Decentralized alternate PancakeSwap strikes into GameFi

by Jeremy

On Might 29, decentralized alternate (DEX) PancakeSwap introduced that it had launched a brand new tower-defense GameFi sport together with BNB GameFi protocol Mobox. Dubbed “Pancake Protectors,” the sport permits gamers to make the most of the DEX’s native CAKE tokens to earn in-game rewards.

Utilities for CAKE tokens inside Pancake Protectors embody accelerating the level-up course of, buying in-game forex, claiming CAKE heroes, staking CAKE to earn sources, and unlocking sport ranges. There will even be an in-game market for buying and selling CAKE heroes, which could be additional enhanced by collaborating in lotteries yielding nonfungible token (NFT) improve rewards. Builders defined the sport as follows:

“Tailored from MOBOX’s MOland Protection Recreation, gamers assume the position of a commander to assemble hero characters throughout numerous ranges and interact in a tower protection sport. CAKE hero characters are essentially the most coveted characters in-game and could be bought with CAKE tokens.

As well as, gamers combine their NFT with the in-game heroes and show it on their PancakeSwap profile. 

Pancake Protectors Gameplay

Launched in 2020, PancakeSwap has turn out to be probably the most widespread DEXs, with $462 billion in cumulative buying and selling quantity and over $2.5 billion in complete worth locked.

In April, the DEX handed the Pancakeswap v2.5 tokenomics proposal to decrease its CAKE token inflation price from over 20% to a goal vary of three% to five%. The worth of CAKE tokens subsequently plunged 36% up to now month to $1.73 on the time of publication because of the decrease worth of nominal CAKE staking rewards. Earlier than the proposal, PancakeSwap operated a high-token-emission mannequin to incentivize consumer adoption.

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