Perspectives Block2022 : DeFi, Web 3, NFT, Gaming et Multichain

As 2022 approaches, we need to look at how the blockchain industry has improved over the past year before looking forward to 2022.

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1. Challenge

The main investments in 2020 are the funding of all parties to the DeFi application, which will continue in the first half of 2021.

This DeFi app is based on Ethereum and other Standard 1 Amendments. The goal is to achieve a transparent financial process, provide better approval, and provide a mix of different apps. .

For all types of financial services, manufacturers are looking to move to a decentralized process, whether it's business, fulfillment, loans, derivatives, project quotes, and more.

From this year to date, around a third of the cryptocurrency industry has invested directly in DeFi (428 financial projects have been completed), with a total of around $ 1.9 billion. The average and mid-size business for DeFi industry is $ 5.4 million and $ 2.7 million respectively.

Over the past year, concerns about the ability to control uncertainty and investors have turned to the NFT / gaming verticals, resulting in delays in the frequency of the DeFi market in the first half of 2021. .

But despite the downturn, the most popular activity for investors remains DeFi, and people are paying more for investments that may be illegal.

For example, investments in decentralized stability projects rebounded by the end of the third quarter, which could be due to the expectations of the SEC penetrating the mid-coin like USDC and Tether, and now rely on DeFi and others. ecosystems. .

Therefore, algorithmic stability and stability projects were not used in a 1: 1 ratio to dollar rates, which led to the recovery of financial stability projects such as the UXD protocol, the Float and Angle Labs protocol.

2.NFT / Jeu

The growth of NFT application and the rising price of some NFT domains has attracted many investors like DeFi industry.

NFTs can offer content creators new ways to monetize their work, always using social symbols, graphics, articles, or toys. Thus, NFTs can influence other areas including banknotes, currency, music, recording and fashion luxury.

To date, NFT / Gaming Vertical ranks third in terms of private equity acquisitions, with nearly $ 5 billion in market capitalization in 406 deals, with an average size of $ 14.9 million and an average size of 270. ten thousand dollars.

Interest in NFTs and blockchain games has increased this year.

In terms of the number of exchanges, it is seen that it has more than doubled from the first quarter to the second quarter, becoming the most popular type of market for four consecutive months.

NFT / sports industry at 4T also surpassed 3T. About 42% of October and November market share by NFT / gaming companies.

At the start of the year, the vertical was managing digital devices, graphics, personal images (PFP) and NFT product buying, selling and marketing platforms such as Openea. Recently, entrepreneurial interests have shifted to NFT operations, which are expected to deliver larger applications such as advertising, content, and games.

With the expansion of NFT / Gaming, Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAOs), social tokens, and organizations have started to gain traction with investors across the industry.

DAOs and social tokens predict monetization mechanisms and how people engage and participate on the internet.

DAO can be anything from a token management and DeFi protocol to a "chat interface" or a Discord channel, or even a group of community businesses (where revenue is generated). members flocking to the new cryptocurrency).

A closer look at the vertical and horizontal lines shows that around 47% of assets this year are related to blockchain activity.

The area of ​​interest is guild play around new games, studios or commercials for NFT games and DAOs. Mainly to improve access and make it easier for newcomers to join the game and earn money.

The potential problem with Play-to-Earn games is that some digital items or assets must be preinstalled and will not include potential players.

Gaming guilds like Yield Guild Games or Avocado Guild use the concept of “guild” or “communities” to eliminate these problems for new players, lend players treasures and generate income. .

The P2E-style game, commonly referred to as "GameFi", quickly gained popularity with the release of Axie Infinity, released by blockchain studio Sky Mavis. Gambling has had a huge impact in the Philippines and elsewhere, and players can only earn money by playing.

Games using blockchain technology have been around for a long time, but this year marks a turning point in game development. This is because advancements in Level 2 technology and other Layer 1 platforms will provide the requirements for games.

In addition to a variety of role-playing games, there are also a variety of popular businesses, such as the "Parallel" sci-fi card game. In October of this year, the project raised $ 50 million in a $ 500 million investment led by Paradigm.

