Why the Ethereum game is taking ‘Fantasy Top’ Crypto Twitter

What is CryptoTwitter talking about? Believe it or not, a game built around Crypto Twitter—which offers massive rewards and incentives to players.

Virtual high Converting the industry's biggest and most buzzworthy social media personalities is captivating the crypto faithful. Ethereum NFT trading cards on Large-scale network explosion. Players can demolish rivals by creating card lineups with the best real-world Twitter engagement during each tournament and earn crypto and in-game rewards in return.

Crypto's biggest tweeters have welcomed it, promoting their own in-game cards or sharing their lineups, as well as boasting how much NFTs have soared in value in such a short period of time. They are forming private owner groups to discuss strategies and encourage buyers.

Launched on May 1st on the Blast mainnet by anonymous creator Travis Bickle, Fantasy Top is effective if it is built around outspoken crypto personalities and traders rather than professional football players. The influencers in question get a small discount with each card trade and other perks — but many seem to have invested heavily in building their own lineup.

Includes a list of in-game NFT “Heroes”. Coin dealer of the time, 9dcc founder Gmoney, Pacman, the founder of the explosionFamous guest tweeter Greg16676935420, DeGods creator FrankWell NFT traders Pranksy and Machi Big Brother and even Su Zhou – the founder of the company Collapsed crypto hedge fund Capital of three arrows.

Rag Radio's Farooq Sarmad, who is merging with Decrypt, is another prominent personality.

It's more than just shopping. NFTs Put your favorite crypto traders and them in the lineup for each tournament. There are several rarity levels on the cards, including the ability to trade multiple low-level cards to unlock a higher level, which provides a point boost in each tournament.

There's another curious wrinkle to consider: scoring depends on your lineup's actual social media engagement, which begs the question of what counts as quality engagement — and how that can be manipulated.

One “hero” in question, content creator Jane Dung, for the time being She has made her Twitter account private. If you notice that one of her Twitter videos on Sunday has unusually large engagement numbers. She suggested that users were “watering down” her content or artificially boosting engagement, which she feared could cause problems for her own game.

“People don't want to play fair and I won't risk messing up my X algo,” she tweeted. Increase: “Please don't mess with me. I don't need it. I'm betting on me, and I want to win on my own merits.”

“You're testing the systems for other creators,” she added.

But the Fantasy Top hype continues unabated, and arguably reached a fever pitch on Monday morning with the announcement of the prize pool. The first “main competition” It's just launched: an airdrop allocation to the network that brings in more than $150,000 worth of Ethereum (50 ETH) and 222,222 Blast Gold – along with card packs and other in-game rewards.

While 50 ETH isn't chump change for the crypto game that launched last week, the biggest prize could come from the burst of gold. Observers of the crypto industry estimate the price of gold for each explosion More than $10That portion of the prize pool could total more than $2 million.

Players raced to buy cards in fantasy's top marketplace, sparking millions of dollars worth of trades in the process. More than 50% From the total transaction volume on the Ethereum mainnet as of early Monday.

A Flipside Crypto Dashboard According to analyst Hilldobi, the NFT trading volume is over 7,000 ETH worth (worth over $21 million at current prices) and over 31,000 total users this week.

The virtual top is a shot in the arm of the rejection of Crypto Twitter, reviving the positive feelings that have been missing in the stability of the market in recent weeks. But we'll see if the virtual sports riff featuring Twitter influencers has the depth and passion to keep the momentum going after the initial novelty and hype of the explosive network fades.

Edited by Ryan Ozawa.