What Is Fantasy.top?
Fantasy.top is a new SocialFi Trading Card Game (TCG) on the Blast network, gamifying the activities of popular influencers on X (formerly Twitter) by turning them into NFT cards.
Key Takeaways
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Fantasy.top enables gamers to wager on the social activity of selected crypto influencers by purchasing their NFT cards and gaining points relative to the cumulative tweet impression of selected influencers.
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Fantasy.top has seen a positive reception with many new gamers and crypto influencers joining the platform. Metrics such as user count and on-chain revenue climbed on early launch days.
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Fantasy.top launched its beta version on May 1, 2024, after months of testing. Investors in Fantasy.top include Alliance, Manifold, and Fabric Ventures.
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This article reviews Fantasy.top, what it offers, and how you can start using the platform.
Blast, the native yield-bearing Ethereum Layer 2 network has continued to lure new users following its public launch. This is certainly thanks to the several decentralized applications deployed on the network since this time. One of these applications – Fantasy.top – has become a popular topic in the past few weeks.
The Trading Card Game (TCG) launched publicly on the Blast network on May 1, 2024, and has enjoyed a positive reception from the crypto community. According to data from FlipsideCrypto, Fantasy.top registered over 15,000 new users on the launch date, Defillama reports on-chain revenue in excess of $12 million generated from transaction fees paid by users interacting with its protocol over the month of May.
Following a strong opening, Fantasy.top has become a key talking point amongst crypto investors, especially the gaming community. But what is Fantasy.top and why are crypto enthusiasts raving about it?
An Introduction to Fantasy.top
Fantasy.top is a decentralized trading card game on the Blast network. Fantasy.top gamifies the activity of popular crypto influencers on social platform X (formerly Twitter), sharing a resemblance with Fantasy Sports tournaments but with social media personalities in place of sportsmen. It allows users to bet on the social performance of KOLs in a specified time window.
Influencers on Fantasy.top are known as ‘Heroes’. Fantasy.top selects these influencers (although influencers can apply to be added to the Fantasy.top roster in future cohorts) and develops NFT cards based on certain real-life attributes. Heroes NFTs are ranked according to their social performance and status, although every card has a rarity ranking: Common, Rare, Epic, and Legendary, which adds a multiplier to earned points, where top card levels have higher score multipliers. Prices for cards in the same category may differ, depending on the demand.
Players are required to build up their cards in a pack of five and accrue points according to the performance of the Heroes in the deck within the tournament period.
Heroes’ performance is based on the engagement (including bookmarks) and total impression of their (real) posts on X (Twitter) within this period. Players earn points according to the Hero’s social performance and the card multiplier. The more impressions tweets from Heroes’ on a player’s deck make, the more points they accrue, and the higher their position in the leaderboard. Player points are calculated at the end of each tournament and ranked accordingly.
Heroes earn 1.5% from the trading volume of their card, along with 10% of pack sales revenue (split among Heroes in the pack). They can also opt to share a portion of their rewards with card holders.
+$2,250,000 has been successfully distributed to Heroes and Card Holders. 🤝
Amazing News! 🎁
606 ETH (+$2.25M) have been successfully distributed to Heroes and their card holders.
This tremendous success is paving the way for a bright future in Fantasy. 🧵 pic.twitter.com/67NdQ4FUhB
— fantasy.top (@fantasy_top_) May 25, 2024
Why Is Fantasy.top Popular?
NFT cards of over 160 crypto influencers are currently tradable on Fantasy.top, with over 99 ETH worth of cards are traded on the platform daily according to data from Flipsidecrypto.
Fantasy.top benefits from the social media sphere which it has utilized in its gameplay and promotion, bringing the excitement of Fantasy leagues in sports to crypto. Crypto influencers featured as Heroes in the game have contributed to the fame by spreading the word about the platform to their followers, while gamers are also enticed by the possibility of earning rewards by betting on how active these influencers will be on X during a tournament duration.
