Golden Weekly is a weekly blockchain industry summary column launched by Golden Finance. Its content covers the week's key news, mining information, project dynamics, technological progress and other industry dynamics.

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In the first bull run, you were a Bitcoin Maxi and you made millions of dollars from it.

在笔者看来，在BTC一度创出新高后山寨币齐齐下跌的奇特市场背景下，Defi板块，尤其是其中的头部项目可能迎来了其诞生以来最佳的布局时刻。

Which behaviors when issuing virtual currency may pose a risk of pyramid scheme crime, and how should a criminal lawyer defend them?

This week, 28 blockchain startups received $654.2 million in funding. The largest round was Iris Energy, which raised $413 million in a Series A round. 16 projects received Series A funding, and 11 projects received other rounds of investment.

According to Foresight News, Animoca Brands has completed a strategic investment in UAE gaming infrastructure startup Param Labs, with the investment amount undisclosed. The funding will be used to accelerate Param Labs' scalable Web3 infrastructure and expand its ecosystem, which includes over 50 intellectual property partners. The investment also extends Animoca Brands' business in the Middle East and North Africa. Param Labs is a game development company specializing in multiplayer blockchain games and AAA design. Its game Kiraverse is a third-person shooter multiplayer Web3 game. The company also offers the Pixel to Poly service, allowing gamers to convert 2D images into 3D playable characters.

في حال كنت تبحث عن السؤال التالي: هل عملة GALA حلال أم حرام، فسوف نحاول الإجابة على ذلك من خلال فهمنا لمشروع العملة وآلية عملها والخدمات التي تقدمها. مشروع عملة GALA تعتبر Gala Games شركة رائدة عالمياً في ألعاب ويب3، كما أنها منصة ضخمة تحتوي على ألعاب بمستوى AAA (العديد منها مجاني للعب) مصممة لمنح … source: https://btcacademy.online/%d9%87%d9%84-%d8%b9%d9%85%d9%84%d8%a9-gala-%d8%ad%d9%84%d8%a7%d9%84-%d8%a3%d9%85-%d8%ad%d8%b1%d8%a7%d9%85%d8%9f/

AAA 모바일 웹3 전략 게임 히어로즈 오브 마비아(Heroes of Mavia)는 다운로드 수 100만을 돌파했다고 밝혔다. 한때 중국 안드로이드 무료 게임 순위 1위를 차지했다고 덧붙였다. 지난 2월 6일에는 MAVIA 토큰을 출시한 바 있다.

웹3 AAA 슈팅 게임인 슈라프넬이 2월 9일부터 11일까지 STX(게임 얼리 엑세스) 이벤트를 진행한다. STX는 얼리 스타터 패키지를 소지한 인원만 참여할 수 있으며, 참여 인원 중 1등부터 1000등까지 총 10만 달러 규모 SHRAP 토큰이 상금으로 제공된다.

"Fortnite" publisher Epic Games has announced that "Shrapnel," a "Call of Duty"-style crypto video game, will be available on the Epic Games Store. Neon Machine, the gaming studio behind the project, hopes to allow players to customize "every aspect of the game, including characters, weapons, and game maps." (The Block) According to news in November 2023, the six founders of Neon Machine, the game studio behind Shrapnel, have filed a lawsuit in the Delaware Trial Court against investment institution 4D Factory CEO Cort Javarone, 4D equity holder Steve Horowitz, and private equity Scott Honour of Northern Pacific Group, and said these investors are trying to control the company's shareholders and plunder its coffers. In response, the shooting game Shrapnel posted on the AAA first-person survival escape shooter and is focused on releasing an Early Access version in the coming weeks."

Honda has partnered with Darewise Entertainment, a subsidiary of Animoca Brands, to co-create a novel Web3 automotive gameplay within the forthcoming AAA science fiction game Life Beyond. This collaboration signifies Honda’s deepening engagement in the metaverse, following its previous foray with the Hondaverse in Fortnite. By integrating its automotive expertise into Life Beyond, Honda is... source: https://www.cryptopolitan.com/honda-partners-with-animoca-brands/

Darewise Entertainment and Animoca Brands Japan will cooperate with Honda to develop the Web3 vehicle game Life Beyond, and plan to introduce traffic and vehicle gameplay. Darewise and Honda will collaborate to build gameplay and game assets, as well as Honda vehicle-based activities and Ordinals. (VentureBeat) In October 2023 news, Animoca Brands announced that its subsidiary Darewise Entertainment has completed a $3.5 million private placement round through pre-sale of upcoming tokens, co-founded by Gamefi Ventures, London Real Ventures, Citizen Capital, Blocore, Animoca Ventures and Animoca Brands Yat Siu and others participated in the investment. The new Darewise ecological token is expected to be released on the Bitcoin network in early 2024, and the upcoming AAA MMO game Life Beyond will be its first adopter.

According to Decrypt, a new report by video games news outlet Game Developer and the Game Developer Conference (GDC) highlighted the challenges faced by the video game industry in 2023, including studio closures, layoffs, and the impact of generative AI. The 2024 State of the Game Industry report, conducted by research firm Omdia, surveyed 3,000 game developers and included questions about their work and the video game industry in general. The report found that over 77% of game developers are not interested in blockchain technology. Additionally, the surge in interest in artificial intelligence in 2023 led to several game studios leveraging the technology, including Blizzard Entertainment, Square Enix, and UbiSoft. However, 4 out of 5 developers have ethical concerns about the use of AI. The report also noted that 32% of video game companies do not have an official policy regarding the use of AI, with AAA studios more likely to have a policy in place. While some respondents saw artificial intelligence as a benefit to their workflow, others said there was no place for AI in the industry, with 18% saying AI would harm the industry. Game Developer found that 84% of developers were concerned about the ethics of using Generative AI.

84% of developers raise ethical concerns, with AAA studios more likely to have AI policies, according to Game Developer. source: https://decrypt.co/213411/half-game-developers-use-ai-designers-worried-jobs

According to Decrypt, video game giant Square Enix has confirmed the use of AI-generated art in their upcoming game Foamstars. The company used artificial intelligence to create in-game album covers for the music featured in the Foamstars soundtrack. Foamstars is a 4v4 shooter-style game developed for the PlayStation 4 and 5, with players using foam-firing guns to build terrain and gain an advantage against foes. The game will be available for download and purchase between February 6 and March 4. Square Enix acknowledged the use of generative AI for album art but emphasized that humans created everything else in the game. Generative AI refers to artificial intelligence models that use prompts to create images, text, videos, and music. Platforms like Midjourney, ChatGPT, and Claude AI are flagship products of the emerging consumer-facing AI market. Square Enix and other AAA game studios, including Blizzard Entertainment, Roblox, Ubisoft, and NCSoft, are leveraging artificial intelligence in their creative processes. Square Enix President Takashi Kiryu stated that AI would increase game development productivity and be applied to marketing efforts.