A special feature provided by blockchain-based card games is that while the card may be too strong, it may be "weak" or "strong". For example, in popular card exchanges such as the "Magic: Assemble" series, the characters and characters of some cards are too strong to participate in the tournament.

Running through 2022, board assembly will be key, which will be a huge undertaking. In 2020, “Magic: The Gathering” reported that the company had revenues of $ 816 million.

3. Multichain and increase in L1

One of the key models in 2021 will be the increased implementation of Layer 1 as an alternative to Ethereum or Layer 2.

It can be seen in past ecosystems that other blockchain networks have often failed at tasks (although it has been reported to be more efficient and faster than better blockchains such as Ethereum and Bitcoin), metrics and investments have been made for other ecosystems. Reserve.

However, investors are still willing to invest in the future prospects of the multi-chain, some of these companies are Ethereum Layer 2 and a special purpose blockchain network different from Ethereum.

All DeFi and NFT / Gaming projects this year raised a total of 836 investments, with 33% of plans slated to support multiple blockchains.

Most of these operations, declared "multi-chain", are of the EVM type. This means that it supports Ethereum and the following 2 technologies, as well as other similar processes such as Avalanche, BSC and Fantom.

Despite the growing investment and interest surrounding the Ethereum alternative, investing in the Ethereum ecosystem is still important and lucrative. Over a quarter of DeFi and NFT / Gaming investments in Ethereum. The project is only based on the square.

Compared to DeFi, the NFT / Gaming vertical market is clearly focused on Ethereum, and groups such as social tokens and DAOs developed in this industry are all drawn from the Ethereum ecosystem.

Currently, NFT / Gaming follows the basics of DeFi. Many new projects and innovations were started at Ethereum and then funded by expanding or migrating to networks like BSC and Polygon due to the cohesion of EVMs. It was only then that we started to integrate the work into the Phase 1 ecosystem.

In addition to Ethereum, the Solana ecosystem has attracted the most customers. This blockchain network was launched in April 2020. In July of the same year, the FTX cryptocurrency exchange announced that a Serum decentralized trading project would be built on Solana, which practiced the support.

Additionally, in the second quarter of last year, Solana developer Solana Labs raised $ 314.1 million in private sales from a16z and Polychain Capital. Between DeFi and NFT / Gaming, there are 73 investments based on Solana.

Here is Polkadot with a total of 53 investments. At least 5 investments in this ecosystem are based on other ecosystems such as Avalanche, BSC, Cardano, Cosmos, Flow Blockchain and Polygon.

4. Web 3

Besides DeFi and NFT / Gaming, the most popular wallets are the Web3 subdivisions. Projects in this category include personnel, data management, membership, currency, and all organizations supported by Web3 storage and blockchain technology.

One of the key principles of Web3 investing is the development of community engagement plans.

A big problem with current relationships is that their developers are often censored and banned due to the nature of their website. Advertising is an important source of income for developers, and if the advertiser does not wish to link to certain content, information and content that could be problematic, inconsistent or dissatisfied with the advertiser will be rejected.

And decentralized social networks can change the way these platforms operate, becoming decentralized businesses rather than intermediaries who are the subject of surveys or dissatisfied customers at all times.

Instead, developers can contact their audience directly through these networks in a friendly manner, rather than through third parties.

The largest of those relationships includes social media platform DeSo (formerly BitClout), which raised $ 200 million from merchants through the token sale, including a16z, Coinbase Ventures and Sequoia.

Other popular social media include RSS3, Solcial, and Torum.

Like Conversation, other media companies, such as Ethereum-based media streaming platform Livepeer, received $ 20 million in revenue in the third quarter of this year.

On the telecoms side, the Helium blockchain project raised $ 111 million through token sales with partnerships from a16z, Alameda Research, Ribbit Capital, 10T Holdings and Multicoin Capital. However, this classification that provides 5G wireless networks is intended to illuminate the future of the Internet.

The interaction and scalability of application and blockchain networks are essential to the success of a Web3 project.

For this reason, cross-chain processes seeking to provide this communication process were also funded this year, some of which included Axelar, LayerZero and deBridge.

XMTP has also raised $ 20 million for a communications protocol that facilitates communication of cryptocurrency wallets.