20 December 2024 | Weekly news roundup

[0:31] Pudgy Penguins launches its PENGU token, with a strong community airdrop.

[3:22] The launch was very generous with Pudgy NFT holders getting $85,000 of PENGU.

[5:34] Surprisingly given the Abstract blockchain is launching, there wasn't a claim+stake option.

[11:00] Xterio has announced its AI agent vision for 2025 including Befriend AI chat-to-airdrop.

[15:32] Is it a pivot? Maybe but a pivot can be a positive change for a project.

[16:35] More generally, the Virtuals AI agent platform is doing very well.

[18:28] Planet Mojo has announced its Agents of Poker AI agent game.

[19:53] Faraway has announced the first AI agent to be a node validator - J3FF.

[26:32] Is the endgame that our AI agents communicate and trade value on their own blockchains?

[28:05] Big Time Studios' Open Loot platform has announced a $150 million fund.

[33:03] Fableborne's had a successful third test with 149,000 players spending $540,000.