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This was an old recording from July 2025, but the content is still relevant. What makes Fumb Games unique, aside from being big advocates of bitcoin, is how they have remained relatively under the radar despite being one of the very few studios that have sustainably scaled multiple rewarded play (AKA Play-to-Earn) mobile games. The studio grossed $10M in 2024 and has continued to scale since. Duri...

In this episode, we explore some of the economic nuances in fully on-chain MMOs with Heimdall, the Chief Economist at Citadel. We discuss topics covering some of the novel ways blockchain games can monetize, the challenges and opportunities of designing and managing in-game cryptocurrencies, and why any of this might actually matter to gamers. If you want to learn more about Citadel and why they d...

This week we sat down with Nick Metzler, co-founder of Web3 gaming consultancy Win Win, to discuss some fascinating topics around token LiveOps for blockchain-enhanced games. The conversation centered around Nick’s recent article Burn Notice , which dove into the implications of token burns and some core considerations for teams managing a token LiveOps treadmill. You can also find us on: https://...

In this episode, we sat down with Abhi, founder and CEO of AP Collective, a Web3-native GTM agency. Abhi provided some interesting insights into the importance of founder-forward brands and their strategic strength in Web3 markets, the various nuances between Web3 and traditional growth strategies, and what metrics he thinks are most important for securing tier 1 CEX listings over the next 12 mont...

In this episode we sat down with Michael O-Connor, CEO and co-founder of Today The Game, to chat about AI’s impact on gaming. Michael and his team have been working with AI both in their development pipeline and in their game’s core loop. We took this opportunity to hear more about what he has learned, his thoughts on the current landscape of Web3 agentic frameworks, and what we should expect from...

As we edge closer to the launch of their flagship title Fableborne, we sat down with Pixion Games founder and CEO Kam Punia to discuss his philosophy for making games and the lessons he’s learned in the 8 years since founding the studio. You can also find us on: YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@DoubleTapGG Fountain - https://fountain.fm/show/0c00vr08g3ZjHiCLNiB0 RSS - https://anchor.fm/s/e836ea2...

We sat down with Sean Geng, co-founder and CTO at B3, a new gaming layer three on Base, to discuss why he thinks Web3 needs more app-specific infra for scale, the future of service chains, and more about B3’s vision to aggregate cross-chain liquidity and solve many of the issues with fragmentation. You can also find us on: YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@DoubleTapGG Fountain - https://fountain....

This week, we sat down with Henri Stern, the co-founder of Privy, a leading blockchain wallet and onboarding solution. We discussed the current state of Web3 conversions, how Privy works closely with teams to build better wallets, and how technical innovations in PWAs, smart wallets, and account abstraction are shaping the future of consumer crypto applications. You can also find us on: YouTube -...

We spoke with Alex Paley, co-founder of Faraway, about his approach to building a blockchain-powered mobile gaming ecosystem. Alex shared his views on how tokens can impact monetization and distribution and how Faraway combines strong IP with single-ecosystem interoperability and token incentives to grow players’ collateralized LTV. Stay up to date & pre-register for some exclusive content on ...

We sat down with Justin Waldron, prev. co-founder of Zynga and currently building GEMZ, to hear his thoughts on the past and future of social games. Topics covered throughout this episode include the business of creating digital excuses, the great myth of social games, how all play is rewarded play, and the opportunities in building for web vs. app stores. Stay up to date & pre-register for so...

This week we sat down with Long Do to discuss his latest project, Anomaly. A blockchain infrastructure provider/gaming ecosystem with a specific focus on scaling casual games on social platforms. Long shared his thoughts on the importance of building where the users are, how on-chain player ID and community building are at the heart of social gaming ecosystems, and how they plan to leverage NFTs f...

Ryan Wiancko is the co-founder and CEO of IronBelly Group, a company that has comprehensive experience as a first-party game studio, a studio-for-hire, and currently as a backend services provider with >50 proprietary gameplay systems that power some of the industry’s top action games. We sat down with Ryan to discuss the topic of “build vs. buy” and how services like theirs are democratizing g...

Andy Lee has extensive experience in Chinese FinTech firms as well as at Lightspeed, a Tencent game studio that did a lot of work on PUBG and Team Fight Tactics. Andy is now co-founder and CEO at Mugen Interactive, a mini-game studio leveraging blockchain systems. We sat down with Andy to discuss similarities between WeChat and Telegram mini-games, how Telegram’s leading blockchain, TON, will fast...

