Authors: Arain, ChainCatcher

Editors: Marco, ChainCatcher

The Chinese-made AAA game "Black Myth: Wukong" was officially released at 10:00 am Beijing time on August 20th, with over 1 million concurrent players within the first hour, causing the Steam servers to crash.

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

The gaming industry's heat has also stirred up 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) and Zhongxin Publishing (300788.SZ) both hit the daily limit up, with stock prices rising by 20%, and Huayi Brothers (300027.SZ) saw a significant increase of 19%, 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 pools for $WuKong with the same name appeared on Solana, with varying price movements. Additionally, $WuKong MEME coins also emerged on ETH and BNB, each showing different price increases.

The Most Dazzling Star in the Crypto Circle that Night

On the evening of August 20th, the Chinese-speaking crypto community was dominated by "Black Myth: Wukong." This was because major Chinese-speaking crypto KOLs, exchanges, and media outlets all jumped on the bandwagon of "Black Myth: Wukong": 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 community 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 focal point of that evening's traffic.

According to incomplete statistics, the version of "Black Myth: Wukong" mainly used for traffic diversion that evening was the deluxe edition 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 hyped to over 6000 yuan on some second-hand trading 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. This generous and straightforward approach immediately energized the gaming users in the cryptocurrency community.

Market Explosion: Major Chains Rush to Issue Wukong-Related MEME Coins

"Stocks are all hitting the daily limit up."

"Concept stocks related to this are all rising."

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

"It's already flying high."

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

Currently, there are multiple $WuKong MEME coins with the same name appearing 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 increase of 31077% as of the time of writing. This may be due to the fact that Uniswap V2's $WuKong is newer than the $WuKong on Solana's Raydium, and its liquidity is weaker—currently, over 1100 people have participated in this "game."

The largest pool contract address for $Wukong on Solana's Raydium is F7f9iebj97bVARvbRuPwUxG7gz75A5VfZLTj7kEfZ3X6. According to gmgn.ai data, over 900 people have participated in this pool. The user C6rFbLz2sQPCqcqjtib1hE69o1xgAuTu6aMqD9MWtBAD, who established this $Wukong, has invested approximately $260,000, and 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 more than one $Wukong on Solana, but only this pool has the largest volume and the highest increase. Other pools have varying price movements and poor liquidity.

NFT Market Caught Off Guard

The popularity of "Black Myth: Wukong" has also attracted NFTs seeking to ride the wave. However, compared to the swift and convenient issuance of Meme coins, NFTs seem somewhat caught off guard.

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

One NFT called "SUn WuKong" claimed to be a collaboration between Tsai Chih-chung and Caturapramana Universe to launch a "Journey to the West" NFT, trying to ride the wave of "Black Myth: Wukong"'s popularity. However, they have not yet opened Mint—only time will tell if "Black Myth: Wukong" is still hot when they do open Mint.

Additionally, there is an initiative to issue the 328 yuan deluxe edition of "Black Myth: Wukong" as an NFT for Twitter users to Mint for free. However, fundamentally, it is still a traffic diversion activity that requires users to like and retweet in order to qualify for free Mint. Although the issuer claims to provide 1000 copies, after 10 hours, the number of users participating in retweets and likes is still less than 100, showing lukewarm enthusiasm for free MINT.

Once again, the crypto community has verified that Meme is the best way to ride the wave of popularity, while NFTs have become yesterday's news.

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