Montevideo, Uruguay, September 16th, 2024, Chainwire

The Rootstock community is set to conclude the “Rootstock World Tour,” one of its largest ecosystem campaigns, on September 30, 2024. This campaign, hosted on the Galxe platform, is bringing together partners from across the Rootstock ecosystem, offering users interactive opportunities to engage with 12 different decentralized applications (dApps) on the Rootstock blockchain.

Throughout the tour, participants will gain hands-on experience, enhance their knowledge of decentralized finance (DeFi) and blockchain technologies, and earn rewards for their engagement. The campaign is providing a unique opportunity to explore and interact with various Rootstock integrations.

Users can check out the campaign on Galxe here.

About Rootstock

Rootstock is the first, biggest, and longest-lasting Bitcoin sidechain. It is the only Bitcoin layer 2 that combines the security of Bitcoin’s proof-of-work, with Ethereum’s smart contract capabilities.

Rootstock is open-source, EVM-compatible, and secured by over 60% of Bitcoin’s hashing power, which makes it a gateway to a vibrant ecosystem of dApps that continues to evolve to become fully trustless. 

Rootstock World Tour Overview

The Rootstock World Tour campaign began on August 5, 2024, and is spinning a total of 12 quests across different destinations within the Rootstock ecosystem. Users who complete these quests have the chance to earn unique rewards, including Rootstock NFTs and Air Miles points. Additionally, participants are eligible for a raffle on September 30, 2024, where three winners will be selected to receive $3,000 in RBTC, Rootstock’s native token pegged 1:1 to Bitcoin (BTC).

Campaign Details and Rewards

Participants of the Rootstock World Tour are invited to engage in various activities through the 12 featured dApps: Jumper, Rubic Exchange, SushiSwap, Oku, Symbiosis, Woodswap, Money on Chain, Sovryn, Tropykus, RNS, Elk Finance, and CoNFT.

By completing quests such as obtaining RBTC, swapping tokens within the ecosystem, minting Rootstock NFTs, staking, and interacting with RNS domains, users can earn rewards from each individual dApp. Completing all quests also unlocks additional rewards and boosts participants’ chances in the final raffle.

Timeline and Raffle

The Rootstock World Tour ends on September 30, 2024, at which point the raffle will be held to award three winners with $3,000 in RBTC.

Quests 

To complete the tour, users can visit 12 destinations to do 5 types of quests: 1) Getting RBTC, 2) swapping RBTC to a token in the ecosystem (RIF, USDRIF, DLLR, MoC, rUSDT, or WRBTC), 3) minting a Rootstock NFT, 4) putting the tokens to work by staking, depositing, or adding liquidity, and 5) Minting an RNS (RIF Name Service) domain.

Interacting with any of these dApps is considered a quest by itself whether users take a further step or not. Each Rootstock community partner will publish the terms and conditions applicable to such particular quest.

Resources and Support

To navigate the Rootstock ecosystem, it’s useful for users to read through the following:

• Comprehensive list of wallets compatible with the Rootstock ecosystem
• Understanding the tokens in the Rootstock ecosystem; RBTC, RIF, and USDRIF
• Guide to displaying Rootstock NFTs in your Metamask wallet

More detailed information about the quests is available on Rootstock.

Legal disclaimer

This article is for general information purposes only. It does not constitute legal, financial, or other professional advice, and should not be relied upon as such. RootstockLabs accepts no responsibility for any loss or damage that may arise from reliance on information contained in this publication. Readers should do their own research or seek independent professional advice before making any decision based on the information contained in this publication.

Contact

Rootstock Community
jouman.hajjar@rootstocklabs.com

Singapore, Singapore, September 16th, 2024, Chainwire

• Built on Base, Unite is launching its inaugural earning season
• Users can earn $UNITE tokens in Mom’s Kitchen, the first profitable casual mobile game in Web3 
• Minting Soul Bound Token (SBT) In-Game Asset Offers an Exclusive Bonus Multiplier for Airdrop

Unite, a groundbreaking Layer 3 blockchain solution built on Base and backed by industry leaders like Coinbase Ventures, OKX Ventures, Solana Ventures, and Superlayer, is excited to launch its inaugural in-game season for the popular casual mobile game, Mom’s Kitchen: Cooking Games.