Zero Edge is building a fully on-chain casino that asks the question, “What would happen if we gave 100% of the house edge back to players?” We sat down with Richard Kim, founder, and CEO of Zero Edge, to better under why he is building the anti-casino, what a zero EV environment means for key stakeholders and the difference between crypto companies and crypto countries. Stay up to date & pre-...

Arena X Labs is on a mission to make machine learning fun again by gamifying AI inference. We sat down with co-founders Brandon and Wei to discuss what they learned building an AI 2D fighting game and how it encouraged them to create two AI-focused platforms called ARC and SAI. Key themes throughout the conversation include commoditizing player skill, nuances between different learning models and...

We sat down with Toby Saunders, co-founder of Cathedral Games, to chat about their soon-to-launch action horror FPS game The Bornless. Toby highlights how they reverse-engineered the “perfect game” for Steam users, getting on Steam’s front page with nothing but elbow grease and gorilla marketing, and how they are managing both a hardcore PC gamer community and NFTs. Stay up to date & pre-regis...

Giulio is the co-founder of LiquidX, a crypto native venture studio turned operator who moved into Web3 gaming via an acquisition of the infamous Pixelmon IP in 2022. Giulio is now the CEO of Pixelmon and the MON Protocol, and in this episode, we discuss the key learnings from the Pixelmon acquisition, weaponizing a community for UA growth hacking, and the sad state of current game token launches....

Parallel Studios is a Web3-native games developer that launched in 2021. The team is currently building two games, a sci-fi TCG called Parallel and an AI-powered mining sim called Parallel Colony. We sat down with co-founder and lead game designer Kohji to talk about how blockchain integrations impact game design, why fun is the true Trojan horse, and the novel emergent behaviors AI agents can fac...

Cambria is a fully on-chain game that takes heavy inspiration from Old School Runescape. We sat down with the founder, Ben, to talk about designing game systems rooted in nostalgia, leveraging high-stakes mechanics to attract crypto whales, and discovering key motivations for degen player types. Stay up to date & pre-register for some exclusive content on  ⁠⁠https://www.doubletap.games/⁠⁠ You...

Tiltyard is a Web3 native game studio that has been building blockchain games since 2021. The team has taken what they learned from their previous two titles and is now building Midnight Heist, a fully on-chain high-stakes card battler. We had a chat with co-founder and CEO Kix to discuss why the benefits of bridging real-money gaming to the blockchain outweigh the downsides brought on by the cons...

Proof of Play is an onchain game studio and blockchain technology company building a fully on-chain game called Pirate Nation. We sat down with co-founder and CEO Amitt Mahajan to discuss using on-chain point systems as UA tools, building independent of crypto market cycles, and how they’re developing an a-to-z solution for fully on-chain mobile games. Stay up to date & pre-register for some e...

Ready.gg is a Web3 infrastructure provider that leverages blockchain primitives to drive value across its ecosystem of publishers, games, and players. We sat down with Ready.gg co-founder and CEO David Bennahum to discuss Ready’s value proposition, how blockchain reshapes how we should think about gaming KPIs, and how to align incentives with fungible tokens. Stay up to date & pre-register for...

Citadel is developing a sci-fi MMO where the majority of game state, logic, and assets are stored directly on the blockchain. We sat down with 3 of the 6 co-founders to discuss emergent player behaviors in programable worlds, how being fully on-chain is bad game design, and how they are approaching game design under the constraints of blockchain technology. Stay up to date & pre-register for s...

When Luke originally created Pixels to be a digital events company. He then re-branded the company into a blockchain game in 2021. After more than a year of building outside of the spotlight, Pixels is now one of the hottest P2E games in Web3, successfully launching its crypto token at a more than $300M market cap. We sat down with Luke to talk about his views on bottoms-up growth, creating distri...

Ben left a cushty VC role at LakeStar to join Zebedee & help shape the future of internet-native money. In this ep, we discussed how the Lightning Network, or more specifically - nano transactions, unlock sustainable real-money player rewards (the ultimate engagement tool). Ben also shared his thoughts on the future of digital money, instant payment rails, and how play-to-earn might be more re...