Blockchain gaming reached a notable peak in August with 4.2 million daily active users, as reported by DappRadar.
The industry saw a 5% increase in unique daily active wallets last month, though it was surpassed by AI-related sectors in overall activity.
Ronin led the blockchain gaming sector, seeing a 24% rise in unique active wallets to 1.32 million, driven primarily by games like Pixels and Forgotten Runiverse. opBNB followed with a 50% increase to 688,000 wallets, buoyed by “SERAPH: In the Darkness” and Gomble Games.
The SKALE Network was third, growing by 10% to 352,000 wallets, with titles such as motoDEX and World of Dypians contributing to this rise.
KGeN emerged as the top individual gaming application, boasting over 2.3 million active users across nine blockchains, offering gamified rewards. Immutable’s BoomLand secured the second spot with nearly 1.9 million users, while Pixels completed the top three with 1.34 million users.
The MMORPG Lumiterra on Ronin also completed its closed beta with a player retention rate exceeding 80% and 728,000 unique active wallets in August.
Investment in blockchain gaming has reached about $580 million this year, placing it fifth among crypto sectors for venture funding. This amount is approaching last year’s total of $664 million but still falls short by nearly $100 million.
Litecoin is taking a major leap into the world of DeFi and Web3 with the launch of LitVM, a newly introduced Layer-2 network designed to bring smart contract capabilities to the long-standing cryptocurrency.
Binance has announced its full technical support for an upcoming upgrade to the Siacoin (SC) blockchain, scheduled for June 6, 2025.
MetaMask is making a major leap beyond Ethereum by adding support for Solana, marking its first deep integration with a non-EVM blockchain.
A significant portion of Ethereum validators are backing a proposal to nearly double the network’s block gas limit—an adjustment that could boost Layer 1 throughput without requiring a protocol upgrade.