- Blast-based game Fantasy Top has released more than $1 million as rewards for NFT characters in the game
- The game uses popular crypto figures on Twitter as NFT trading cards
- The over $1 million payout is the first and an accumulation trading fees card pack sales
Roughly a week after launching on Ethereum layer 2 Blast, web3 game Fantasy Top has received widespread adoption generating over $1 million in rewards for its NFT characters. The characters are crypto influencers on X such as Su Zhu, a top figure in the defunct hedge fund 3AC. The rewards are an accumulation of the NFTs trading fees and pack sales, an indication that Fantasy Top gamers are in overdrive mode.
Heroes Receive Free NFT Cards
According to Fantasy Top, the NFT characters, whom it called “heroes,” also received 7,500 “Fan pts [points]” each and 2,480 Blast Bold points. The game however revealed that the “on-chain distribution” of the rewards will be delayed to coincide with the launch of the “share to card holders module.”
Heroes $1,250,000 Payout 🤝
Exciting news! We’ve successfully distributed the First Week Heroes Payout.
⚡️ 409 ETH
✨ 7,500 FAN pts per hero on average
🟡 2,480 Blast BOLDYou can view the rewards on the Hero Page.
The on-chain distribution will begin soon, coinciding with… pic.twitter.com/U5B7yZvRG3
— fantasy.top (@fantasy_top_) May 7, 2024
The game added that the heroes will be awarded free versions of their cards, adding that the move is part of powering an “economic framework” to unite web3 creators with their audiences to spur growth.
We are fervently inspired by the vision of a unified economic framework that enables creators and their audiences to connect and thrive collectively.
We value the trust bestowed upon us by both Heroes and Players, and we eagerly await the emergence of the next wave of heroes.…
— fantasy.top (@fantasy_top_) May 7, 2024
Jenn Duong, a content creator, and Pacman, Blast’s founder, were among the top earners receiving $20,000 and $18,000 worth of ETH respectively. Some of the top earners described the game as one with a huge potential to drive web3 adoption.
$18k in earnings for first week not too shabby@fantasy_top_ one of the crypto apps that could onboard a lot of web2 creators also since it requires nothing else other than their existing engagement on other social media apps https://t.co/IEWDFIx20i
— Ansem 🐂🀄️ (@blknoiz06) May 7, 2024
Blast-based Game Exploited for Over $4 Million
The Ethereum scaling layer has been taking the crypto space by storm even before its launch. For example, it courted controversy when it accumulated over $1 billion in deposits before it was launched.
Unlike Fantasy Top, other Blast-based games haven’t seen the same popularity with some like Super Sushi Samurai losing over $4 million in an exploit.
With Fantasy Top garnering tremendous popularity in about a week, it’s to be seen whether the energy will remain when more people join the game.
