Twitch co-founder Justin Kahn on Thursday launched a new blockchain gaming-focused non-fungible token (NFT) market called Fractal.
Fractal’s Discord group has amassed over 111,000 members, despite being announced only two weeks ago. At the time of this writing, it appears that the most significant sale ever on the platform was for the “baby scooter” NFT, which went for about $680 for the 4 Solana (SOL).
The Solana-based marketplace enables users to buy, trade and hold NFTs used in blockchain games. In an announcement made on Thursday, the firm unveiled its first partner blockchain games including The Sandbox, Nyan Heroes, Caveworld and Xenopets, to name a few.
FIRST OUT: WE ARE LIVE https://t.co/y2yO4R7Ty2
— fractal ️ (@fractalwagmi) December 30, 2021
As part of the announcement, Kan flagged the 111,000-strong Fractal community as one of the “fastest growing” in crypto, adding:
“Durable digital assets through NFTs are the future of gaming. We have partnered with some of the most innovative gaming companies on the Solana blockchain to drive that future forward.”
“Players are excited about blockchain games and we are excited about all the new experiences that will be enabled by them,” he said.
In a separate blog post, Fractal also revealed that it will be broadcasting 100,000 Fractal NFTs to its members, teasing that they can have governance rights over the market and provide future in-game benefits.
“Fractals will come with benefits both in the Fractals Marketplace and in our community. Mysterious and powerful, their full potential is yet to be discovered. Perhaps in the future, they may provide special powers and abilities in your favorite blockchain-based games, or Could open doors to the discovery of exciting new worlds,” the post reads.
Fractal also indicated that it will eventually expand support to other blockchains, with Ethereum likely to be next in line, given that the sandbox is built on the Metaverse project network.
As it stands, users are currently able to connect Solana-friendly wallets, such as Phantom, and buy and sell any NFTs from Solana-based gaming projects.
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Speaking with Cointelegraph, Australian-based Nyan Heroes co-founder Wendy Huang cited the strong team behind Fractal as a major reason behind the company’s decision to partner with the platform.
“Fractal’s game-focused NFT marketplace has the potential to become the premier hub and aggregator for gamers and gaming communities. The strength of their founding team gives Nyan Heroes further confidence that they can grow into a platform like Steam,” she said .
