Ah yes, another day, another “critical Bitcoin level” that must hold, or else it’s game over (again). This time, our magic number is $92,500, according to Glassnode. If BTC stays above it, we’re golden. If not? Well, we might be speedrunning the May 2021 and April 2023 corrections all over again. Apparently, short-term holders (STHs) are stacking coins just like they did before previous nukes, which means we’re one bad dip away from panic selling. And guess what? The lower bound of this doom model sits at $71,600. So yeah, no pressure. On the derivatives side, momentum is fading, open interest is shrinking, and funding rates are dipping—especially in the land of Solana and memecoins. Looks like the degenerates are quietly heading for the exits while pretending everything’s fine. Long story short: Either BTC holds $92.5K like its life depends on it, or we’re in for a volatility party. Your move, market makers.

Ah yes, just when you thought the AI meta couldn't get any wilder, Sui decides to tag in with Talus, another L1 rocking the Move smart contract language. The goal? AI agents running onchain in real-time, making decisions with full transparency. What could possibly go wrong? Talus is launching Nexus, an onchain agentic framework, plus Idol.fun, an AI consumer platform. Expect a mix of DeFAI, GameFAI, SocialFAI, and the most dystopian one yet—AI DAOs. Because nothing says "trustless automation" like an AI running a treasury while degens throw money at it. But wait, there's more! Talus is also working on AI Bae, where "AI romance meets web3 drama." Apparently, your "digital soulmate" could double as the next memecoin. Imagine falling in love with an AI waifu only to have her rugged for liquidity. Peak Web3. Meanwhile, Sui’s core devs at Mysten Labs have also launched the Walrus testnet (yes, Walrus), a decentralized storage platform. This lets AI models live offchain while still pulling onchain historical data. Translation: AI agents can now analyze all your terrible trading decisions before deciding to front-run you. Talus CEO Mike Hanono is hyped: "This partnership is a game-changer, bringing real-time AI automation to DeFi, gaming, and beyond." So, in summary: AI agents running onchain, AI DAOs making decisions, AI waifus breaking hearts, and a decentralized Walrus managing storage. Web3 never sleeps, and neither will your AI overlords. WAGMI or AI rug? You decide.

The NFT market is facing legal disputes and a continued downturn. Billionaire Justin Sun is suing David Geffen over an allegedly forged sale of a $78 million Giacometti sculpture, highlighting legal complexities in digital assets. Meanwhile, the NFL Players Association is suing DraftKings for $65 million after the company shut down its NFT project, citing legal concerns. Additionally, Web3 brand Rtfkt, acquired by Nike, is shutting down after NFT trading volumes plummeted by 97%. Nike is shifting focus from NFTs to gaming, reflecting a broader industry trend. These events signal ongoing challenges for the NFT sector. 

Alright, degen predictors, we've got another one. Forkast just went live on Ronin, giving us yet another way to bet on memecoins, gaming, esports, and whatever else the internet decides is relevant for 15 minutes. Think Polymarket, but with more gaming cope and less arguing about whether the Fed will rug us again. It’s backed by Community Gaming, which means it's got that esports flavor—staking their new CGX token gets you weekly loot boxes (because we’re all trained to love digital scratch-offs at this point). You can also create your own prediction markets, so if you ever wanted to let people bet on whether some web3 game will actually launch, now's your chance. Best part? Gasless transactions via Ronin’s Waypoint wallet. So yeah, you can place your bets without worrying about gas fees eating into your 10x meme bet. And since it’s on Ronin, there’s even a Ronin-specific market where you can long RON’s rise (or short it into the abyss, your call). You can farm CGX by ranking on prediction leaderboards, daily trading volume, and even by winning gaming tournaments. Because why just lose money on bad bets when you can also get farmed by whales trading against you? TL;DR: Forkast is here, it’s on Ronin, and it’s letting you bet on anything from esports to crypto drama. Time to fade the herd and farm some CGX. Who’s aping in? 🚀🔥

Ah yes, the golden era of “just launch your own chain” continues. This time, it’s SuperGaming hopping on the B3 blockchain train, rolling out their very own game chain. Because why just make games when you can make infrastructure too, right? For those keeping score, B3 is cooking up a whole “open gaming ecosystem” where each partner gets their own little blockchain kingdom but still shares services like an incentivized user model (translation: onboard players, get 30% of their future revenue—basically gaming’s version of affiliate links on steroids). SuperGaming isn’t a small player either. They claim 200M+ Web2 gamers from titles like Indus (battle royale), MaskGun, Tower Conquest, and Silly Royale. Now, thanks to B3, they get to blockchain-ify it all and double dip into Web3 without scaring off their existing player base. CEO Roby John is hyped about “bringing games onto the blockchain” while keeping the best of both worlds—aka full control over their own chain while piggybacking off B3’s ecosystem. Meanwhile, NPC Labs’ Daryl Xu reminds us that early blockchains were too financial-focused, forcing devs into tokenomics over gameplay (shocking, I know). B3’s model, however, is allegedly fixing that by prioritizing “creativity and collaboration.” TL;DR: Another gaming studio, another chain, another round of Web2 → Web3 onboarding attempts. Will it be different this time? Maybe. Will it be profitable? Probably for the early backers. 🚀🔥

