Leading institutions back Asia Blockchain Gaming Alliance (ABGA) in the gaming and blockchain community. We are optimistic about the developments in blockchain games, NFTs, and the Metaverse, and we are taking the initiative to support ABGA-related activities and investments.

To better promote internal communication among members and to achieve efficient resource matching, ABGA has provided a monthly member newsletter for Diamond and Platinum members to update their latest developments. Help people understand the latest industry trends and expand business cooperation opportunities.

As of December 31, the content of the member newsletters in the November monthly report is mainly provided by the following twelve members from the ABGA ecosystem: ：Protocol Labs, Waterdrip Capital, Enjinstarter, MetaEstate, Bitrise Capital, Mint Ventures, BKEX, Polygon, Chain Capital, Bing Ventures, Lingose 和 DeepBrainChain. We will provide an English version for this part. If you have any cooperative intentions, welcome to contact us.

Protocol Labs

Updates in November

1. Protocol labs state and summarize the direction of Filecoin more information please check here. https://medium.com/tldrfilecoin/state-and-direction-of-filecoin-summarized-4b90c59e3cca

2. The PL EngRes WG, formed by teams of core contributors in the Protocol Labs Network, hosts monthly All Hands meetings to check in on progress, and showcase the growth and new capabilities being unlocked by these research & development teams. You can also follow along with PL EngRes WG priorities and progress in real-time here. (https://bit.ly/3tH34Vt)

3. The PL Engineering and Research (EngRes) Workgroup meeting was successfully held online on November 2022 with theme of IPFS, Filecoin and libp2p + IPLD. You can check the Youtube recording here.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwodF5LMdXY

4. The Protocol Labs network gathered in Lisbon, Portugal, on October 24, 2022 and heard founder Juan Benet’s vision for the future of the network. See the whole conference video here. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhuBigpl7lquMYyWetD-pjok5e-5Tv-MJ

5. At CryptoEconDay Lisbon, Web3 researchers & practitioners shared their findings, lessons learned, and most challenging questions around crypto-economics. Here’s the full playlist of talks. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhuBigpl7lquUU6977VbjjZ-UxJGwJpJv

6. Protocol Labs’ projects Nft.storage (https://nft.storage/) has 107 M+ uploads.

Updates in December

1. On December 19, Protocol Labs published the article “Openlinks: High performance link-in-bio pages as custom microsites”. For details, see: https://blog.web3.storage/posts/openlinks-case-study

Waterdrip Capital

Updates in November

1. On November 2, Waterdrip Capital announced its support for the Ecosystem Grant program organized by Peaq Network and served as a member of the review team for the program.

2. On November 7th, Waterdrip Capital sponsored the “Web3 Open Class for Newcomers” series of courses produced by the Peking University Blockchain Association (PKU Blockchain DAO). The videos can be searched and watched in Bilibili. (https://space.bilibili.com/586660955/channel/collectiondetail?sid=894352)

Updates in December

1. On December 12, Jademont, the co-founder of Waterdrip Capital, participated as an invited guest in the online live event of “RockTree OG Talk Series: New Investment Trends” hosted by Rock Tree Capital.

2. On December 24th, Waterdrip Capital participated in the Christmas gift Give away event organized by Game Mine Alliance as a partner institution.

Enjinstarter

Updates in November and December

1. RTS Battle Royale Xenna, the second SIDUS Metaverse game, had its grand presentation on December 14 in Dubai.

2. Playermon celebrated their anniversary in November and joined the PH Blockchain Week. Joseph Leng, COO and Co-Founder of Playermon, expressed eagerness and gratitude about the PH Blockchain Week.

3. RaceFi is now with BNBchain doing a migration campaign. Lynn Nguyen, COO of RaceFi partnered with BNB chain because the multichain matches RaceFi’s two criteria of high-speed transactions and low gas fees.

4. BitHotel has released the second version of the BitHotel Beta, and became an Event Partner at P2E Night held in London. The ability to trade with other players is one of Bit Hotel’s major updates.

5. Scotty Beam is a cross-chain NFT teleporter, which means it can move NFTs from one chain to another. Find more details of projects here: https://twitter.com/ScottyBeamIO/status/1605195955539562496?s=20&t=YLHlnwZFONYSs6UCpCV4Qg

6. The Killbox is an action-packed, bloody first-person shooter game where players put together elite squads and trade in-game NFT weapons (AK-47s, grenades, swords). One of its recent updates is the Elite Competition, wherein users play to earn $KBOX rewards.

7. Cornitos is entering the Foodverse with their first NFT collection on Polygon Chain, presenting their products to Web3 audiences.

8. Kryxivia switched from using the Binance Smart Chain as its main platform to the Ethereum Network.

MetaEstate

Updates in November

1.A WEB3 World Cup spectacular has been produced by MetaEstate X Nawarat X Port3 X working with P12. At the event, 200+ partners, 100+ KOLs, and a variety of media outlets will be present.

