{"id":157298,"date":"2025-05-17T20:00:16","date_gmt":"2025-05-17T17:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cryptodnes.bg\/en\/?p=157298"},"modified":"2025-05-16T16:45:09","modified_gmt":"2025-05-16T13:45:09","slug":"web3-games-cool-off-but-infrastructure-is-quietly-booming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cryptodnes.bg\/en\/web3-games-cool-off-but-infrastructure-is-quietly-booming\/","title":{"rendered":"Web3 Games Cool Off, but Infrastructure Is Quietly Booming"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In April, daily active wallets in Web3 games dropped to 4.8 million, a 2025 low. Investment also <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dappradar.com\/blog\/gaming-hits-4-8m-duaw-lowest-of-2025-so-far\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">tumbled<\/a><\/strong>\u2014down 69% from the previous month to $21 million. For the first time, gaming no longer dominates the decentralized app space, now tied with DeFi at 21% user share, according to DappRadar.<\/p>\n<p>But numbers alone don\u2019t tell the whole story. According to analyst Sara Gherghelas, this is less of a crash and more of a course correction. Speculative \u201cplay-to-earn\u201d projects are fading, while attention shifts to infrastructure, retention, and real engagement.<\/p>\n<style>\n    .dark-mode .read-more {background-color: #343a40 !important;}\n<\/style>\n<div class=\"read-more pb-3 pt-3 pt-md-2 px-3 my-4 border bg-light\">\n    <h5 class=\"text-uppercase border-bottom mb-3 pb-1 d-none d-md-block\">READ MORE:<\/h5>\n    <a class=\"article row\" href=\"https:\/\/cryptodnes.bg\/en\/u-s-states-boost-bitcoin-exposure-through-strategy-stock-surge\/\" title=\"U.S. States Boost Bitcoin Exposure Through Strategy Stock Surge\">\n        <div class=\"contentRight col-4\">\n            <span class=\"imgContainer mt-0\">\n                <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image img-defer\" src=\"https:\/\/cryptodnes.bg\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/01\/bitcoinwewwq2131-240x170.webp\">\n            <\/span>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"contentLeft col-8\">\n            <h4 class=\"title mb-0\">U.S. States Boost Bitcoin Exposure Through Strategy Stock Surge<\/h4>           \n            \n        <\/div>        \n    <\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p>So far this year, two-thirds of blockchain gaming investment has gone into core infrastructure\u2014a sign that developers are preparing for long-term scalability, not short-term hype.<\/p>\n<p>While investors explore other trends like AI and real-world asset tokenization, established players haven\u2019t abandoned the space. Ubisoft\u2019s work with Immutable and Sega\u2019s blockchain integrations show that traditional gaming giants are still testing the waters.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis isn\u2019t failure\u2014it\u2019s refinement,\u201d Gherghelas said. \u201cThe noise is dying down, but the builders are still here.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The hype around blockchain gaming has taken a noticeable dip, but industry insiders suggest the lull may signal something positive: maturation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":33808,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[23,22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-157298","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blockchain","category-others"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin 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