• YouTube iGaming ban causes panic

• Web3 gaming leads in DApp activity in October

  

• TAC Protocol cooks as GameFi bleeds

• Moonfrost is pivoting from Web3 gaming

• Wilder World price collapses

Bitcoin slipped 8% to $101.3K this week, yet JPMorgan believes BTC is cheap compared to gold. As a result, every single top 20 GameFi token is in the red this week.

While the altcoin market predictably bore the brunt of this, privacy coins are stealing the show with significant rallies. On the opposite end, leading GameFi tokens are on a big losing streak. TAC Protocol (TAC) is among the sector’s standout performers after picking up a modest 23% gain.

It’s been a brutal year for crypto gaming. So far, at least 27 Web3 games and studios have closed shop in 2025 alone.

Yet, the GameFi sector is still alive and kicking, with VC checks still coming in, betting on “when,” not “if.”

• Despite Redtober, Web3 gaming claimed nearly 28% of all DApp activity in October, its strongest share this year. DeFi was not far behind, as it accounted for 18%. Despite a light dip to 16 million active wallets, gaming helped keep Web3 thriving.

The Tokyo-based studio is gearing up to expand its team, gameplay, and NFT infrastructure as it builds a precision-crafted anime RPG that blends card battles with an open-world twist.

This week, liquidity flowed out of Web3 gaming. The sector’s market cap dipped 10% to $11.6 billion. Trading volume took a slight knock to $2.56 billion.

Source: CoinMarketCap

During the week, the Altcoin Season Index dropped from 29 to 23, as tokens continue to get REKT.

Source: CoinMarketCap

Source: CoinMarketCap

Web3 gaming remained unchanged in 18th position on DeFiLlama’s narrative tracker. This was another week where the majority of sectors lagged, and staying afloat was the mission.

Source: DeFiLlama

Farming RPG Moonfrost is ditching Web3 to launch as a traditional Steam title while introducing Frost Arcade to keep its crypto roots alive for players who still want that on-chain action.

YouTube’s new gambling policy sparked panic across the GameFi community, but the platform confirmed that crypto and NFT gaming content is safe. The GameFi sector fears that the new policy will ban their content creators as it targets items with monetary value, such as in-game skins and crypto tokens.