Since its June launch, Unite has quickly established itself as a key player in web3 mobile gaming infrastructure; achieving over 5 million downloads across its suite of games on iOS and Android. Unite’s mission is to bring the mobile gaming industry’s massive $90 billion revenue and its 2.8 billion players into the world of web3, setting a new standard for blockchain-based gaming experiences.

Introducing The $UNITE Airdrop Bonus Multiplier in Mom’s Kitchen

Mom’s Kitchen: Cooking Games, published by Unite, attracted over 500,000 downloads across more than 200 countries, with strong user bases in the United States, India, Indonesia, and the United Kingdom. Through revenue earned from in-game advertising and item purchases, Mom’s Kitchen is one of the first profitable casual mobile games in web3. Mom’s Kitchen is available for download on the Apple’s App Store and Google Play Store. With over 320,000 total unique active wallets, Mom’s Kitchen has established itself as a leading mobile game for players to enjoy casual gaming while owning and earning the value they have created by watching the in-game ads and/or made the in-app purchase.

Mom’s Kitchen is a revenue-backed web3 mobile experience that aligns with Unite’s vision of transforming mobile gaming. As part of this initiative, Unite is introducing a limited-time $UNITE Airdrop Bonus Multiplier that offers players an opportunity to significantly increase their token rewards by participating in the game. The total prize pool for the inaugural season is 565 million $UNITE, which is approximately 1.86% of the token’s total supply.

Players can mint a unique, soul-bound token (SBT) in-game assets called Platinum Piggy that guarantees a higher allocation of $UNITE tokens from Unite’s community reward campaign, Unite Odyssey. This achievement reflects Unite’s commitment to maximizing the earning potential of its players.

As the $UNITE Token Generation Event (TGE) draws near, Unite is offering its community members the chance to enhance their airdrop allocations by actively participating in the game and acquiring the Platinum Piggy in-game asset. This soul-bound token unlocks the potential for earnings by playing the game, viewing ads, and making in-game purchases. Each action taken after acquiring the Platinum Piggy SBT contributes to earning exclusive Unite points, which can be converted into $UNITE tokens before the TGE.

Recently, Unite has raised $3 million from its seed extension round demonstrating a significant level of belief in Unite’s vision to be the first and best L3 chain for mass-market mobile games.

Joining the Unite Community and Boosting $UNITE Airdrop

Unite is thrilled by the community’s enthusiasm throughout the Odyssey campaign and is committed to ensuring a fair $UNITE token distribution for its mobile game players. This exclusive token airdrop bonus multiplier is designed to reward active participants and demonstrate Unite’s appreciation for its loyal community.

Users can stay tuned for additional details on the Mom’s Kitchen $UNITE Airdrop Bonus Multiplier. Unite is also opening up collaboration opportunities with leading web3 communities to secure whitelist spots. Interested communities can reach out to them via DM on X @uniteio for consideration.

About Mom’s Kitchen

Mom’s Kitchen: Cooking Games is a free-to-play casual mobile game offering a unique blend of fun and earning potential in the web3 space. Players will enjoy a smooth gameplay experience in this online cooking simulator, serving foodies with a variety of unique recipes across hundreds of challenging levels. Players who generate value from this game will receive rewards in the form of crypto or gift cards for brands like Amazon, Adidas, Starbucks, and more. Through in-game advertising and item purchases, Mom’s Kitchen has become one of the first profitable web3 mobile games. Users can download Mom’s Kitchen on App Store (iOS) or Google Play (Android).

About Unite

Unite is on a mission to build the first Layer 3 blockchain solution for mass-market mobile games, targeting the 2.8 billion players and the $90 billion revenue generated from the mobile game market. Focused on enhancing player experience with in-game earning capabilities, Unite offers a comprehensive L3 solution encompassing chain, client, ecosystem and establishing a decentralized physical infrastructure (DePin) built on billions of daily active mobile devices worldwide.

