Dear community,

Below is the report for this November, which includes the main milestones of Icetea Labs ecosystem’s projects (Firebird, GameFi.org, Red Kite, DESports.gg, and Metaforce) in 01 month.

We not only keep performance the best but also constantly find the breaking point to develop the projects in particular and the whole ecosystem in general.

Let’s check it out and have an overview of the Icetea Labs ecosystem!

IFO/ ILAP

A platform that engaged fans and real players.

A new initiative - Initial Fan Offering (IFO) has been released that helps the project to acquire a high-quality community and true fans over a long period. 

Besides, Icetea Labs Accelerator Program (ILAP) has successfully run for 08 weeks. 

Now, let’s reflect on some beautiful moments with IFO and ILAP.

GAMEFI.ORG

An all-in-one discovery hub for web3 games and metaverses.

1. Events and Updates

A series of events on GameFi.org has been operated smoothly with great attention from the community. 

GameFi.org and Binance NFT were the co-hosting for Dvison World’s Land Box sale (Dvision World is a metaverse platform based on the combination of Dvision network blockchain, NFT, and VR technology), and time for unboxing successfully took place last month.  

GameFi.org and ShopNEXT co-worked to run an airdrop worth $50.000 exclusively for the GameFi.org community.

Besides, Cyber Arena extended the whitelisting time on GameFi.org.

Another update was that the new pool on GameFi Party was opened with the name “Play and Earn”.

2. Ecosystem Partners

GameFi.org established cooperation with two new partners: Firebird and Cyber Arena.

With the aim to diversify the user experience and bring more convenience to the current Coinbase wallet users, GameFi.org decided to support the Counbase Wallet on GameFi.org’s platform. 

In addition, GameFi.org was one of the first launchpads that integrate the Aptos blockchain and supported projects launching IGO on that network.

3. Technical Progress

The dev team has constantly developed and released new features. The Digital Collectibles - the advanced virtual plaza of Web3 digital assets was public in November 2022. It worked like an NFT marketplace, with upgraded and advanced functions for people to come to explore, collect and transfer Web3 digital assets in the form of NFTs.

GameFi.org also successfully launched the GameFi Party where users could play games and easily win rewards. 

FIREBIRD

A user-friendly and high-performance layer 1 EVM blockchain dedicated to NFT & Web3 games. 

1. Events and Updates

After a long time hard-working, the Firebird team successfully released the first public testnet named Phoenix Cup for the community to test and experience.  

This testnet version has been public from November 20 to December 18, 2022. Just 01 week from officially opening, the Phoenix Cup has totally gained up to 600.000 transactions, which means about 75.000 transactions are made per day. Simultaneously, the number of wallet addresses recorded by the system has reached 20.000.

Phoenix Cup has been still going on with active support from the community, which is evidenced by the very positive recorded numbers.

Besides the main events, Firebird also had other activities to warm up the community, for example, the “Fly with Firebird” minigame, etc.

2. Ecosystem Partners

One of the essential points for the development of a project is to expand the cooperation with the key partners. In this phase of testnet, Firebird welcomed a couple of new partners: Monsterra, GameFi.org, Mirai Studio, Metaforce, and Red Kite.  

DESPORTS.GG

A decentralized eSports platform elevating the gaming scene for Web2 gamers to a whole new level - Web3 gaming.

1. Events and Updates

DESports.gg is so delighted to inform you that DESports.gg is closing the deal to become the official platform and web portal for SEA Games and pre-SEA Games 2023.

03 tournaments were organized last month: DESports PUBG Open Cup 1, PUBG Open Cup 2, and Valorant Open Cup 1 with the participation of 64 teams, 64 teams, and 32 teams respectively.

2. Ecosystem Partners

Foresee the potential development, Bold Ventures invested $50.000 and became the strategic partner of DESport.gg. 

Additionally, Victory Point also officially announced the partnership with DESport.gg this month. 

3. Technical Progress

A new game was released in the DESports.gg ladder to serve the users’ demand: Dota 2. 

In order for the users to have diverse experience, the DESports.gg team also published 02 new formats supported in the Tournament: Double Elimination (A type of elimination tournament competition in which a participant ceases to be eligible to win the tournament’s championship upon having lost two games or matches) and Round Robin (A type of tournament in which each contestant meets every other participant, usually in turn).

METAFORCE

The first Web3 gaming on-demand, work-to-earn protocol that exists to build a symbiotic relationship between players, games, and clans in the ecosystem. 

1. Events and Updates

IFO hosted two of their AMAs with Metaforce. The first AMA took place on October 25 while the second one - in collaboration with Metamoonshots - took place on November 08, 2022.

Be UNITE be CHAMPIONS, a special event co-hosted by Metaforce, beFITTER, and Red Kite, was launched from November 14 to November 21, 2022. The giveaway event was an opportunity to incentivize users to lead a healthier lifestyle while earning. 

2. Ecosystem Partners

In November, Metaforce welcomed 04 new partners: IFO, beFITTER, Red Kite, and Firebird. 

RED KITE

A cutting-edge launchpad and some DeFi/NFTFi features.

1. Events and Updates

Red Kite successfully organized 02 minigames “Confetti” to warm up the community. 

03 airdrop events from WinGoal, ShopNEXT, beFITTER x Metaforce were conducted with the participation of a large number of users. Likewise, The giveaway of ShopNEXT with the total rewards of up to 300 NFT card cases Level 01 for the Red Kite community attracted more than 6.700 participants.

MetaBeat: $BEAT held its IDO on Red Kite with a total allocation of $150.000 and successfully listed this month.

2. Ecosystem Partners

Like GameFi.org, Red Kite became one of the first launchpads to support and integrate the Aptos chain.