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Seizing the play-to-earn narrative, game dapps like Axie Infinity, Splinterlands, and The Sandbox have laid the foundations for a shift in the gaming paradigm. Play-to-earn and GameFi dapps conceive a new idea of how we spend playing time. Even amid the craze surrounding NFTs and a growing DeFi space that holds billions in Total Value Locked (TVL), blockchain games finally left a visible footprint in the blockchain industry last year.