Aria

Coffee + Web3

[YGG Play @YGG_Play]

🏆 The YGG Play x @Verse_Eight Casual Degen Game Hackathon has a WINNER! 🏆

After an intense Final Pitch Day with our Top 15 finalists, we are blown away by the level of work, creativity, and vibe coding skills brought to the table. We can confidently say the future of gaming is looking brighter than ever. 🔥

A massive round of applause to the teams who took home a share of the $5,000 prize pool!

Congratulations:
🥇 1st Place: Bank or Plank - 3D multiplayer board game
🥈 2nd Place: Dungeon Raising
🥉 3rd Place: Gas Wars - 2D Arcade Blackhole survivor

A Heartfelt Thank You 🤝
To every builder who participated: Thank you. Whether you were a solo dev or a full squad, your contribution to the YGG Play and Verse8 ecosystem during @koreabuidlweek has been incredible. The quality of the Casual Degen Games submitted proves that when AI and gaming collide, magic happens. GGs to all!

For the full Hackathon details, read the article here. 👇
https://t.co/RY47zA7xul

[UNKNOWN TRADER @Learnernoearner]

Quick 100$ giveaway

Just like & RT

Winner picked tonight

[YGG Play @YGG_Play]

🛠️ YGG Play & @Verse_Eight Hackathon Preliminary Screening 🛠️

Due to the overwhelming response, we are conducting a preliminary screening round to select the top 15 teams advancing to the Final Pitch Day (18 April).

All participants MUST RSVP via the Luma link here.
🔗 RSVP: https://t.co/HID0He1HVr

To ensure total fairness, we are strictly following the judging criteria linked below for pre-selection.
⚖️ Judging Criteria: https://t.co/rhACNJDtz0

[YGG Play @YGG_Play]

BuidlHack Series: YGG & Verse 8 Workshop LIVE NOW! 🔴

Catch the live workshop to learn how to go from "Idea" to "Playable Game" in only 30 minutes with @Verse_Eight’s AI-native game development tool.

Watch it here! 👇
https://t.co/MOf0td9RUV

[YGG Play @YGG_Play]

Shoutout to @marcellovtv for the non-stop content and repping YGG Play throughout GDC! 🤝

Between the @waifusweeper speedrun, the @GIGACHADBAT blindfold tournament, and all the epic events hosted at the Wolves Den by @WolvesDAO, it was definitely a week to remember. 👀

Watch the full recap below to catch the GDC 2026 energy! 👇

[Aria @digitallyaria]

https://t.co/wDoSR1Qt0r

[CoinDesk @CoinDesk]

OPINION: As the industry passes into mainstream use with spot ETFs, institutional custody and the same banking frameworks it once challenged, it is rapidly losing its rebel soul.

[CoinDesk @CoinDesk]

@leah_cb reports: https://t.co/v1ZVEhSaUd

[BAS @BASbyLudium]

BuidlHack 2026 Kickoff AMA

- $26,000 in prizes
- Multiple tracks

Sponsored by @BNBCHAIN @StatusL2 @near_ai @YGG_Play @Verse_Eight

Want to build? Ask us anything👇
https://t.co/qRPRuUxatn

#BuidlHack2026

[Leah Callon-Butler @leah_cb]

My Telegram account (handle: @Leah_CB) was stolen last week and I no longer have access to it.

Scammers are now using my REAL account to contact my frens and ask them to join a video call. Because it’s my actual Telegram account, you will see our REAL message history (for some of you, that will go back years!!!), our REAL shared photos and other media, etc.

If you actually get on the call, you’ll see “me” but we'll be struggling to connect due to no audio and a bad connection. In the chat, “I” will ask you to download and run an update to fix the issue.

This is a SCAM. It is NOT me.

What's super scary is that it would be an *actual video recording of me* (not even a deep fake!!), that is played to you on the call, to make it look like I'm joining you.

This is incredibly disarming. And that's how the scammers got me. I thought I was on a call with one of my good frens. I was completely trusting.

To understand more about how this scam works, please read this thread by @tayvano_ of @_SEAL_Org:
https://t.co/7PWLecL65q

AS A REMINDER: I will not contact you on Telegram asking for a call, and I will never ask you to download anything. If you want to verify anything at all, or you'd like to connect with me on WhatsApp going forward, please DM me here on Facebook.

I’ve filed multiple appeals with @telegram but so far no reply. I have not been able to recover or disable the account.