2.Organized by Cointelegraph Chinese and CO-HOST by MetaEstate the “SAYS HELLO FROM SINGAPORE” private reception has been held on Nov 23rd at 7PM.

3.Co-launched the Thanksgiving event “EverlandDAO Fuji Golden Hall Airdrop” with EverlandDAO on Nov 15th.

4.Co-launched the Halloween airdrop event with EverlandDAO X AvatarDAO X Skyark X Chamcha.

5.MetaEstate reached strategic cooperation with Chamcha.

Updates in December

1.MetaEstate collaborated with EstateTrader, EverlandDAO Dudulab and PIAS to hold the Web3 World Cup — Guess the Champion to Win Grand Prize.

2.MetaEstate reached strategic cooperation with JoJoworld.

3. On Dec. 22, MetaEstate and AvatarDAO jointly held the “WEB3 XMAS” online summit.

4.MetaEstate and StarryNift jointly hold the “ Back to Future” 3D Fest event.

5.MetaEstate reached strategic cooperation with Metopia.

6.MetaEstate, Nawarat and EverlandDAO jointly launched a Christmas airdrop event.

7.MetaEstate, MetaCat, MetaOasisDAO, EverlandDAO, StarryNift and MetaLandscape jointly launched a Christmas airdrop event.

8.MetaEstate released the research report “2022 Year in Review: A Year of Metaverse Development and Innovation”. Get more information here: https://medium.com/@metaestate_com/2022 年度回顾 - 元宇宙发展和创新的一年 -4b7b8d2840ea

Bitrise Capital

Updates in November

1. At 20:00 on November 8 (UTC+8) Twitter Space, co-hosted by Metainsight, Bitrise Capital, Nswap, Mask network, and Mint ventures — “Under the Bear Market, NFT User Survival” https://twitter.com /i/spaces/1lPKqBjEvWNGb

2. At 20:00 on November 12 (UTC+8), Bitrise Capital supported a Metainsight roundtable with the theme of “Cold Thinking after FTX Aftershocks” on Twitter Space. After the FTX thunderstorm, how can users keep their principal? What stage is the bear market in? How to seize the opportunity and come back against the wind? For more info: https://twitter.com/i/spaces/1YqGoAbWXngxv

3. At 20:00 (UTC+8) on November 19th, Bitrise Capital supported two roundtables in the Metainsight live broadcast room with the theme of [FTX Incident: How to Safely Manage Customer Assets]. The aftershocks of the FTX incident continued! Many institutions have faced crises one after another. How can users protect their assets under turbulent market conditions?

4. At 20:00 on November 24th (UTC+8), the theme supported by Bitrise Capital is [Web3.o Meets Sports Events: How to Really Capture Users] Twitter Space will be held online. For more information, please refer to: https://twitter .com/Bitrisecapital_/status/1595747994988851200?s=20&t=4z6qEekWt_DMnjRDc0cIZQ

Updates in December

1. On December 22, Bitrise Capital supported Twitter Space with the theme of [Web3 Entrepreneur’s Guide to Going to Sea] for online live broadcast.

Mint Ventures

Updates in November

Campaigns:

1. On Nov 3rd, Mint Ventures was invited to Twitter Space held by Web3GOLabs under the theme of Cross-chain.

2. On Nov 8th, Mint Ventures was invited to Twitter Space as a guest by Metainsight to share some practical tips for NFT players under the bull market.

Investment: Mint Venture is confirmed to invest in two prominent projects, and the details will be revealed soon.

Insights:

1. Research Report Published: BendDAO

2. WEB3 Mint To Be Podcast update:

BendDAO: The Community is the Key to Thrive

The Potential Spark of NFT X Digital Fashion

3. WEB3 Founders Real Talk #2 : BendDAO: The Community is the Key to Thrive

Splinter, Head of Development of BendDAO shared his unique view toward the NFTFi market, fresh BendDAO updates, and the lessons that BendDAO learned from the previous liquidation crisis without reservation, as well as some advice for Web3 job hunters and entrepreneurs.

Updates in December

Campaigns:

1. On Dec 9th, Mint Ventures was invited by Backwave to attend the Twitter Space, having a deep discussion about the opportunities and risks AIGC may bring

2. On Dec 11th, Mint Ventures was invited by DAO Square to exchange insights about ChatGPT in its Twitter Space

3. On Dec 16th, Mint Ventures was invited to a Twitter Space held by 0x499 to have a discussion about the APE Staking

4. On Dec 17th, Mint Ventures was invited by Mynft as a guest to attend the offline activity under the theme of Outlook 2023 — — Sui Community Day

Insights:

1. 2022 trend analysis published:

- NFT Moments in 2022: What is Next?

- The Next Cycle Outlook: WEB3 in 2022 and Beyond

2. WEB3 Mint To Be Podcast update:

- The Recent Overview of Curve: CRV Short Selling Attack and crvUSD Whitepaper Release

BKEX

Updates in December

1. BKEX Labs was invited as a judge to participate in the “2022 BLOCKFESTA Seoul” event held by Block Media.

2.BKEX Labs participated in the Miami Web3 Summit and discuss with more than 1,000 institutional attendees about the future of Web3.

