The full press release is available here.

The Red Village has teased an upcoming announcement in which the project will "reveal the largest news event" in its history. While the specifics are not yet known, The Red Village notes that the announcement will "shape the future of The Red Village" and show the team's vision.

The Red Village is an NFT-powered play-to-earn combat game on the Polygon network.

You can watch the replay of the Alpa (Pre-Beta) Tournament here.

On Sunday, March 27, The Red Village announced via Twitter that the registration for Alpha Game had opened.  

Be sure to stay up-to-date with all The Red Village news via their Discord.

Crypto Raiders 

This morning, Crypto Raiders announced a new round of funding led by DeFiance Capital and Delphi Digital with support from GuildFi, Merit Circle, and Yield Guild Games for a total of $6M. 

In a tweet, Crypto Raiders team revealed this gives them capital to extend out their development runway for roughly three years.

Crypto Raiders looks to bridge the gap in RPG-based games in the metaverse through unique adaptations of World of Warcraft and Runescape-style gaming mechanics and features.

The team plans to roll out expansions on the farming aspect of the Crypto Raider ecosystem within the next couple of weeks, which includes activities such as crafting potions and forging weapons.

ZED RUN: Class 1 Premier and ZED Madness

Yesterday, March 29, the ZED RUN team finished auditing the Class 1 Premier seeding. 

Quarterfinals are set to start today with a total prize pool of $30,000. The Semi-Finals and Finals are both scheduled for Thursday, March 31, and also have respective cash pools of $30,000 each. 

This week a group of content creators and stable owners (@PonyZook,@DoughBoy__215, @_ZombieRacing, @HerbyHerb42, @ZedDraft ) hosted a ZED March Madness bracket, in which Wagmi Racing took home 1st place in the Grand Finals on March 28.  

Finally, The ZED RUN team also posted a new sneak peak of the animated skins.  Be sure to check it out via their Twitter page.  

BYOCraft Claim and New Teaser

BYOCraft claiming ends Friday morning, April 1 at 2:59am ET for all eligible holders of unclaimed BYOPills and BYOVapes.

The BYOVerse also released information that 3D animations of BYOCrafts will become available shortly following the end of the claim. 

BYOPills teased the release of an expansion of Tryptamine in the BYOVerse, indicating a token development called $TRYP in a Twitter post just earlier this morning. 

Holders of $TRYP will "yield the power to govern the BYO ecosystem," with exclusive access to new consumables and gear.  

Both BYOPill, Apostles, and BYOLand will all generate $TRYP at a different rate - detailed information to be released in the future. 

Goons of Balatroon Game Development

On Monday, March 28, Goons of Balatroon Twitter released a teaser video of their future P2E card strategy game coming to all holders soon.

Each Goon comes with a free card pack to utilize in the game -

• Check Goon properties on OpenSea to confirm unclaimed card packs
• Enter Store on Goons website, claim pack(s)

Visit the the Goons of Balatroon store via their website here. 

P2E Mint: Shattered EON

Shattered EON is a unique collection of 10,000 Gen0 colonists featured in an immersive strategy game that lives on the Ethereum blockchain.

The first 10,000 colonists are minted for 0.08 ETH, which then earn "Raw EON" by staking on the Pytheas Contract at a rate of 2700/REON every day.

The remainder of the circulation will be minted using the in-house ecosystem $REON for a total of 60,000 tokens.  

The project is currently whitelist minted with close to 600 tokens minted at the time of writing.  

Read more about Shattered EON on their website.

The Red Village Delays Alpha Launch

The Red Village recently launched internal testing for their Alpha Tournament on March 10, but quickly hit roadblocks due to the recent Polygon network outage. 

After proposing a new launch day of March 15, the team was forced to delay once more. 

The Alpha launch is still battling a "threading issue" that causes animations to break. 

No exact time of launch has been released, but the team indicated a "six to twelve hour" heads up once the Battles are clean and running. 

BYOVerse

Starting on March 10, BYOCraft claiming went live for all holders. 

Per 0xSeba.ETH as of Mar. 13, 51% (4547) of the BYOCrafts have been minted, "where mostly all apostles minted their corresponding craft, and the generic craft percentage corresponds mostly to the difference in number of vapes vs. apostles."

You can refer to the following tweet for a graphic representation of the BYO Ecosystem. 

