{"id":60425,"date":"2022-04-21T10:28:57","date_gmt":"2022-04-21T07:28:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=60425"},"modified":"2025-09-05T03:12:51","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T00:12:51","slug":"report-blockchain-game-investment-volume-in-q1-2022-totalled-2-5-billion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/report-blockchain-game-investment-volume-in-q1-2022-totalled-2-5-billion\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Blockchain-game investment volume in Q1 2022 totalled $2.5 billion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In January\u2013March 2022, investments in blockchain games totalled $2.5 billion (for 2021 \u2014 $4 billion). The figures come from a report by DappRadar and Blockchain Game Alliance.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udd35 DAPPRADAR PRO EXCLUSIVE \ud83d\udd35<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udcdc Get early access to our Blockchain Games Report for Q1 of 2022.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udd37 Get DappRadar Pro: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dv8WQxFq5r\">https:\/\/t.co\/dv8WQxFq5r<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u27a1\ufe0f Details: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Z6YrwMVPMR\">https:\/\/t.co\/Z6YrwMVPMR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 DappRadar (@DappRadar) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DappRadar\/status\/1516809290593492992?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 20, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The largest deals were investment rounds for <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.io\/animoca-brands-privlek-358-9-mln-pri-otsenke-v-5-mlrd\/\">Animoca Brands ($359 million)<\/a>,<a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.io\/sozdatel-bored-ape-yacht-club-privlek-450-mln-pri-otsenke-v-4-mlrd\/\"> Yuga Labs ($450 million)<\/a> and<a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.io\/smi-polygon-privlek-450-mln-ot-sequoia-capital-i-drugih-investorov\/\"> Polygon ($450 million)<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In March, blockchain-game smart contracts were interacted with by 1.22 million unique wallets, equivalent to 52% of all activity in the blockchain space. Year on year, the figure rose by 2000%. Leading position was held by the game Splinterlands.<\/p>\n<p>Interest in the metaverses after the <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/facebook-rebrands-as-meta-nfts-to-feature-in-zuckerbergs-metaverse\">rebranding of Facebook<\/a> hype subsided. In the quarter, trading turnover in this segment fell by 12%, to $430 million. The average price of virtual land in Decentraland and The Sandbox fell by 40%, and trading volumes by 20% and 60%, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>Analysts recalled the hacker attack on the Ronin NFT-sidechain of Axie Infinity, with damages of $625 million. Two weeks before the incident, 20,000 unique active wallets interacted with the project, whereas in January \u2014 55,000.<\/p>\n<p>Analysts attributed this trend to a change in the issuance schedule of the SLP tokens. The Axie Infinity developers took this step to curb inflation and support the game&#8217;s economy. Overall, the daily NFT-game audience reached 1.5 million active users.<\/p>\n<p>In Citi&#8217;s latest report, analysts forecast the metaverse economy to reach $13 trillion by 2030. <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.io\/v-citibank-otsenili-rynok-metavselennyh-v-13-trln-k-2030-godu\/\">forecast<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to ForkLog news on Telegram: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/forklogfeed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">ForkLog Feed<\/a> \u2014 the full news feed, <a href=\"https:\/\/telegram.me\/forklog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">ForkLog<\/a> \u2014 the most important news, infographics and opinions<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In January\u2013March 2022, investments in blockchain games totalled $2.5 billion (for 2021 \u2014 $4 billion). 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