3. In Seoul, South Korea, BKEX Labs hosted the “Startup Pitch Day” event, which received good comments from more than 50 local blockchain institutions.

4. In 2023, BKEX Labs plans 12 to15 medium-sized offline events and 3 to 4 major events. All institutions are welcome to cooperate.

5. Hong Kong financial company Xanpool, an early investment project of BKEX Labs, received the latest round of financing and a 41 million USD investment.

Polygon

Updates in December

1. In September, Starbucks announced it has partnered with Polygon to build its Starbucks Odyssey Web3-powered experience. The beta is live since December.

2. LGND music announced a multi-year partnership with WarnerMusic and Polygon for a new collaborative, digital collectible platform.

3. On December 1, Polygon zkEVM began its audit. This audit represents an interesting challenge because it is meant to evaluate the security of a new kind of technology, specifically a technology designed to conceal information in a trustless way.

4. Bangalore International Airport Limited (BIAL) recently launched the first phase of BLR Metaport, the world’s first metaverse experience for an airport, in collaboration with AWS, Intel and Polygon.

5. Polygon 2022 Ecological Review

(1) The Polygon ecosystem will grow rapidly in 2022:

(2) 778,000 smart contracts deployed on the Polygon network (+152% YoY)

(3) 234,000 contract creators (+637% YoY)

(4) 200,000,000 total unique addresses (+54% YoY)

(5) 960,000,000 successful transactions processed

(6) 60,953 tonnes of carbon eliminated from the Polygon network’s annual CO2 footprint by Ethereum’s Merge

(7) 1 ultimate scaling solution in a testnet phase, Polygon zkEVM

Get more information here: https://polygon.technology/blog/polygon-2022-rewind

Chain Capital:

Updates in December

1.Chain Capital completed Read2N investment

2.Chain Capital published Chain Capital’s views on the Japanese crypto market and a Japanese game research report on “Tokyo Web3 Summer Hackathon Special Issue: Crypto Review (Nov 2022) digests”

3. Chain Capital jointly released a series of reports on the regionalization of Global Games and Blockchain Games with ABGA — the United States

Bing Ventures

Updates in December

Events:

1. On December 4th, Bing Ventures’ partner Bruce Lai spoke at the Chinese-Youth Cloud Summit 2022’s Transformation through Technology panel. The summit, live-streamed on flive.ifeng.com and Vzan, has accumulated 1.36 million views.

2. On December 24th, our investment manager Darren joined a Twitter Space organized by ABGA with guests from Arbitrum, TreasureDAO, Footprint Analytics, etc. where they gave a retrospective look at Web3 gaming in 2022.

Thought Leadership:

1. Bing Ventures officially became a contributor of Seeking Alpha, the largest investing community in the world with our depute article: Crypto Market Shows Signs Of Bottoming (https://seekingalpha.com/article/4568018-crypto-market-shows-signs-of-bottoming?v=1672933860#comment-94163090).

2. Other insights and research articles produced in the month include Kava: A Consensus Engine That Fuses the Cosmos and Ethereum (https://seekingalpha.com/article/4568018-crypto-market-shows-signs-of-bottoming?v=1672933860#comment-94163090) and ZK Rollups in 2023: From SNARK to STARK and Beyond (https://hackernoon.com/zk-rollups-in-2023-from-snark-to-stark-and-beyond), with the latter being a top story on Hackernoon.

Brand Update:

1. Bing Ventures is having a branding overhaul. It will include the logo, slogan, website, and more. Our brand-new website coming next months will reflect our investment in a timelier manner and be a place of resources for our portfolios and Web3 startups and entrepreneurs in general. Stay tuned!

Lingose

Updates in December

1. Lingose now supports Klaytn mainnet, and we are looking forward to cooperating with more game project parties on Klaytn in the future.

2. Lingose has cooperated with 80+ game projects and platforms, not only limited to chain game projects, but also expect to reach strategic cooperation with more excellent NFT projects in the new year 2023.

DeepBrainChain

Updates in December

1.In December, the founder of DBC travelled to Korea to discuss with Korean computing pools how to use DBC computing power to expand the cloud Internet cafe market.

2.Korean DBC computing pool has started testing the functions related to Cloud Internet Cafe. The Korea Computing Pool has rented a new site to deploy a cloud Internet cafe server room. The new room has four floors, each with a capacity of over 2,000 GPUs, and is expected to go live in March ‘23.

3.From early December, ChatGPT’s craze drove the AI segment of crypto price to soar. As the cornerstone of computing power in the era of AI+ meta-universe, DBC’s price rose 76.7% within a week of ChatGPT’s launch, and it also gained the attention of information platforms and KOLs such as CoinGecko to report.

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