Author: Arain, ChainCatcher

Editor: Marco, ChainCatcher

The domestically produced 3A game "Black Myth: Wukong" was officially released at 10:00 on August 20th Beijing time. Within one hour of its release, the concurrent online players exceeded 1 million, causing the Steam servers to crash.

The data one hour after the game's release has surpassed popular titles such as "Cyberpunk 2077," "Elden Ring," and "Baldur's Gate." As of the time of writing, the peak concurrent online players have exceeded 2 million, topping the Steam online player rankings and becoming the third highest game in the history of Steam's online player peak, with "CS 2" and "Dota 2" ranking first and second, respectively.

The gaming community's fervor has also stirred the capital market, leading to speculation on related concepts. A-share related concepts took turns performing, with Wind data showing that as of the close on August 20th, Qitian Technology (300061.SZ) saw its stock price hit the limit up, with a 20% increase; Zhongxin Publishing (300788.SZ) also hit the limit up, closing at 29.86 yuan per share, a 20% increase; Huayi Brothers (300027.SZ) saw a significant 19% increase in stock price, closing at 2.94 yuan per share.

Cryptocurrencies riding the wave of this game's popularity saw even more astonishing gains. According to gmgn.ai data, the Meme coin $WuKong issued on Solana saw a surge of over 99999% within 24 hours, with some users making $350,000 in just 5 hours. Meanwhile, multiple $WuKong named Meme coins appeared on Solana, with varying price movements. In addition, $WuKong named MEME coins also appeared on ETH and BNB, each showing different price movements.

The most eye-catching figure in the crypto circle that night

On the evening of August 20th, the Chinese-speaking crypto circle belonged to "Black Myth: Wukong." This was simply because major Chinese-speaking crypto KOLs, exchanges, and media all jumped on the "Black Myth: Wukong" bandwagon: as long as you retweeted, followed, or commented, you had the chance to win a game qualification for "Black Myth: Wukong."

This was exactly what many users in the Chinese-speaking crypto circle were looking for. Many participants in the draw expressed that they had wanted to play the game for a long time, and "Black Myth: Wukong" successfully became the focus of the evening's traffic.

According to incomplete statistics, the "Black Myth: Wukong" mainly used for traffic diversion that evening was the deluxe version priced at 328 yuan. The game has a total of 4 versions, including the digital standard edition priced at 268 yuan, the digital deluxe edition priced at 328 yuan, the physical deluxe edition priced at 820 yuan, and the physical collector's edition priced at 1998 yuan. The collector's edition has already been traded at a high price of over 6000 yuan on some second-hand platforms.

However, the most aggressive "player" in this marketing wave was undoubtedly Sun Yuchen, the founder of TRON, who directly posted his own poster with a series of activation codes, simple and straightforward, allowing users to claim them without any conditions, which greatly excited the gaming users in the cryptocurrency circle.

Market frenzy prompts major chains to issue Wukong-related MEME coins

"Stocks are all hitting the limit up."

"Concept stocks related to this are all rising."

"Is there a Black Wukong Meme? Feels like there's a market."

"It's already flying high."

In a blockchain gaming community, members excitedly discussed "Black Myth: Wukong" and its peripherals.

Currently, there are multiple $WuKong named Meme coins on the ETH, BSC, Solana, and Base chains. According to Geckotermina data, the main battlefield for $WuKong is still on Solana's Raydium, with the largest 24-hour trading volume. The best performing is on Uniswap V2 on the Base chain, with a 24-hour surge of 31077% as of the time of writing. This may be due to the fact that Uniswap V2's $WuKong is newer than Solana's Raydium's $WuKong, and its liquidity is weaker—currently, there are over 1100 participants in this "game."

According to gmgn.ai data, the largest $Wukong pool on Solana's Raydium has attracted over 900 participants. This $Wukong was created by C6rFbLz2sQPCqcqjtib1hE69o1xgAuTu6aMqD9MWtBAD, with a total cost of approximately $260,000. As of the time of writing, the account has already made a profit of approximately $350,000, with an unrealized profit of $5.8 million.

Of course, there is not only one $Wukong on Solana, but this pool has the largest volume and the highest surge. Other pools have varying price movements and poorer liquidity.

NFT market caught off guard

The popularity of "Black Myth: Wukong" has also attracted NFTs wanting to ride the wave. However, compared to the swift and convenient nature of Meme coin issuance, NFTs seem somewhat unprepared.

In some existing NFT concepts, there has been no significant movement related to "monkey" or "ape," and new NFT projects are still in the preparation stage.

There is an NFT called "SUn WuKong" claiming to be a collaboration between Tsai Chih-chung and Caturapramana Universe to launch a "Journey to the West" NFT, trying to capitalize on the popularity of "Black Myth: Wukong." However, they have not yet opened Mint—only time will tell if their Mint will still be popular when they do open it.

In addition, there is an attempt to issue the value of the 328 yuan deluxe edition of "Black Myth: Wukong" as an NFT for Twitter users to Mint for free, but fundamentally, it is still a traffic diversion activity that requires users to like and retweet to qualify for free Mint. Although the issuer claims to provide 1000 copies, after 10 hours, there are still fewer than 100 users participating in the retweet and like activities, showing lukewarm interest in the free MINT.

Once again, the crypto circle has verified that for riding the wave of popularity, Meme is the best way, and NFTs have become yesterday's news.

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