NFT & Gaming — 🦁 Loaded Lions’s LION went live and was the top gainer on CoinGecko; Trump-owned company DTTM Operations filed a trademark for a metaverse and NFT marketplace

Loaded Lions’s $LION token went live on the Cronos and Solana. Trump-owned company filed a trademark for a metaverse and NFT marketplace. Hamster Kombat introduced a Layer-2 blockchain on The Open Network.

Quick Take

• Loaded Lions’s LION token went live on the Cronos EVM chain and Solana, and was the top gainer on CoinGecko
• Trump-owned company DTTM Operations filed trademark applications for a metaverse and NFT marketplace
• Hamster Kombat introduced a Layer-2 blockchain on The Open Network
• Axie Infinity released a trailer for its upcoming game, Atia’s Legacy
• SEC closed its investigation into OpenSea and Yuga Labs

News Highlights

• Loaded Lions’s LION token went live on Cronos and Solana, and became the top gainer on CoinGecko on 6 March.
• DTTM Operations, a company owned by US President Donald Trump, filed trademark applications for the word “TRUMP” in connection with a metaverse and NFT marketplace. The planned virtual world will feature shopping, dining, and entertainment options, as well as virtual training services and an NFT marketplace.
• Hamster Kombat introduced a Layer-2 blockchain, Hamster Network, on The Open Network (TON) to support Web3 gaming and decentralised applications. This new network is designed to enable developers to build fully decentralised applications and launch games that operate entirely on chain.
• Axie Infinity, an NFT gaming project, released a trailer for its upcoming game, Atia’s Legacy, a massively multiplayer online (MMO) game set in the Axie universe. The game will introduce enhanced gameplay, NFT-based referral rewards, and improved elements such as 3D combat and mini games.
• The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) closed its investigation into OpenSea, which began in August 2024 amidst allegations that OpenSea operated as a marketplace for unregistered securities.
• Additionally, Yuga Labs, an NFT conglomerate, said the SEC dropped its investigation into the company. The company was first probed in late 2022 to determine if certain NFTs were securities under US laws.

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