Founded by veterans in mobile, gaming and web3 infrastructure who served as founders and executives of some of the biggest names, Unite is leading the innovation to the mobile games.

For more information, users can visit Unite’s official website, follow them on X, and join the Unite Discord community.

Contact

Head of Growth
Di Chen
Uniteio
dchen@unite.io

Palo Alto, CA, September 12th, 2024, Chainwire

Super Champs Chain will Accelerate Growth with New Games from Builders; Super Champs already the Top Gaming Ecosystem on Base with Two Live Games and More to Come

The Super Champs Protocol Foundation is excited to announce the launch of the Super Champs Chain – a cutting edge gaming optimized L3 that rolls up to the Base blockchain from Coinbase. Built on the web3 game publishing platform and protocol from Joyride Games, the Chain also includes the BuilderKit, a development, growth, and live operations suite for mobile studios. The Super Champs Chain represents the next step in the Foundation’s vision to build a games franchise powered by web3 community, proprietary IP, and mobile game tooling.

Super Champs is an anime-inspired universe where superhero athletes use their powers to compete across multiple action sports. Super Champs already has two popular mobile games built by Joyride Games, Racket Rampage and Bullet League, and a Super Champs HQ web-based questing experience tailored for cryptonatives. Since launching in June, Super Champs has become the top games ecosystem on the Base blockchain with 5MM+ total game installs, 125k+ onchain daily active users, 700k+ onchain monthly active users, 250k+ X followers, and 650k+ YouTube and TikTok subscribers. These blockchain games currently represent ~10% of all daily users on Base, and migration to the L3 will make it a Top 5 gaming blockchain with current activity alone. 

“The Super Champs ecosystem has seen dramatic growth already, and it is poised to grow further with the upcoming launch of the $CHAMP token. We aim to build the first scaled web3 gaming franchise, immersing the community in multiple mobile games and a deep story-based universe,” said Vivek Nallavelli, Director of the Super Champs Protocol Foundation. “Our next mission is to empower Builders to bring new, high quality game experiences set in the Super Champs Universe to our engaged community.”

The Super Champs L3 Chain on Base is built on Joyride’s game publishing platform and protocol for web3 mobile games. The Chain uses the Arbitrum rollup stack to achieve rapid and low-cost transaction processing and a gas-free experience for consumers, making it an attractive solution for studios to create immersive game experiences for players. This architecture offloads complex computations from Base, scaling horizontally as part of Joyride’s omnichain network to handle increasing load while inheriting the security guarantees of the Ethereum blockchain. The BuilderKit complements this blockchain infrastructure by offering studios building games cutting-edge mobile-optimized tools to build, grow, and manage their games. 

“It’s amazing to see Super Champs generating such excitement for its games and animated series on TikTok and YouTube,” said Omar Siddiqui, Founder & CEO of Joyride Games. “As the first mobile games ecosystem built on our publishing platform and protocol, we can’t wait to see every studio building a Super Champs game accelerate its growth with access to world-class infrastructure. Our long term vision has always been for Super Champs to introduce a new web3 paradigm for game franchises, and it’s thrilling to see it come to life.”

With the announcement of the Chain and BuilderKit, Super Champs is evaluating ideas for new games from Builders who want to take advantage of its novel IP and thriving community to build new games. 

“We’re still in the nascent stages of understanding the true potential of web3 gaming, and there’s no other web3 native mobile game IP that has already generated early momentum like Super Champs,” said Scott Rupp, Founding General Partner at BITKRAFT Ventures. “Today’s announcement makes it easier than ever for game developers to build in the robust Super Champs ecosystem, taking us another step closer to decentralization and bringing web3 experiences to the mainstream.”

About the Super Champs Protocol Foundation

The Super Champs Protocol Foundation supports the growth of Super Champs, an anime-inspired web3 franchise powered by community, proprietary IP, and a suite of mobile game tooling for development, growth, and live operations.

The Foundation is backed by top investors and web3 ecosystem participants such as Coinbase Ventures, Animoca, SuperLayer, and leading industry figures such as Gabby Dizon of YGG, EllioTrades of SuperVerse, and Giulio Xiloyannis of MON Protocol.

