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New app store policy now requires cryptocurrency wallet developers including non-custodial wallets to hold banking or money service licenses (US FinCEN MSB registration or an EU MiCA CASP license) to operate in 15 key jurisdictions (as of writing) in a move to ensure a safe and compliant ecosystem for users

Seattle-based Neon Machine, creator of the Web3 FPS Shrapnel, has raised $19.5M across two funding rounds, led by Gala Games with backing from Griffin Gaming Partners, Polychain Capital, and others. The deal brings Shrapnel into Gala’s ecosystem and supports its upcoming global and China launches with closed access planned for late 2025 and open access in early 2026, marking it as the first licensed Web3 game approved for China’s Trusted Copyright Chain

The seed round was led by Yolo Investments with participation from a16z Speedrun, Volt Capital, WndrCo, Tusk Ventures and Arbitrum Gaming Ventures

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Wuuu long time no see 🥺 show some new updates in the Web3 Gaming • Shrapnel migrate to the GALAChain (Move from Avalanche) • FIFA Rivals surpass 1m downloads after 7 weeks • Delabs complete Binance IDO and launch they token ($DELABS) — As of write $10M mcap, $40m FDV • Pixel team announce staking system update such as spend/stake-only $vPIXEL & allow game monetize via USDC & offer non-dilutive rewards • YGG announce they degen casual game publisher (YGG Play) on Abstract • Gunzilla release July Monthly Report (Expand $GUN to Solana, Launch Off The Grid on Steam & begin OpenSea Rollout for they secondary markets) • Interest read are "The Engineered Economy of Roblox" (John Wang) & Toy Makers in Gaming (Naavik) • Observe not much fundraising this 2025 (most web3 game funds already pivot, stop deploy, or have not raise new fund) but see The Lost Glitches raise $1million from Arbitrum Gaming Ventures & German Game Funding Program

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• Global live-streaming viewership hit 32.5B hours in 2024, a 12% YoY increase, nearly back to pandemic-era peaks • In 2024, YouTube Gaming increased viewership by 66% from 2023 (Also +800k increase in streamers compared to 2023) • Non-Gaming genre increased viewership in 2024 by 12% • VTubers saw massive jump in popularity throughout 2024 with only 2 of the top 10 seeing small drops in viewership

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• $DREAMS will have increased liquidity via Ekubo on StarkNet — Liquidity Pool

2022 — 8,500 2023 — 10,500 2024 — 15,650 2025 — 6,700* (Estimated: 12,000)