Upcoming P2E Mints

Martian Premier League Allowlist Mint

Martian Premier League is a unique collection of 10,000 characters (9,000 Humans and 1,000 Martians) that live on the Ethereum blockchain. The project will launch allowlist minting later today at 4:00pm ET.

The team features an impressive track record across crypto building (USDC, The Graph), entertainment (Warner Bros, Disney), movie franchises (Harry Potter, Marvel) and gaming (esports). 

The Martian Premier League roadmap includes the development of a play-to-earn game that includes a new fantasy football style league formed of humans and Martians, where holders train and develop recruits to compete in the MPL.

Click here to learn more about Martian Premier League. 

Kangaroo Punch Club

Kangaroo Punch Club, created by The Grinch and Minions Artist Eddy Tavus, releases their initial mint of 3D fighters ready to land in the metaverse tomorrow at 6:00pm ET. 

Each Kangaroo will be able to fight roughly one month after launch, where holders can earn $KANGS in the Punch Arena to redeem special gifts, airdrops, and in-real-life tickets for UFC fights and other sports.  

Read more about Kangaroo Punch Club on their Medium page.  

Read more on The Red Village Tournament gameplay on their Medium article.

Ethernal Elves

On Jan. 31, Ethernal Elves sold out of their initial collection of 3,333 Sentinels, shortly followed by the launch of their staking and play-to-earn platform on Layer 1. 

The Ethernal Elves team has ties to the Ether Orcs and Dogewood communities, subsequently building out their version of an on-chain, RPG Play-to-Earn game.

Initially, Ethernal Elves had two options: Passive and Campaign Mode. The Passive feature allowed Sentinels to earn $REN and claim after certain time periods ranging from seven days to one month.

Campaign mode was also released, launching three different locations to earn $REN, weapons, items, and level up with varying creature health and cooldown time. 

On Mar. 4, the remaining 3,333 Sentinels and circulation were officially minted out with $REN at different price points as the circulation depleted.  

Starting on Feb. 26, Ethernal Elves team opened the bridge to the Polygon blockchain in order to enact gasless transaction. While you’re Elves are on Polygon, they are securely being held in a state of suspended animation by the contract on Ethereum (Layer 1). 

All gameplay transactions on Polygon will be free of charge, while $REN transactions still remain on Layer 1. 

The Ethernal Elves team has also introduced new game modes since launch: 

• Bloodthirst - earn $REN and items
• Rampage - sacrifice $REN to earn weapons, other rare gear, and level up (Set to Release Mar. 14)
• Crusades - sacrifice $REN to earn Artifacts to mint Elders and future collections

The next phase of the project includes the launch of 2,222 "Elders." These can be minted with $REN (price to be announced), and a piece found during crusades called an Artifact.  

Read more on what the Ethernal Elves team is building along with tokenomics and gameplay mechanics here. 

CyberKongz

On Mar. 5, CyberKongz opened the bridge to Polygon for their CyberKong VX NFTs and $BANANA tokens.

The Polygon blockchain is the home of the new CyberKongz game "Play & Kollect," where holders can send their NFTs on adventures to gather Kongium Ore which can be redeemed for prizes such as $BANANA tokens or other NFTs. 

The price to send your CyberKongz VX on the jungle adventure costs 0.4 $BANANA. Learn more about $BANANA and the Jungle Adventure on the CyberKongz website. 

Upcoming P2E Projects

• Mythical Creatures: 7,777 Creatures at 0.1 ETH releasing Mar. 11
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• The Lab Game: 10,000 Gen 0 Scientists at 0.06 ETH releasing in March (Date TBD) 
  • Twitter

Parallel Alpha released their "Prime Proposal" whitepaper this afternoon. The 42-page document is meant to be a "living document" that explores what Parallel is and how the community and ecosystem are to be implemented. With the release of the game being imminent and a large number of details unknown, this document is meant to bridge the knowledge gap and display Parallel Studios' long-term goals. Topics include gameplay, play-to-earn, and token distribution. The Lucky Trader Team will be sharing their biggest takeaways soon. 

Top Shot Holo & MGLE

NBA Top Shot released two sets of packs today via 4 separate queues today. The first series 3 Holo Icon packs and the second release of series 3 Rare MGLE packs sold out at $999 and $89 each, respectively. Requiring different collectors scores, the packs were highlighted by a Luka Legendary, Steph Curry Rare, and other top pulls for the series 3 Moments. 

