FULL CONVERSATION with Luke Barwikowski, Founder of Pixels.
– How Pixels rebuilt play to earn
– Why reward attribution changes everything
– How Stacked productized Pixels’ edge
– Why broad player bases matter
– How rewards became a profit center
Last month we invoiced $10k in cakes
This month we’re invoicing almost $100k beacuse coldcaking blew up.
cold emailing and cold calling is officially cooked and baked.🎂👨🍳
Honored to be named a Next Gen Awards Honoree by The PR Net ✨
PR is changing fast as AI reshapes discovery. We’re proud to be building tools and strategies that help brands show up with authority in this new era, starting with https://t.co/bKDfOW8xYR.
Grateful for the clients and partners pushing forward with us.
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Most startups begin in a garage. Pixels began on a sailboat. ⛵️
@whatslukedoing, founder of @pixels_online, just shared his incredible founder journey with Business Insider, how he built one of Web3’s most successful games while sailing around the world.
Read the full story here👇
https://t.co/eox08rwABg
New pod w/ @Hantao, Co-founder of @Moku_HQ
- Letting users speculate on gaming
- AI content is getting out of control
- Speculation + daily fantasy + AI
- Betting on live matches
- Current state of Web3 Gaming
- Bridging Web2 & Web3 audiences
- Speculation is the future of entertainment
- Why Prediction Markets will work
- Hantao selling his own esports to Overtime sports
- The history of Moku
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Gaming VC is down bad. 📉
But @PlayVentures is literally off the charts:
✨ Top 1% on Carta
✨ 1.5x return in <4 years
✨ Focus on returns > AUM
Learn more here👇🏻
https://t.co/XkYqY67wCf
Overwolf expands European presence with former Activision Blizzard exec Adam Davis leading brand partnerships.
Overwolf Ads is scaling fast:
📈 385% EU revenue growth since 2024
🏆 Campaigns with Armani, Amazon, PepsiCo + more
🎮 in-play ads across top titles like Fortnite, Minecraft & CoD
🌏Global revenue growth doubled from $50M in 2023 to $100M in 2024
Overwolf is bringing more brands into the worlds where gamers play.
Full story by @deantak on @GamesBeat👇🏻
https://t.co/7pqMqsBpLl
“If I wanted to spend a dollar growing my game, what if instead of putting a dollar into ads, I gave that dollar directly to a user?” - @whatslukedoing
On @untanglingweb3, Luke breaks down:
🪙How reward-to-play flips broken UA economics
👾Why interoperability is gaming’s “unified API”
📖The @pixels_online playbook for scaling Web3
Watch the full episode👇🏻
This South Sudanese 🇸🇸 basketball player was just drafted 10th overall in the 2025 NBA Draft. His story is remarkable! But we're also going to see more stories like his coming from Africa in the future.
@khaman_maluach is a South Sudanese refugee who was raised in Uganda. At 13, he was stopped by a basketball coach on a boda boda, who asked if he had ever played the game before.
From there, he made his way to a camp by fellow South Sudanese player, the Chicago Bulls legend, @LuolDeng9. At that camp, it was the first time he touched a basketball.
He's now played for just 6 years. After three years at the NBA Academy in Senegal and three years playing for @NBA_Africa's @theBAL, he impressed scouts at Basketball Without Borders, and played one season at @DukeMBB.
But this isn't just feel-good stories about potential. This is African excellence rewriting the game.
Joel Embiid - former MVP - only started playing basketball at 15. Pascal Siakam just played in the NBA Finals but didn't touch organized basketball until he was nearly 18 years old.
As more investment is made in developing Africa's talent economy and creating opportunities for young athletes, the question isn't just 𝘸𝘩𝘰'𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘹𝘵 𝘒𝘩𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘔𝘢𝘭𝘶𝘢𝘤𝘩.
The question now is 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗵𝗶𝗺 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴?
New podcast w/ @mattyryze, Managing Partner of @RyzeLabs
- Stablecoin legislation
- Best PMF in crypto = stablecoins
- Using stablecoins as a hedge against hyperinflation
- USDT will remain the stablecoin beast of the world
- The synergy between AI & Crypto
- AI is a natural fit for Crypto
- AI needs lightning-fast & secure payment rails; crypto is the solution
- The future of AI companions
- Bringing AI agents into the world of physical devices
- Amiko launch in July
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🚨Fortnite's iOS block isn’t just a headline, it’s a warning shot for the entire platform economy.
@looknorthworld CEO Alex Seropian (@steakbacon) tells CNET:
“There’s a huge shift from a retail economy to a platform economy. Gen-Z & Gen-Alpha want fast, social, mobile-first access. They're waiting for us on mobile.”
As Epic and Apple stall, creators are stuck in limbo and the future of mobile UGC is on pause. 👇
https://t.co/5rcpDEwuIE
Pixels is offering token rewards to players that can flirt the best with an AI agent. Do you have enough rizz to earn an airdrop? Read via @ggDecrypt: https://t.co/ptwSz68uHe
Wake-up-call!!! The heavy rains and floods in Kampala this morning are a stark reminder of the urgent need for #ClimateResilientInfrastructure! We can't keep rebuilding and repairing. Let us adapt and invest in resilient infrastructure to protect lives, livelihoods and our future. #AdaptationIsKey #ClimateActionNow!
Business is hard. Startups are hard.
Starting a business in Uganda is extra hard.
Succeeding in Uganda is doing business at maximum difficulty.
Doing business in UG with integrity is nearly impossible.
I celebrate all founders who wake up each day to try one just more time.
Africa is the youngest, fastest growing continent, but financial systems are broken;
❌ High banking fees.
❌Limited financial access.
❌Slow cross-border payments.
Blockchain fixes this. A decentralized, boarderless economy for all!