity This Week
Mocaverse is pushing the future of digital identification in Web3.
GameFi as a sector has taken the backseat for now, but adoption is still on the rise.
- KGen’s UAW soars by 118.46% as they collaborate with Sovrun.
- LOL surges by 68.81% believing that laughter is the ultimate expression of human connection, and they are using AI to amplify it globally.
- Pixudi rises by 28.38% with 1.6M active users (+70% in the past three months).
- World of Dypians gains 23.97% as their native utility token goes live to 450 million EU citizens.
- STAN is up 7.87%, and they claim to be the No.1 hangout for gamers.
Latest Blockchain Gaming News
AI Agents For Gaming
AI agents have created hype, but their true power remains underappreciated. While much attention is focused on AI influencers promoting tokens, their real impact extends far beyond social media.
These agents can act as highly intelligent personal assistants, handling tasks like blockchain integration and smart contract execution. While they still require human input, rapid advancements suggest fully autonomous AI-driven experiences will be here soon.
Gaming is a major frontier for AI agents, enabling adaptive NPCs, dynamic environments, and real-time content generation. By analyzing player behavior, these AI-driven characters show realistic emotions and interact accordingly.
Beyond NPCs, AI agents will reshape game development by designing quests, landscapes, and personalized storylines, reducing costs and time for studios.
Ronin Gaming Network’s AI Agent Tool
Ethereum layer-2 network Ronin is set to integrate AI agents into its gaming ecosystem later this year, starting with a proof-of-concept demo in February, developed by ArenaX’s NRN Agents. The tool is designed to make games like AI Arena more fun by integrating reinforcement learning AI.
Unlike traditional imitation-based AI, reinforcement learning agents improve through rewards and punishments, making them more adaptive and strategic. Ronin players will help train these AI models, which will later compete autonomously.
Following the initial rollout, Ronin developers will receive an NRN gaming SDK to integrate AI into their games. Potential applications include smarter NPCs, AI-driven in-game economies, and automated AI-vs-AI battles.
Photo Finish Live Partners With BlockBet
Photo Finish Live, a virtual horse racing game, has teamed up with crypto casino and sportsbook BlockBet, letting users place bets using the game’s CROWN token. This makes CROWN, a Solana-based token, one of several supported assets alongside Bitcoin, Ethereum and Bonk.
As part of the deal, BlockBet becomes the first official simulcast partner of Photo Finish Live, streaming virtual horse races 24/7 and allowing users to bet in real time. This partnership is a strategic move into the sports betting market for Third Time Games, the developers of Photo Finish Live.
Off The Grid’s Token Launch
Off the Grid from Gunzilla Games mixes gaming with blockchain in a pretty unique way. It is similar to PUBG and Fortnite but adds NFTs and an in-game cryptocurrency, GUN. Players can trade NFTs, reinvest in better gear, and potentially profit.
Despite a drop from its initial hype, Off the Grid maintains an active marketplace and millions of daily transactions. Speculation surrounds the future listing of GUN on exchanges, making early grinding a potential investment.
What You Can Do Now
- Focus on quality over hype: look out for games people play for fun rather than just for earning.
- Check for real utility and in-game integration: projects where tokens and NFTs have multiple use cases within the game such as staking, upgrades, and crafting, tend to be more sustainable.
- Evaluate team experience and transparency: teams with a proven track record in gaming or blockchain are more likely to deliver.
- Assess community activity and growth: high player retention and active communities (Discord, Twitter, Reddit) show that a game can attract and keep players.
- Check out all the latest developments where AI meets gaming.
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