The Dark Underworld of Video Game Skin Trading (+ Azuki $38M Drop and The Sinking Island)

It's an absolute all-you-can-eat buffet of metaverse stories this week. We talk about a major video games and Esports report, which suggests the industry is on track to make $70 billion this year. The Pacific island of Tuvalu is sinking under the sea so they want to preserve it in the metaverse. 40 of the biggest CS:GO traders have been busted, sending $2 million worth of skins to 0. Azuki drop the ball in a big way, Adidas continue their new web3 journey and a company called Caviar have made an 18 Karat case for the Apple Vision Pro... Tuck in, it's a hearty episode. Chapters 00:00:00 - 00:01:30 - What This Episode Is About 00:01:31 - 00:11:10 - The Nation of Tuvalu Is Sinking (Into the Metaverse)] 00:11:11 - 00:16:48 - Video Game Industry $70 Billion Report 00:16:50 - 00:21:59 - CS:GO Skins Turn to Dust 00:22:00 - 00:28:40 - Adidas Continue Web3 Journey with ALTS 00:28:44 - 00:44:06 - Azuki Drop the Ball 00:44:09 - 00:50:59 - Only Up Game Goes Mainstream 00:51:00 - 00:54:00 - 18 Karat Gold Apple Vision Pro Case 00:54:01 - 00:56:17 - What's Coming At BasedAF Twitter : https://twitter.com/we_are_BasedAF Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/we_are_basedaf Discord : https://discord.com/invite/basedaf Podcast : https://plnk.to/welcome-to-the-metaverse/e/ Links : The PwC video game industry report : https://venturebeat.com/games/u-s-game-and-esports-revenue-to-grow-from-54-1b-to-72b-by-2027-pwc/