The Super Champs franchise is now the top game ecosystem on Base, with two live game experiences and a cryptonative web experience attracting 125k+ onchain DAUs, 700k+ onchain MAUs, and animated storytelling content with 650K+ subscribers and 10MM+ views across TikTok and YouTube.

About Joyride Games

Joyride Games is a games and infrastructure company supporting the development of web3 game ecosystems to build next generation franchises. Led by veteran game developers from Disney, Electronic Arts, and Zynga, Joyride has built onchain mobile games, infrastructure, and protocol that have onboarded 10MM+ players to web3. Super Champs is its most recent ecosystem project, and it has partnered with the Super Champs Foundation for its launch. 

Backed by leading blockchain and game investors such as BITKRAFT, Solana Ventures, Dapper Labs, OKX Ventures, KuCoin Ventures, and OpenSea, Joyride has raised $30MM to execute on its vision of player-owned franchises.

Joyride’s web3 game publishing platform and protocol is optimized for mobile games. It includes an omnichain network to support multiple game ecosystems and builder tools encompassing web3 and web2 to develop, operate, and grow high quality mobile games. 

Contact

Media Contact
Andrew Wong
fortyseven communications
wong@fortyseven.com

New York, New York, August 26th, 2024, Chainwire

Nectar AI, an immersive AI companionship platform, announced today it has raised $3.9 million in funding.

The seed round is co-led by Mechanism Capital and Karatage, with participation from Synergis, Maelstrom (Arthur Hayes), Builder Capital, Baboon, and Decima. Notable angel investors include Tekin Salimi and George Lambeth (Dao5), Albert Chon (Cofounder at Injective), Charles Lu (Cofounder at Espresso Systems), Gabby Dizon (Cofounder at YGG), and several other key figures in the crypto space.

The proceeds will be used to scale the team with several key hires on both the AI and protocol side, as well as increase capacity for new partnerships and affiliates.

Nectar AI’s mission is to allow users to create and interact with AI companions that feel indistinguishable from reality. Leveraging the latest developments in generative AI and web3, Nectar AI allows users to create uncensored & replicable multimodal AI companions in either a realistic or anime style. Users can customize their characters at a level of depth unmatched by other platforms, by detecting user intent and responding appropriately with images or text within seconds. Generative AI video creation is also available on the platform, with more in depth video and voice messages coming soon. In the future, users will be able to port their created companions onchain, giving them full IP ownership of their assets as well as the ability to permissionlessly monetize them.

Currently, over 500,000 users on the platform create both AI stories and companions, which allows storytellers to create rich and dynamic role playing experiences that can range from medieval adventures to different encounters. Companions are AI generated agents that can star in any of these stories, similar to casting an actress for a movie.

Members of the Nectar community have lauded the platform for its ability to make uncensored immersive content for entertainment and emotional support.

One user said, “A recent update allowed me to transform my photos into companions. The new ability to bring portraits to life inspired me to create a music video with one of them as the protagonist. Nectar is such a creator-friendly platform, and I’m really looking forward to more updates and eventually monetize my assets.”

Keccak and Zi, the co-founders of Nectar AI, first met at Stanford and began working on the project in August 2023. Prior, Keccak helped start a prominent AI & crypto fund and Zi made significant contributions to realistic synthetic facial generation at Meta and L1 Blockchains. Nectar is set on developing a new protocol set to release later this year to enable financialization of on-chain AI agents.

About Nectar

Nectar AI is building out the future of human and AI interaction. We believe that these experiences should be uncensored and immersive, and our flagship product allows users to create personalized and multimodal AI companions. 

With over 500k users, Nectar AI’s mission is to become the most powerful decentralized platform for creating AI assets, and to deliver an integrated experience both on and offchain. Nectar AI was founded in 2023 by Keccak and Zi, who both graduated from Stanford, and has founding team members from top companies and protocols.

Site: nectar.ai

Info: support@trynectar.ai 

Contact

Nectar AI
support@trynectar.ai