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July Vachev

Author, Podcast Host, Gamer
When I was young I started poking around in computers and I guess I never stopped. My love for them smoothly transitioned into a love for video games and when I saw that some games are trying to use and implement Web3 in interesting ways I saw a lot of potential. I'm still relatively new in the crypto space, so it's all fresh and interesting to me, but also a bit scary. I'll do my best to learn as much as I can, and I'll bring you along the way, so you can stay informed and hopefully learn something too.

Written by July Vachev

FIFA Rivals’ global launch bets on web3-lite football fandom

FIFA Rivals’ global launch bets on web3-lite football fand ...

GamesBeat’s Dean Takahashi reports that FIFA Rivals—the officially licensed mobile football title from Los Angeles studio Mythical Games—has finally exited soft launch and is live...

YMIR Cup Finals Put WEMADE’s Web3 Ambitions Under the Spotlight

YMIR Cup Finals Put WEMADE’s Web3 Ambitions Under the Spot ...

WEMADE wrapped the first YMIR Cup World Championship for its blockchain MMORPG Legend of YMIR on March 1 at Razer’s Southeast Asia headquarters in Singapore, inviting...

NomStead’s Combat Chest Mint Tests Whether Web3 Can Serve the Game (Not the Treasury)

NomStead’s Combat Chest Mint Tests Whether Web3 Can Serve ...

NomStead, a casual sandbox MMORPG built on Immutable’s blockchain infrastructure, is pushing its long-teased combat update with a limited “Genesis Combat Chest” mint that opened...

Play.fun’s “pumpfun for games” pitch tests whether viral mini-games really need tokens

Play.fun’s “pumpfun for games” pitch tests whether viral m ...

The Solana-based platform Play.fun—fronted by Zynga co-founder Justin Waldron and recently amplified by Solana Labs CEO Anatoly Yakovenko—used its Feb. 25 announcement to claim it can...

Wilder World’s AI-First Pivot Could Make Its Metaverse Ambitions Feel Fun Again

Wilder World’s AI-First Pivot Could Make Its Metaverse Amb ...

As both a journalist and someone who just wants games to be fun, I perk up when a studio says it’s rethinking how it builds....

Warp Chain’s Warp Node Staking Goes Live, Promising Community-Powered Publishing Amid Crypto Caution

Warp Chain’s Warp Node Staking Goes Live, Promising Commun ...

Warp Chain’s latest X post makes it official: Warp Node staking is live, letting holders of the publisher’s “Warp Nodes” lock them up in exchange...

Prediction Market Mixer Seeks to Lure Fun-First Gamers to Crypto Conversations at GDC Week

Prediction Market Mixer Seeks to Lure Fun-First Gamers to ...

As GDC Week barrels toward San Francisco, WolvesCo—better known as WolvesDAO, a research-heavy collective focused on onchain gaming—used its @WolvesDAO X account on Feb. 19...

Gigaverse’s GIGABIT: Why a Crypto-Free Mindset Could Still Level Up Online Worlds

Gigaverse’s GIGABIT: Why a Crypto-Free Mindset Could Still ...

Gigaverse just announced GIGABIT, its proprietary currency, promising seamless trading across chains, platforms, and storefronts—complete with slick retro visuals and a “play anywhere, trade with anyone”...

Why Crypto Transactions Cost Money: A Close Look At Gas Fees

Why Crypto Transactions Cost Money: A Close Look At Gas Fe ...

Gas fees are one of the most confusing — and most misunderstood — parts of the crypto world, especially for newer investors. Simply put, gas...

Digital Backpacks: Choosing Your First Gaming Wallet

Digital Backpacks: Choosing Your First Gaming Wallet

As we move further into 2026, the line between a “gamer” and a “digital asset manager” is blurring. If you’ve read our guide on digital...