Immutable X integration was rumored to be a component of GameStop’s NFT marketplace when it was first revealed earlier this year, and it turned out to be accurate. Months after the market opened, GameStop has now integrated Immutable even more deeply within its ecosystem. Version 0.6.9 of the GameStop Wallet features native connections with the Immutable X Layer 2, according to a tweet from August 8, 2022. This implies that users of the wallet can transfer and receive immutable assets as well as access immutable Dapps. — Aug 12, 2022

In somewhat shocking news, Vitalik Buterin, the co-founder of Ethereum, stated that he believes corporate efforts to create the metaverse would fail. This was directed at businesses like Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta, which changed its focus from constructing Facebook to the metaverse. Buterin was responding to a statement made by Dean Eigenmann, the founder of Soapbox and Dialectic, who said that he didn’t think venture capitalist backing would allow the metaverse to reach its full potential. — Aug 12, 2022

Axie Infinity is a play-to-earn (P2E) blockchain game. In an effort to entice players to a new game mode named “Axie Infinity Origin,” the company has completely removed the token incentives from its old game mode. As of this Friday, Smooth Love Potions (SLP) cannot be created in the game’s classic mode, according to the developers of Axie Infinity. The development team has stated that the SLP prizes would carry over to the new game mode. Minting won’t be accessible for 30 days until Axie Infinity goes through a monitoring phase to check for bugs, abuses, and vulnerabilities. — Aug 12, 2022

The final part of the SUPERGUCCI NFT set is released by Gucci and Superplastic, a manufacturer of vinyl toys and animated celebrities. As the final surprise for owners of SUPERGUCCI’s Janky NFT, Superplastic and Gucci produced a companion Guggimon NFT this past Sunday that comes with a ceramic item made in their Italian factory. The Gucci creative director Alessandro Michele collaborated with the digital artists Janky & Guggimon of Superplastic to produce the NFT line, which was launched in February as a two-part series of limited NFTs. — Aug 12, 2022