21 November 2025 | Weekly news roundup

MapleStory Universe get $50M ecosystem fund, Legend of Ymir custom servers expanded, Stan extends Series A and we talk Hyptopia and Moku's Grand Arena.

• [0:40] Nexpace has announced a $50 million ecosystem fund for MapleStory Universe.
• [3:48] As a reminder Nexon funded Nexpace two years ago with $100 million of funding.
• [4:17] Technically the fund is "up to $50 million" - likely mainly NXPC tokens and work-in-kind etc.
• [6:56] MapleStory N is the core, but the fund is to encourage third party games and app around it.
• [8:55] This is a trend for many fully onchain games such as Soccerverse and EVE Frontier.
• [12:10] There's also a deeper trend with stablecoins becoming payment rails for Tradfi.
• [14:03] Our Mavens discussed the balance of financials and fun for blockchain games.
• [17:22] Wemade has expanded the custom server business for its Legend of Ymir MMORPG.
• [18:00] It originally auctioned 10 servers for +$20,000 each. You can earn 15% of in-game
• [21:37] Indian social gaming app Stan extended its Series A funding to $10.5 million.
• [23:08] One likely reason is India banned real money games so apps like Stan are now an alternative.
• [26:29] Jon had Maxwell from Hytopia on the podcast this week.
• [29:12] The platform is now live with its HYBUX token also live on Base.
• [30:16] Maxwell says "Crypto is cool but fun is #1".
• [33:13] Moku has launched the 4 week preseason for its Grand Arena game.