Crypto Gaming Weekly Industry Report
Crypto Games Report – 2-8 November 2026
The web3 gaming industry logged $1.01M across 10 tracked capital events this week, up 653.4% on the previous week. Inside: every deal broken out by category (airdrops, tournament prizes, and rewards & incentives), plus the week's biggest stories and the market data behind them.
Key Findings (TL;DR)
Standalone, citable facts from Nov 2-8, 2026. Each is copy-linkable for reporters and analysts.
$1.01M in tracked capital events across 10 deals, 99% of it a single airdrop, with $0 from venture rounds or grants. Airdrops accounted for 98.7% of the week's flow.
Br1 Infinite ran the week's largest priced deal outside rewards programs: a $1M airdrop, 99% of all tracked funding.
5 stories cleared our major-news bar this week, out of 759 items reviewed.
Floki (FLOKI) shed 26,180 token holders (-4.65%), the largest on-chain holder exodus of the week among tracked gaming tokens.
Axie Infinity: Origins led weekly news coverage with 9 mentions across 759 indexed articles.
The JRPG Gaming Index, a market-cap-weighted benchmark of 20 crypto-gaming tokens, closed at 10.91, down 10.54% week-over-week and 20.12% month-over-month.
Week in Review
The week's biggest developments, written up in brief before the numbers that follow.
Top Stories
What to watch
Nakamoto Games has scheduled the launch of Zombie Raze, a browser-based zombie survival defense game, for November 12 at 6:00 PM Thailand time as part of its NAKAVEMBER event. The Treasure TIP-63 governance timeline places the end of the comment period on November 18 and the close of the voting period on December 2. Abstract Chain is set to shut down on December 15, with ship card owners offered the option to migrate their ships to Enjin and infuse them with ENJ tokens, subject to a proposal vote. The initial mint of 100 million MAGIC under the proposal is scheduled for February 3, 2027.
News Pulse
Every crypto-gaming story and social post we picked up this week, scored for how much it matters.
Coverage by category · of 759 indexed articles · one category each
Most-posted games
- Axie Infinity: Origins 9 posts −2 WoW
- MagicCraft 9 posts +4 WoW
- Crybble Wars 8 posts +3 WoW
- Nakamoto Games 7 posts +1 WoW
- World Of Dypians 6 posts +1 WoW
The Week in Money
JRPG tracks every capital event in crypto gaming (venture rounds, grants, airdrops and tournament prizes), from venture rounds down to the smallest community pools, with no minimum threshold. This is total ecosystem money flow.
Br1 InfiniteAirdrop
BR1 Infinite distributes $1,000,000+ in cash to all user accounts; new users can create accounts to participate. 99% of all capital tracked this week.
View data table (8 weeks)
| Week | Total | Deals |
|---|---|---|
| 14-20 September 2026 | $23.3K | 11 |
| 21-27 September 2026 | $10.3K | 10 |
| 28 Sep - 4 Oct 2026 | $48.8K | 14 |
| 5-11 October 2026 | $12.3K | 10 |
| 12-18 October 2026 | $7.0K | 9 |
| 19-25 October 2026 | $7.5K | 12 |
| 26 Oct - 1 Nov 2026 | $134.5K | 7 |
| 2-8 November 2026 (current) | $1.01M | 10 |
Airdrops
13904580 Canada Inc. distributed $1M in cash to every BR1 Infinite user account through the Free Cash Airdrop, a program open to new sign-ups as well.
| Recipient / Game | Funder | Amount (USD) |
|---|---|---|
| Br1 Infinite BR1 Infinite users |
13904580 Canada Inc. | $1M |
| Total1 deal | $1,000,000.00 +32,580.17% WoW | |
Tournament prizes
The final round of Nine Chronicles' 6th Anniversary Arena delivered ~$5.72K in 1.6M NCG from Planetarium Labs to players, split 800,000 tokens across the Odin and Heimdall networks with Season Pass bonuses added.
| Recipient / Game | Funder | Amount (USD) |
|---|---|---|
| Nine Chronicles NCG · players |
Planetarium Labs | ~$5.72K |
| The Sandbox participants |
TSB Gaming Ltd | $5K |
| Nine Chronicles NCG · Game Jam participants |
Planetarium Labs | $2K |
| Wild Forest WF · players |
Zillion Whales | ~$116 |
| Wild Forest WF · players |
Zillion Whales | ~$56 |
| Drift Derby ETH · Collection and Ranked winners |
Mixed Pixel Studio | ~$35 |
| Total6 deals | $12,926.34 +9,723.94% WoW | |
Rewards & Incentives
New Frame Limited's Sweet Exchange raffle put 50,000 CHECK tokens and 3 NFTs in front of Anichess community members who staked candy tokens to enter, worth roughly ~$450.
Top Movers
Wash-Risk AdjustedThe biggest price moves across the report week, each paired with its wash-risk badge, so you can tell a real gain from one riding on fake volume.
| Token | Price | Wk % | Mcap | Wash Risk |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laqira Protocol LQR | $0.1306 | +76.96% | $11.71M | Some |
| Aria.AI ARIA | $0.1596 | +37.93% | $29.96M | Some |
| Geodnet GEOD | $0.2516 | +7.22% | $189.68M | Minimal |
| CARV CARV | $0.0302 | +1.87% | $21.83M | Some |
| Capybobo PYBOBO | $0.000402 | +1.57% | $14.59M | Some |
| Token | Price | Wk % | Mcap | Wash Risk |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Big Time BIGTIME | $0.005294 | −22.17% | $15.34M | Some |
| Unipoly UNP | $0.1501 | −19.88% | $42.09M | Minimal |
| Audiera BEAT | $0.08453 | −17.50% | $30.93M | Some |
| Yield Guild Games YGG | $0.02025 | −15.68% | $18.06M | Some |
| PepeCoin PEPECOIN | $0.1052 | −15.31% | $10.66M | Minimal |
Holder Flow
Weekly change in the number of on-chain holders per token, a leading signal of community growth or capitulation that price alone hides.
