GeckoCon 2024 Recap: The Future of Crypto Gaming is Bright

Crypto Gaming took center stage at GeckoCon, with dozens of thought leaders outlining their vision and expectations for the future of the sector.

Finn Miller

Published: Nov 12, 2024 at 14:44
Edited: Nov 25, 2024 at 12:43

Hosted by CoinGecko, crypto’s largest independent data aggregator, GeckoCon 2024 brought together some of the biggest players in Web3 gaming.

Featuring speakers from top crypto gaming studios, influential investment firms, and some of Asia’s most prominent crypto exchanges, GeckoCon painted a captivating picture of the sector’s future.

From thought-provoking panels to live gameplay demos, GeckoCon had it all.

Web3 Gaming’s Brightest Minds Come Together at GeckoCon

GeckoCon kicked off with an impressive lineup of speakers from across the blockchain gaming sector.

Insightful panels offered illuminating discussions surrounding some of the biggest obstacles and talking points in the crypto gaming industry. For example, Kenneth Shek, Ecosystem Lead of Mocaverse highlighted how Mocaverse juggled a growing user acquisition without comprising on user quality.

Other talks focused on South East Asia’s growing prominence in the Web3 gaming industry. Beyond boasting one of the world’s biggest crypto gaming population’s, many of the sector’s biggest projects are also based in the region, including Sky Mavis and Pixelmon.

Off-stage, attendees were able to playtest live demos of emerging games, or return to their old favorites. Additionally, investment firms like Delphi Digital and Taisu Ventures were on ground scouting out the best market opportunities and providing commentary on where they saw the sector heading in the future.

Star Atlas Founder Champions Sustainable Gaming Economies

Solana fans were delighted to see Star Atlas co-founder and CEO Michael Wagner take the stage. The frontman of Solana’s biggest blockchain-based gaming ecosystem, Wagner discussed some of the key decisions that guided Star Atlas development.

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Wagner credited Star Atlas’s unwavering commitment to building sustainable in-game economies as one of the chief reasons behind its success. In a previous interview with SolanaFloor, Wagner revealed that, when annualized, the Star Atlas economy generates around $30M in GDP, outperforming around one-third of the world’s nations.

With Bitcoin soaring past previous all-time highs, the crypto industry is expected to welcome millions of new entrants. Web3 gaming is often considered one of the industry’s most accessible sectors for newcomers, suggesting that blockchain-based games are likely to enjoy a surge on new users in the coming cycle.