20 December 2024 | Weekly news roundup

Jon Jordan and BlockchainGamer.biz editor Jenny Jordan discuss the news for the week ending 20th December 2024.

• [0:31] Pudgy Penguins launches its PENGU token, with a strong community airdrop.
• [3:22] The launch was very generous with Pudgy NFT holders getting $85,000 of PENGU.
• [5:34] Surprisingly given the Abstract blockchain is launching, there wasn't a claim+stake option.
• [11:00] Xterio has announced its AI agent vision for 2025 including Befriend AI chat-to-airdrop.
• [15:32] Is it a pivot? Maybe but a pivot can be a positive change for a project.
• [16:35] More generally, the Virtuals AI agent platform is doing very well.
• [18:28] Planet Mojo has announced its Agents of Poker AI agent game.
• [19:53] Faraway has announced the first AI agent to be a node validator - J3FF.
• [26:32] Is the endgame that our AI agents communicate and trade value on their own blockchains?
• [28:05] Big Time Studios' Open Loot platform has announced a $150 million fund.
• [33:03] Fableborne's had a successful third test with 149,000 players spending $540,000.