The JRPG Gaming Index
JRPG ExclusiveOur own benchmark for the crypto-gaming market: one number tracking the combined value of the 20 largest gaming tokens, weighted so bigger tokens count for more. We publish it as GTI-20. How it is built
View data table (31 days)
| Date | Index Value |
|---|---|
| Oct 9, 2026 | 13.66 |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 13.98 |
| Oct 11, 2026 | 13.96 |
| Oct 12, 2026 | 13.49 |
| Oct 13, 2026 | 13.30 |
| Oct 14, 2026 | 12.76 |
| Oct 15, 2026 | 12.77 |
| Oct 16, 2026 | 12.61 |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 12.64 |
| Oct 18, 2026 | 11.93 |
| Oct 19, 2026 | 12.32 |
| Oct 20, 2026 | 12.71 |
| Oct 21, 2026 | 12.95 |
| Oct 22, 2026 | 12.11 |
| Oct 23, 2026 | 12.26 |
| Oct 24, 2026 | 11.84 |
| Oct 25, 2026 | 11.66 |
| Oct 26, 2026 | 11.70 |
| Oct 27, 2026 | 11.79 |
| Oct 28, 2026 | 11.94 |
| Oct 29, 2026 | 11.60 |
| Oct 30, 2026 | 11.84 |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 12.10 |
| Nov 1, 2026 | 12.20 |
| Nov 2, 2026 (report week) | 11.67 |
| Nov 3, 2026 (report week) | 11.65 |
| Nov 4, 2026 (report week) | 11.88 |
| Nov 5, 2026 (report week) | 11.26 |
| Nov 6, 2026 (report week) | 11.39 |
| Nov 7, 2026 (report week) | 11.22 |
| Nov 8, 2026 (report week) | 10.91 |
Wash Trading Watch
Scored 0-100Wash trading is fake volume: the same trader on both sides of a deal, making a token look busier than it is. We score every gaming token 0-100 on how strongly its market data shows that pattern. A high score is a flag for further scrutiny, never proof of wrongdoing. More on wash trading
gaming tokens flagged this week for elevated wash-trading risk, with 7 at the maximum severe tier.
Flags fire on volume spikes, price/volume divergence, peer anomalies and volume-to-holder ratios. Scores are advisory, not accusations. Read the methodology
Worst offenders · composite score
- 1 Striker League MBS Divergence Severe 60
- 2 DoctorX DRX Volume spike + Divergence Severe 98
- 3 BloodLoop $BLS Volume spike + Divergence Severe 100
- 4 XANA XETA Volume spike + Divergence Severe 77
- 5 Spellfire SPELLFIRE Volume spike + Divergence Severe 80
- 6 Pankito PAN Volume spike + Divergence Severe 73
- 7 Slimex SLX Divergence Severe 56
- 8 BORNE BORNE Volume spike + Divergence Many 80
Methodology & Cite This Report
How every number here is sourced and built. Cite or republish it with attribution.
JRPG Gaming Index
Market-cap-weighted across 20 gaming tokens, rebased to absorb constituent additions and removals. Prices and caps from aggregated CEX/DEX feeds, deduplicated per token.
Funding Tracker
We capture every public capital event (VC, grant, airdrop, tournament), from venture rounds down to the smallest community pools (no minimum threshold), by hand and by feed. Each event carries a USD value and confidence rating; we flag any figure we derived.
Wash-Risk Score
A 0-100 composite from volume-spike detection, price/volume divergence, peer comparison and volume-to-holder ratios. Bucketed minimal / some / many / severe. Advisory only, not an accusation of fraud.
Holders
Holder counts are on-chain snapshots, differenced week-over-week per contract.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is the JRPG Gaming Index?
The JRPG Gaming Index (GTI-20) is a proprietary, market-cap-weighted benchmark of the top 20 crypto and web3 gaming tokens by market cap, drawn from a broader universe of 446 tokens we track across the sector, an S&P 500 for blockchain gaming. For this report week it closed at 10.91, down 10.54% week-over-week.
How is wash trading detected?
We score each gaming token from 0 to 100 on wash-trading risk, using on-chain and market-microstructure signals: abnormal volume spikes, price/volume divergence, and volume-to-holder ratios. Each token lands in one of four buckets: minimal, some, many, or severe. This week we flagged 15 tokens. The scores are advisory, not accusations of fraud.
How is funding tracked?
JRPG captures the full spectrum of capital entering crypto gaming (venture rounds, grants, airdrops, and tournament prizes), from venture rounds down to the smallest community pools: no minimum threshold, not just headline VC deals. Each event is verified, valued in USD, and given a confidence rating. This week logged $1,013,425.91 across 10 events.
Can I cite or republish this report?
Yes. The JRPG Crypto Games Report is free to cite and republish with attribution to the "JRPG Crypto Games Report" and a link back to the original report URL. A ready-to-paste citation is provided in the Methodology & Cite section.