The strategy has worked so far with the user influx. The platform also grapples with the attention it is currently gaining and with growing reports of manipulations by players, which caused the project to end its first tournament before the schedule. The platform has continued since then with a range of tournaments, including Common Only tournaments.
Fantasy.top presents an opportunity for crypto enthusiasts to benefit from their knowledge of influencer activity. As an ardent follower of crypto social personalities, you can now bet on how much they tweet and how well their tweets perform in a given window. Want to try? Here’s how you can start playing on Fantasy.top.
How to Play Fantasy.top
You can create a Fantasy.top account with your X profile. The application provides you with a personal wallet for your transactions – this wallet can be exported at will.
Creating a Fantasy.top account
Fantasy.top is still in Beta and registration is strictly on referral, you will need to obtain a referral code from a social platform or other active Fantasy.top communities. Once you have your referral code:
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Visit the Fantasy.top website to create your account.
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Click Log in with X to start your registration process.
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Click Twitter to proceed.
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Authorize the application to access your Twitter profile and accept platform terms to continue.
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On the next page, enter your invite code and click Enter to validate.
- You need to fund your Fantasy.top wallet with at least 0.001 ETH to continue.
Fund your wallet as instructed, then refresh the page to proceed to the landing page.
Tournament Schedule
On the platform’s top menu, you can see the tournaments’ schedules, featuring the difference between the start time of new tournaments and the ending time for the next tournament. Players are required to build their decks before the tournament starts.
Personal Profile
You can manage your activities from your profile page.
Profile sections include:
Inventory: Here you can find your Hero NFT cards. Cards in your inventory can be used to build your playing deck.
Tournaments: The tournament section features every active tournament you have joined.
Listing: You can find cards that you’ve put up for sale in the Listing section.
Bids: Here, you can see offers for your listed NFT.
Transactions: The transactions section holds details of all your NFT purchases and other transactions on the platform.
Purchasing a Card From the Marketplace
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Click on Marketplace from the side menu to visit the marketplace.
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On the Marketplace, Hero cards are displayed. Cards are prized in ETH.
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To purchase a card, click on the desired Hero card.
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Click Buy Item to purchase.
Note that five cards are required to participate in a tournament.
You can also verify a hero’s performance before purchasing their card.
To visit a Hero’s profile, you can use the search bar to find your favorite influencer or click on the Hero’s icon on the left-hand side of the card purchase interface to visit their profile.
On the profile page, you can find timestamped performance data for your analysis
Tournaments and Prizes in Fantasy.top
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Visit the Tournament section to see scheduled tournaments and the leaderboard for ongoing tournaments.
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Click Join to enter a desired tournament.
You can now build up your cards using Hero NFT cards in your inventory or by purchasing from the marketplace.
Players are ranked on the leaderboard according to points garnered during the tournament period. You can see the rankings by clicking on the Leaderboard from the tournament section. The players’ points and cards are displayed.
Fantasy.top dedicates a reward pool for each tournament. Tournament rewards include ETH, Blast Gold Fantasy Top Points (FAN), and other participation benefits. Rewards are split between participants according to their ranking on the leaderboard at the end of the tournament.
Final Thoughts
Fantasy.top turns your favorite crypto influencer’s engagement statistics into a game that is as exciting as trusting your favorite sports team or player to perform well on a match day. However, it brings the crypto tradition to it, featuring instant and significant rewards, attracting crypto enthusiasts who are active on X. Fantasy.top will probably continue to pursue its mission of bringing more fun to the players and luring more users to the new Blast network. As more tournaments are completed and new ‘heroes’ join the platform, the project could grow to higher levels, and it will be exciting to see these developments.
Having said this, always do your own research. Fantasy.top is still in development, and the concept might undergo some changes in the future. Also, note that this article is only educational and should not be taken as financial advice. Featured cards are not endorsed, and are only meant for illustration purposes.