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Biggest Crypto Gaming Tokens Launched in 2024: So Far
Huge tokens have been dropping left and right so far in 2024, and gaming projects are getting exciting. Gaming and networking tokens have been among the biggest launches this year as the broader cryptocurrency market recovers and airdrops to accelerate.
From Portal TO Pixels, these are the gaming tokens making waves so far this year, ranked by highest market capitalization to date according to CoinGecko, at the time of writing. But there are sure to be more great tokens on the way, as our roundup of game launches suggests, so stay tuned – we’ll continue to update this list.
We are using a maximum market cap of at least $100 million as the minimum benchmark for this list, as of this update, although we may move that mark later in the year as more and more tokens launch.
1. Pixels (PIXELS)
Maximum price: $1.02
Maximum market cap: $731 million
Crypto’s hottest game right now is also responsible for the hottest gaming token of 2024, at least so far. The PIXEL token was launched in late February for the chill farming game Ethereum scaler Roninand helped introduce even more crypto-native elements to web gaming. He also generated more than $1 billion in trade in less than a single day.
With hundreds of thousands of daily users, Pixels it caught the attention of the cryptocurrency world and helped build some serious momentum around Ronin as well. PIXEL surpassed the $1 price in mid-March, occupying the first position on the list. The peak market cap listed above is based on the number of tokens in circulation at that time, although there are more been unlocked since then.
2. Saga (SAGA)
Top price: $7.60
Maximum market cap: $684 million
While not exclusively a game chain, layer-1 Saga Network has focused most of its initial push on games, including running play-to-airdrop campaigns and revealing plans for a internal game publishing division called Saga Origins. According to Saga, about 80% of testnet projects were focused on gaming.
And the SAGA token made a big splash, first with a Record-breaking Binance Launchpool campaign which saw customers stake over $13.4 billion worth of funds to earn SAGA rewards, and then with a peak price that pushed the token to second place on our list at this point in the year. And there are more airdrop rewards coming soon.
3. Portal (PORTAL)
Maximum price: $3.36
Maximum market cap: $561.6 million
Just launched on February 29, Portal it came with a level of hype we haven’t seen this in the crypto gaming industry in a while. In part, this was due to an airdrop farming initiative that saw users flood Twitter with tweets, and a then-record Binance campaign (later beaten by Saga) that saw users bet over $9 billion in cryptocurrencies in the hope to obtain rewards. .
However, the price dropped quite quickly and has not come close to regaining that ground as of this latest update. It can this EthereumDoes the token based for the next cross-chain gaming platform regain the hype?
4. Xai (XAI)
Maximum price: $1.59
Maximum market cap: $440.6 million
The Xai layer-3 gaming network on the Ethereum scaler Referee had the first major airdrop this year, rewarding owners and operators of the network’s Guardian Nodes and some NFT holders. It’s been a good start for XAI so far, reaching a peak price that’s more than double what it dropped to.
The games are starting to spread onlinewhich should attract even more attention and enthusiasm towards the token, furthermore Xai also recently launched staking rewards.
5. Heroes of Mavia (MAVIA)
Maximum price: $10.59
Maximum market cap: $317.7 million
Heroes of Mavia is one of the biggest new crypto game launches this year. The Clash of Clans clone has attracted millions of downloads on iOS and Android, and Skrice Studios celebrated the release airdrop tokens to 100,000 first-time playersalong with tokens for virtual land owners who had previously staked theirs NFTs.
MAVIA saw a sharp price increase after launching in February, surpassing $10 – a more than 5x improvement over its opening price. But it was short-lived, losing around 40% of its value By. The game hasn’t rolled out its crypto features yet, but it has shared a sizable roadmap.
6. Gaimin (GMRX)
Maximum price: $0.03937
Maximum market cap: $261.2 million
Gaimin is designed to power crypto games via a decentralized cloud computing platform, allowing users to contribute their spare computing resources to earn rewards. And the platform’s GMRX token was just launched in late March.
Although the price of the single token is low and has not yet reached $0.04 as of this writing, there is considerable supply circulating, pushing the maximum market capitalization to a whopping $261 million. However, the price is down almost 50% as of this writing, so we’ll see if Gaimin can get back close to that level soon.
7.Apeiron (APRS)
Maximum price: $1.88
Maximum market cap: $193.6 million
Apeiron is a lively Ronin strategy game currently available hold a play-to-airdrop campaignand recently launched its APRS ecosystem token in the network’s first token sale.
The token’s market capitalization approached $200 million on its launch date, although as with Gaimin above, the price has fallen slightly since then. However, it rose high enough to make this list and the game hasn’t fully launched yet.
8. My Pet Thug (KARRAT)
Maximum price: $1.08
Maximum market cap: $116.9 million
KARRAT is a new Ethereum token administered by and linked to the Karrat Foundation My pet hooligan, the Battle Royale shooter with NFT. Released on April 22, KARRAT was served to My Pet Hooligan NFT owners, who are able to request a token assignment.
At its peak price, KARRAT rose to a market capitalization of nearly $117 million based on the initial circulating supply, although the token’s price has since declined as of this writing.
Editor’s note: This story was originally published on March 3, 2024, and last updated with new information on April 23.