{"id":62557,"date":"2022-06-07T12:13:36","date_gmt":"2022-06-07T09:13:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=62557"},"modified":"2025-09-05T18:47:59","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T15:47:59","slug":"axie-infinity-turnover-falls-to-february-2021-levels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/axie-infinity-turnover-falls-to-february-2021-levels\/","title":{"rendered":"Axie Infinity turnover falls to February 2021 levels"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Axie Infinity&#8217;s weekly trading volume fell below the $1 million mark for the first time since February 2021.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The chart below shows that the <span data-descr=\\\"Play-to-Earn ('Play and earn')\\\" class=\\\"old_tooltip\\\">P2E<\/span>-platform&#8217;s metric for the last week of May stood at $988,380.<\/p>\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-image size-full\\\"><img loading=\\\"lazy\\\" decoding=\\\"async\\\" width=\\\"804\\\" height=\\\"403\\\" src=\\\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/1-674.png\\\" alt=\\\"Axie Infinity turnover falls to February 2021 levels\\\" class=\\\"wp-image-175237\\\" srcset=\\\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/1-674.png 804w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/1-674-300x150.png 300w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/1-674-768x385.png 768w\\\" sizes=\\\"auto, (max-width: 804px) 100vw, 804px\\\" \/><figcaption>Data: <a href=\\\"https:\/\/www.theblockcrypto.com\/data\/nft-non-fungible-tokens\/gaming\/gaming-nft-trade-volume\\\">The Block<\/a>, CryptoSlam.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In August 2021, when Axie Infinity was at the height of its popularity, turnover reached $214 million.<\/p>\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-image size-full\\\"><img loading=\\\"lazy\\\" decoding=\\\"async\\\" width=\\\"785\\\" height=\\\"420\\\" src=\\\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2-551.png\\\" alt=\\\"Axie Infinity turnover falls to February 2021 levels\\\" class=\\\"wp-image-175238\\\" srcset=\\\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2-551.png 785w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2-551-300x161.png 300w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2-551-768x411.png 768w\\\" sizes=\\\"auto, (max-width: 785px) 100vw, 785px\\\" \/><figcaption>Data: The Block, CryptoSlam.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Activity then waned. The decline was accelerated by the Ronin sidechain hack in March 2022, during which <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/ronin-the-ethereum-sidechain-hacked-attacker-siphons-625-million\">a hacker withdrew crypto assets worth $625 million<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>However, in April Sky Mavis <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/axie-infinity-team-raises-150-million-from-binance-and-other-investors\">closed a $150 million funding round<\/a> led by Binance. The round also included investments from Animoca Brands, a16z, Dialectic, Paradigm and Accel.<\/p>\n<p>The native token of the Axie Infinity platform (AXS) has fallen by 87.9% from its all-time high, while Smooth Love Potion (SLP) has fallen by 98.7%.<\/p>\n<p>In April, Sky Mavis <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/axie-infinity-sets-timetable-for-recovering-stolen-crypto-assets\">said<\/a> it expects to reimburse part of the stolen funds within two years.<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to ForkLog updates on Telegram: <a href=\\\"https:\/\/t.me\/forklogfeed\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\" rel=\\\"nofollow noopener\\\">ForkLog Feed<\/a> \u2014 all the news, <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>Axie Infinity&#8217;s weekly trading volume fell below the $1 million level for the first time since February 2021.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":62558,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1581,1155],"class_list":["post-62557","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-axie-infinity","tag-games-and-gamefi"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"12","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62557","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62557"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62557\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":62559,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62557\/revisions\/62559"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/62558"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62557"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62557"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62557"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}