‘Nyan Heroes’ Launches Solana Token, Up 27% as Airdrop Claims Open

Nyan Heroes, a PC-based hero shooter on the Epic Video games Retailer, launched its Solana-based NYAN token at this time, opening up its token declare for gamers who participated within the latest play-to-airdrop campaigns across the sport.

NYAN debuted on crypto trade Bybit early Tuesday, as the sport’s official launch accomplice following the Solana token technology occasion (TGE). The token popped over $0.46 with $22 million in early quantity, and is presently priced at $0.30, per information from CoinMarketCap, with a market cap above $30 million as of this writing.

Bybit can also be internet hosting a rewards marketing campaign, handing out 2.76 million NYAN tokens—about $828,000 value on the present value—to clients who stake both NYAN, MNT, or USDT stablecoin inside the trade’s platform. The marketing campaign runs for a full week, till Might 28.

Nyan Heroes developer 9 Lives Interactive additionally opened up airdrop claims on Tuesday for gamers who checked out the pre-alpha demo playtests through the Epic Video games Retailer, or participated in different airdrop initiatives associated the sport.

Nonetheless, the workforce famous that there have been technical issues with the declare course of, with token distribution accomplice Streamflow claiming that “community points” had been at play as of 4am ET. It’s unclear whether or not the hitches have been resolved. Decrypt reached out to 9 Lives Interactive for clarification, however didn’t obtain an instantaneous response.

The pre-alpha demo, which is presently accessible to play via Might 26 through the outstanding PC gaming market, lets gamers earn factors for finishing in-game missions, which then convert into allocations of the NYAN token. In response to the workforce, the NYAN token can be utilized to mint in-game gear on-chain as an NFT, a course of referred to as “awakening” inside the sport world.

“The NYAN token may also be utilized for market transaction charges, rental charges for in-game property, [and] competitors entry charges,” reads a press launch, “and gamers might lock their NYAN with a purpose to obtain further particular entry, privileges, and rewards along with offering entry to decentralized group governance.”

Edited by Ryan Ozawa.