The Red Village & Homies Sell Out

The Red Village sold out its Mystic Bones collection consisting of 6,000 NFTs today. The bones will have some in-game utility for the game being released on January 31. Minting at 0.1 ETH plus gas the floor has doubled to 0.234 ETH as of writing. With anticipation high and the alpha game release imminent, The Red Village sold out the public sale in two minutes.

Homies in Dreamland, a collection of 10,420 NFTs sold out today. The project is inspired by Cheech and Chong, and signed off on by their merchandise management team. With floor just above mint at 0.19 ETH and 270 ETH in secondary sales, the community awaits the reveal. 

 

• CryptoPunks and the whole NFT market are green as volume is up almost 700% to 7,700 ETH. 

• Bored Ape Yacht Club continues to push the limits hitting a 93 ETH floor, with over 3,400 ETH in volume. 

• Mutant Ape Yacht Club continues to shadow the Bored Apes running up to just under 18 ETH floor also doing over 3,400 ETH volume. 

• Check out Lucky Trader's full NFT project rankings here. 

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Art Blocks Curated held a Dutch auction for "Cosmic Reef" by Leo Villarael, which sold out after 90 minutes today. The starting price was 5 ETH and the final mint price was 0.4 ETH for this 1,024 piece collection, with the collection now trading just below that price at 0.38 ETH. These animated, colorful interactive artworks have traded 160 ETH on secondary. Leo Villarael's main medium is led lights, making "Cosmic Reef" and its dancing colors very representative of Leo's style.

Red Village Presale

Red Village began its "Mystic Bones" presale today which will be open for 24 hours before the public sale tomorrow at 4:00 p.m. ET. Announcing that the game will be available to play on January 31, the Mystics Bones mint is priced at 0.1 ETH with a total of 6,000 NFT characters for sale. There were1,500 raffled to blood portal holders who submitted their wallets into the Discord and another 500 raffled off to public entrants, with the public sale consisting of the remaining 4,000 NFTs. With a lot to come by the end of this month, The Red Village looks to start the game off on the right foot a week from today. 

 

• Bored Ape Yacht Club leads our project rankings page with over 2,300 ETH in 24-hour volume as the floor is nearing 90 ETH. 

• Hapebeast Prime still waiting on reveal and still trading well, down 40% in volume but still an impressive 7.45 ETH floor. 

• Azuki has stayed atop our charts since revealing down a tiny bit with a 25% drop in 24-hour volume. 

• Check out Lucky Trader's full NFT project rankings here. 

Disclaimer: Lucky Trader is not a registered investment advisor. You understand that the service is furnished for your personal noncommercial, information, purpose only. No mention of an NFT in the service constitutes as a recommendation to buy, sell, or hold that or any other NFT. Nothing within the service shall, or is intended to, constitute financial, legal, accounting, or tax advice. Any decision that you make to buy, sell, or hold an NFT should be based on an assessment of your risks in consultation with your personal advisers. 

To enter the Red Village game, you’ll need to be familiar with Metamask, Opensea, and the Ethereum and Polygon blockchains. To get started with MetaMask, you can refer to our Beginner's Guide to MetaMask.  

The Red Village Gameplay Basics

There are a few fundamental aspects of the game to go over before we get anywhere near purchasing your first champion. For starters, each champion has a set of characteristics that make them unique. These are:

• Class
• Bloodline
• Genotype
• Rarity traits
• Armor color
• Skill traits

The Red Village Classes

Five classes exist in the The Red Village ecosystem. Each class has its own strengths and weaknesses, special moves and fighting styles. The five classes are Barbarian, Druid, Wizard, Ranger, and Paladin. With callbacks to traditional fighting games and MMORPGs, The Red Village surely hopes their players can get right into stride harnessing the abilities and workings of their favorite class of Champion. Further, each class has specific ranges for their strength, defense, accuracy, special moves, and fighting speed. 

The best Battlemasters will be able to find the right class that fits their playing style on their way to domination. Will you go aggressively on the attack with a Barbarian? Protect yourself with the high defensive abilities of the Druid? Or do you prefer the more balanced approach of the Paladin? You control your destiny on the battlefield.

The Red Village Bloodlines

Similar to the aforementioned classes, there are also five Bloodlines in The Red Village. These reflect the Champions unique genetic makeup. Four Classes are considered Purebloods and are only available as direct mints from The Red Village website during one of four planned drops. The total number of Purebloods will be 28,000. No more will ever be minted.

