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The Cutting Edge by NGMI Lab Issue #7

Azra Games report + news from The Ethereum Foundation!

Dear lab friends,

We hope you all haven’t had too many new grey hairs from the drama of the past few days! It feels like an age since Friday’s numerous bank failures, widespread fear and the de-pegging of USDC. We’ve woken up this Monday morning to big-time euphoria and relief...phew! So now, on a slightly slower and more considered pace, here are our updates from NGMI Lab:

Contents

  1. Published Report: Azra Games: Legions and Legends

  2. Weekly Blog: Ethereum’s getting a facelift with ERC-4337. Read our simplified explanation of this new standard and its implications right here!

  3. NGMI Lab join Neo Tokyo News Twitter Spaces: Beyond The Hype & FUD - Listen to the recording here!

  4. We are on INSTAGRAM! hurrah!

Published Report

Azra Games is a game studio led by Mark Otero, a veteran role-playing game (RPG) builder who directed the hugely successful Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes. The studio has a large team of experienced builders and is currently working on a sci-fi and fantasy action RPG called Legions & Legends. This is the first of our March reports requested by the community and can be accessed NOW 👇

We hope you enjoyed last week’s fundamentals piece on web3. This week we fast forward to the forefront of Ethereum technology. On March 2nd, developers at the Ethereum Foundation unveiled the latest improvement to the network: ERC-4337.' Don’t be put off by the jargon, our article is a short and sweet piece that simplifies what this upgrade means for you and crypto adopters globally. Let’s just say, we are excited! Read the full piece by our co-founder Koko, here.

WHO

If you're looking for another great source of information on the crypto industry, we highly recommend checking out Neo Tokyo News (NT News)! These guys are seriously on top of their game and offer daily and weekly articles/podcasts/videos that cover everything happening in the world of web3, all expertly curated by members of the mastermind NFT community of Neo Tokyo.

WHAT

Last week we joined NT News alongside the brilliant Mark from MHL Solutions - a tokenomics specialist - and discussed promising projects in the space as well as what to look for in successful web3 projects. We highly recommend giving it a listen as well as following @Neo_Tokyo_News and @MHL_Solutions on Twitter.

And finally…yes…we joined Instagram, because, why not? If that’s your jam here are our Insta socials:

That’s it for this week! As always fam, stay safe, read around and resist the hype and FOMO! Just keep calm and keep researching 🙌

Until next time,

Your NGMI Lab Team.