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World famous Youtuber and gamer PewDiePie has promoted a Pokemon style game called Wallem, a blockchain based game that pays out rewards in crypto. He did this while selling his own “PewDiePie skin” as a non-fungible token(NFT). The video was released on Friday to his over 5.7 million subscribers.
Wallem is a Pokemon type game that utilizes a 3D map and Augmented Reality (AR) technology, to place virtual objects in the real world. It has an in-built cryptocurrency wallet and allows its users to find and collect Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), and other cryptocurrencies. Crypto picked can then be transferred to external wallets and probably moved to exchanges if they need to sell. The game is also like the popular Aircoins where users would just walk around and pick tokens when found.
“You can walk around outside and get tokens. Based on where you live, they will spawn around you nearby,” explained PewDiePie in the video.
The game rewards it’s players with an Ethereum-based token called Pteria (PTE) and also sets up special events with prizes from major brands like Apple, and Armani.
The game plans to allow players to steal from each other in the future versions to be released. There will be an “open wallet” where the value of tokens stolen will be displayed, players must protect their tokens or move them off the gaming platform.
The NFT market seems to be doing very well, it is reported that almost $1.5million has been spent on NFT sales. It was also discovered through a research company that there is a $100 billion market of gaming platforms which includes Minecraft and Fortnite. Youtubers are now jumping into this market, Pewdiepie’s NFT skin can be brought on Rarible, an NFT marketplace. Tokens bought can also be used in Wallems virtual 3D world and players get to process the NFT’s during special events and benefit from it.
PewDiePie has also ventured into other crypto projects or blockchain-based applications. He partnered with DLive, a decentralized video streaming platform.