The fifth bloodline consists of Halfblood Champions, summoned from two pureblood champions. We will discuss this gameplay mechanic more later in the article. Similar to the hugely popular digital horse racing platform Zed Run, The Red Village uses indexing notation to denote both bloodline and rarity. Genesis Champions have an R number of R1-R3; Mystics are R4-R6; Warlords are R7-R9, and Lionhearts are R10-R12. Halfblood Champions refer to any character who is Summoned, and will have an R number between R13 and R99.

Not much is known about the ability differences between the bloodlines, but we do know that the earlier your R number, the more likely your champion is to perform a special move in any given fight. This adds a unique advantage in closely matched fights between champions in lesser bloodlines. This is certainly something for all Battlemasters to be aware of.

The Red Village Rarity Traits

Each champion contains its own set of random cosmetic traits and characteristics: breed, hair style, hair color, armor color and war paint. While these traits do not affect fighting ability, they do aid in value propositions concerning scarcity and rarity. 

Breed: There are seven different breeds; Highborn, Nordic, Half-Dwarf, Elf, Origin, Orc, and The Undead. Breeds are shown in the skin color and facial features of the Champion.

Hairstyle: There are five different hairstyles for each class of Champion

Hair color: There are five different hair colors across the classes: grey, light brown, dark brown, auburn, and blonde.

Armor color: There are 47 different armor colors of different rarities, which are organized into palette types. Armor color is shown in the armor of the Champion. 

War paint: There are three different war paint styles (one of which is 'no warpaint'), and 8 different colors of warpaint.

Below is the list of all armor color groups and colors and their respective rarities

The Red Village Skill Traits

The key to discovering just how competitive your Champion is lies in understanding its Skill Traits. These five traits are assigned at random for pureblood champions and inherited by Halfbloods. As Battlemasters, we do not know the extent of these traits within our champions. By fighting against different opponents and in different arenas and tournaments we work to learn our champions abilities. By doing so, you can gain an edge over other Battlemasters and their champions. Below are the five traits with brief explanations.

Attack: This is the variation in the strength of a Champion's strike. Champions with higher attack points are more likely to hit towards the upper range of their strength factor more frequently.

Strength: This is the possible damage inflicted by any given strike. Stronger Champions will be able to hit more devastating blows.

Accuracy: This is the likelihood of landing a given strike. Champions with higher Accuracy are less likely to miss a given hit or have it blocked.

Defense: This is how hard of a strike a Champion can absorb before taking damage in a fight. More defensive Champions are likely to incur less damage.

Fatigue: This is how quickly a Champion recovers after participating in a fight or tournament. Champions with better fatigue ratings recover more quickly and will fight closer to their best more quickly.

Preferences

Finally, each champion contains preferences in regards to fighting style, arena, weather, and crowd size. While the last three preferences are in the works, for now we must focus on fighting preferences. Before the battle, the Battlemaster must select the preference they feel best suits the matchup based on their own understanding of their champion and of their opponent. Here is where we really start to see skill come into play. Below are the preferences and their effects on the champion. 

Fights

The Red Village includes several unique and exciting types of gameplay, including tournaments with up to eight participants, 1v1s, free tournaments, and faction fights! In 1v1 duels, the winner claims the other Battlemaster's Champion! Truly a battle fit for bloodlust. Champions participate in the fighting class which marks their current battle rating. Current ratings are unknown, but the expected breakdown is listed below. 

Factions

For many, factions may be one of the most exciting features of The Red Village. Join up with other NFT holders of your favorite projects to battle for glory. Meet and discuss strategy in faction specific Discord channels, battle in 8v8 fights against other factions, and lead your teams to victory. 

Summoning

Summoning is the breeding mechanism within The Red Village. Characters created as a result of summoning are called Halfbloods. Outside of the four Pureblood drops, this will be the only way new champions can enter the The Red Village ecosystem. To summon, two characters from the same class must be used. Using each champion's unique genetic imprint, strengths and weaknesses are passed down to the Halfblood.

The R# calculations for summoning work as follows: "Halfblood Champions will receive an Rnumber that is the sum of its two blood donors +11. This is done to avoid diluting the scarce R1-R12 Genotypes. For example, if an R3 Genesis Champion gives blood and this is mixed with an R11 Lionheart Champion, this will create an R25 Halfblood Champion. If, however, two R1 Genesis Champions are used in the ritual, the Summoned Champion will receive an Rnumber of R13."