I saw today thanks to @tayvano_ that a similar scam is spreading on @signalapp too.

Please help spread the word so others don’t get duped.

* * *

Below is a screenshot of a conversation I had with a fren on WhatsApp. He was immediately suspicious when "I" contacted him on Telegram asking for a catch up call, but with zero context.

Cleverly, my fren asked "what's our safe word?"

The scammer promptly deleted all our message history, and blocked him.

[BitPinas @bitpinas]

🎮🔥 From StarCraft Pro to Web3 Builder

This is the story of how a professional gamer turned Blizzard and Tencent executive entered web3 at YGG... and why he believes the next generation of blockchain games must be built around skill, competition, and fun, not just tokens. 👇

@yggplay @waifusweeper

[YGG Play @YGG_Play]

How do you build a sustainable Web3 game in 2026? 🛠️

@parkhunp of @YieldGuild and co-founder of Raitomira, former @Blizzard_Ent and @TencentGames Exec, is here to answer that question. The mission? Moving from "Play-to-Earn" to "Skill-to-Earn" with his latest project @waifusweeper, a skill-first, logic-based Minesweeper-inspired Casual Degen game published in collaboration with @YGG_Play.

Before celebrating the launch of Waifu Sweeper at the YGG Grand Slam during @consensus_hk, @Bitpinas spoke with Hun to discuss:
✅ The broken "playbook" of 2020 - 2021.
✅ Why there is a massive opportunity in the Casual Degen market for skill-based games that reward logic over idle clicking.
✅ Navigating his dual role as a YGG core member and as Raitomira co-founder.
✅ Why "fun first" gameplay is the only way forward for Web3 gaming.

Read the full interview here 👇

[YGG Play @YGG_Play]

If you're a @GIGACHADBAT player, you're going to want to pay attention to this!

$CHAD is officially live on @opensea.🎉

More details below! 👇

[YGG Play @YGG_Play]

For those navigating the @AbstractChain ecosystem, a new guide on @binance Square details how to optimize participation and maximize your Abstract XP gain.

The article outlines key strategies and common pitfalls to avoid. It also features two @YGG_Play titles, highlighting @GIGACHADBAT as an active, high XP yield game and @LOLLandGame for idle point accumulation while you multitask.

Read the full article here 👇
https://t.co/IbgWx1XfUq

[Aria @digitallyaria]

Can Ethereum really be the first chain to be LLM-driven?

This article by @TimInCrypto got me wondering if chains are ready for AI. Great read!

https://t.co/i5kaDhroRu

[UNKNOWN TRADER @Learnernoearner]

$FET tp1 done

[UNKNOWN TRADER @Learnernoearner]

#giveaway Drop your trc20 wallet below and tell me why you should win⬇️

Will be gifting 200$ to 2 lucky winners ❤️

Must like my recent tweets also

[YGG Play @YGG_Play]

You’ve played it. You’ve shared it. Now you can wear it.

From launching 2 weeks go to hitting the shelves of @HYPEBEAST, this isn’t just another shirt but a take on bridging gaming culture with Hong Kong’s street wear culture. Grab yourself this limited-edition @waifusweeper x @dreamtemple_ Waifu Tee now before they are gone forever! Drop runs till March 5th! 

Available Here:
🛍️ In-store at Gallery HBX, Hong Kong
🌐 Online at Dream Temple: https://t.co/XpbWP7AdZZ

Shoutout to @alexeymedia for filming & producing this shoot, as well as @0xmeow0130 & @0xyukirabbit for being our models! 🤝

[YGG Play @YGG_Play]

After the release of @BCGbiz Top 50 Blockchain Game Companies, where @YieldGuild placed 3rd, Jon (@blockchaingmg) and Jenny Jordan took a deeper look at YGG, YGG Play, and Casual Degen games on their Blockchain Gaming World video.

In this clip, Jon shares his take on the rise of Casual Degen games, noting that a third of the top 20 fall into this category and highlighting how the trend is set to continue, a direction we are reinforcing through our 2026 collaborations with @RoachRacingClub, @GIGACHADBAT, @bearish_af, and @waifusweeper.

👉 Watch the full episode here: https://t.co/yIctEj4Z3b

[GamesBeat @GamesBeat]

CCP teams up with Sui on Eve Frontier hackathon with $80K prize pool - https://t.co/81MGh6p1va