The XRP Ledger (XRPL) has activated the NFTokenMintOffer amendment, streamlining NFT minting and offer creation into a single transaction. This update reduces costs and improves efficiency, strengthening XRPL’s position in the NFT space.Unlike Ethereum-based NFTs that rely on smart contracts, XRPL NFTs are built directly into the protocol, minimizing network congestion and high gas fees. Recent data shows a 460% surge in NFT transactions on XRPL, with over 7.6 million NFTs minted.This enhancement is expected to drive further adoption of NFTs and increase demand for XRP.

Alright, so crypto’s holding up—Bitcoin flirting with $97K, ETH chilling at $2,688—but NFTs? Yikes. The market keeps bleeding out, with weekly sales volume plummeting 35.15% to $112.7M. But somehow, NFT buyers surged 624% to over 203K?! More people are jumping in, just… spending way less. Love that for us. Ethereum NFTs took the biggest L, with sales down 41.25% to $56M. Even wash trading is drying up, dropping 78.20% (RIP to the usual suspects). Meanwhile, Mythos Chain and Polygon are flexing some gains, but Bitcoin NFTs got obliterated, down 71.42% to $6.7M. Guess even Ordinals maxis have limits. And for the collections? It’s a bloodbath. Pudgy Penguins? -55.29% 💀Azuki? -79.17% 🚑CryptoPunks? Still kicking, but -30.01%.Meanwhile, DMarket somehow tops the charts with $8.7M in sales. Because nothing says “NFT revival” like gaming skins. So, what’s the play? Looks like the market’s onboarding a ton of fresh meat, but without the usual degens market-making with wash trades, liquidity is evaporating. Are NFTs just a bear market charity at this point?

The XRP Ledger (XRPL) has activated the NFTokenMintOffer amendment, a significant update designed to enhance NFT efficiency on the network. This change simplifies the minting and offering of NFTs by combining both processes into a single transaction, reducing costs and improving user experience. With the growing popularity of NFTs, this update strengthens XRPL’s position in the space and could drive greater adoption of XRP. The amendment was passed through XRPL’s consensus governance model and is now fully integrated, enhancing NFT adoption, which saw a 460% increase in transactions and an 855% rise in minting activity in Q4 2024.

Ah yes, another day, another Web3 gaming project trying to crack the totally unsolved problem of sustainable P2E economies. This time, it’s Sugarverse, a mobile gaming studio out of Bulgaria, teaming up with Ludo, a social questing platform, to pump up engagement before their big Q1 2025 launch. After grinding through multiple market cycles (translation: surviving the bear market without completely imploding), Sugarverse is pushing forward with its five-game mobile ecosystem featuring Sugar Bear NFTs 🧸 and CNDY tokens 🍭—because, of course, it’s not Web3 without cute NFTs and a utility token. Their latest move? Integrating social questing on Discord, X, and Telegram to keep engagement high and, let’s be real, farm that sweet, sweet ROAS. Ludo’s commercial director, Hugo Marshall, even hit us with the classic Web3 buzzword combo: social, interactive, gamified, community-driven, data-driven, exponential revenue growth—all in one breath. Respect. 👏 So, will Sugarverse be the next big Web3 gaming success, or are we looking at another overhyped token farm? Either way, expect quests, giveaways, and engagement farming to hit your DMs soon. 🚀 For those feeling degen enough to check it out, follow Sugarverse on X.

 Introducing its AI venture with agent Elisa Revard in late 2024, Metaking Studios is now taking things to a new level by fully embracing the concept of AI agents in its mediaeval grand strategy game Blocklords. What started with Elisa Revard – who initially was used as an experiment where players competed to convince her to marry them – will expand to enable players to create their own in-game agents. These will help users with strategic decision making in terms of trading and farm management. In addition, Blocklords will see the integration of autonomous AI-powered heroes and generals in its forthcoming battle mode Battleborne, according to the game’s new AI roadmap. To ensure transparency, agent activities will be recorded and stored on Blocklords‘ Base L3 Lordchain. The key issue of course, is getting the balance right in terms of making AI agents a fun part of the game but not too autonomous to reduce player agency.  Not related to AI, the new roadmap also reveals that the top players – who will eventually control regions on the world map – will be able to create their own in-game tokens. It’s also rolling out an onboarding campaign rewarding users that bring in new players. In related news, Metaking has announced it’s using Nvidia’s DLSS tech to level up the game’s graphics in its forthcoming Battleborne update.