Looking Ahead

The drop process for the first batch of champions went over swimmingly, with more news of gameplay mechanics and schedule dropping imminently. The project is targeting early January for live gameplay and NFT gamers everywhere are chomping at the bit to get into the ring and battle! For more information regarding the project and announcements, you can visit The Red Village guide,  the official website or the project's official Discord. We will see you on the fields of battle!

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• Staples Center to be renamed Crypto.com Arena on Christmas Day

• Red Village Drop, Noundles reveal, and Shoyu NFT

• $ENS now listed on Coinbase

Crypto.com acquires naming rights to Staples Center:

In what is possibly the biggest naming deal in history, Crypto.com spent 700 million dollars to acquire the Staples Center naming rights for the next 20 years. On Christmas Day, Los Angeles will be home to Crypto.com Arena as more DeFi companies move to the public eye. Being the U.S. mecca for culture and influence, the steep price correlates with perceived value this partnership might dictate. As more athletes and celebrities join the Crypto space, it’s not surprising to see large brands, such as FTX and Crypto.com, brokering these partnerships with large markets. The Lakers, arguably the most recognizable team in the NBA, will soon play every home game in Crypto.com Arena.

Red Village Drop, Noundles reveal, and Shōyu NFT

Red Village Drop - This Play-To-Earn project released today at 4:00 p.m. ET and appeared to have sold out within 10 minutes. The game art is gory and dark, similar to console and PC games we are more accustomed to seeing. This paired with their diverse roadmap and game trailer has piqued the interest of the community. Since sell out, volume on OpenSea has been mild with the floor price moving to 0.15 ETH at the time of writing. 

Noundles Reveal - After selling out in about a hour late last night, Noundles were revealed around 3:00 p.m. ET today. The project minted at 0.04 ETH and has moved to 0.06 ETH post-reveal. The project looks to build an inclusive community around blue chip NFTs, as its inspiration comes from Nouns and Doodles, two notable collections in the NFT industry. The project has introduced a staking mechanic for a utility token, $RAINBOW. Noundles plans to differentiate themselves by providing exclusive mints that require $RAINBOW, their ERC-20 Token, for holders who have staked their NFTs. 

Shōyu NFT - Shōyu NFT released their anticipated marketplace platform for curated artists at 3:00 p.m. ET. The platform will feature popular digital artists, enable consumers to experience digital art, and expand to the Metaverse. Auctions open up on the site tonight, allowing for the first formal purchases on the Shōyu platform.

$ENS now listed on Coinbase

$ENS, the Ethereum Name Service token, is now available on Coinbase. ENS's .eth addresses make transferring crypto easier by translating the blockchain identifiers into short, readable names. These domains have been readily available since 2017, but their service stole the spotlight last week when they released a governance token for all who had registered domains. After being listed on Coinbase yesterday, $ENS dipped about seven percent; however, the market is relatively flat today. Previously unavailable on exchanges, Coinbase’s millions of users will now have access to the token. 

Listing on OpenSea, learn how to save some money from Lucky Trader’s Lou Sherman here.

Top Movers & Market Updates: 

Three Top Movers Today:

• Mutant Ape Yacht Club has taken over where Bored Apes have slowed, up 85% in Volume for a whopping 3,701 ETH in last day. 

• Corruption(s*) after exploding initially has retraced with volume dropping 80% and the floor dropping from its highs of 0.8 ETH a few days ago. 

• Smilesssvrs has risen since reveal, climbing for a 200% rise in volume today with the floor almost doubling to 0.47 ETH.

Project Schedule Look Ahead:

• The Shabangrs a photography community is set to release 10,000 3D Avatars tomorrow at 9:00 a.m. ET

• Skull Divison a SOL project drops tomorrow at 1:00 p.m. ET focusing on 8,888 pixel skull avatars. 

• A Play-To-Earn game Wacky Werewolves releases only 3,000 NFT with a designated whitelist tomorrow at 9:00 p.m. ET

• Timeless avatars have been delayed to Nov. 20th as we look toward their reveal later this week. 

• Stay up to date with @LuckyNFTNews twitter pulling all the NFT content you need to know. 

Market Conditions:

After another relatively green day it looks as though the NFT market has stabilized for today. Most NFTs remain marginally green as compared to the bleeding we saw at the start of November. 

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