🇰🇷 Korea Crushes Competition

**Major shifts** are happening in the Arcade gaming competition leaderboards. - Korea's previous dominance in the top 10 spots is being challenged - New regions are climbing into the rankings for the first time - Week 10 'Rep Your Region' competition is now underway The competitive landscape is **diversifying** as players from different regions step up their game. This marks a significant change from Korea's previous stranglehold on the top positions. *Time to represent your region and secure your spot on the leaderboards.*

**Proof of Play introduces $PIRATE token utility** with the launch of their new shop in the Proof of Play Arcade. **Key Features:** - Players can now purchase **Mystic Rerolls packs** using $PIRATE tokens - Part of the company's **single token ecosystem** strategy - Creates new **token sinks** to support $PIRATE utility **Background Context:** This launch follows Proof of Play's recent pivot from fully onchain games to mobile gaming with web3 integration. The company has been working to **restore community trust** after issues with their Founder's Pirates sunset. **Additional Developments:** - Arcade has generated **$500K revenue** in 2 months - Company commits to $PIRATE as their **only token** - Focus on bringing **web3 to games** rather than games to web3 The shop represents a practical step toward creating sustainable token utility within Proof of Play's expanding gaming ecosystem.

The **Bagholder Brawl** competition is underway with team **$CYCLOPS** dominating the leaderboard. **Key highlights:** - Over **$27k in total prizes** available - **$17k currently allocated** to team $CYCLOPS - Strong performance from player **lilwassie** driving the lead **Competition format:** - Only the **top three teams** will win prizes - Players must choose their team and build their scores The one-eyed team's early success sets up an intense battle as other teams work to close the gap in this high-stakes arcade competition.

A significant token burning event for $PIRATE has successfully concluded with impressive results: - 135,000 $PIRATE tokens were removed from circulation in under 30 minutes - The Bandit Ship collection sold out in less than 10 minutes - Pirate Skin chests were fully claimed within 30 minutes This burn event was part of a two-phase Shop Drop, with Phase 2 scheduled for later implementation. The rapid sellout demonstrates strong community participation in the token burning initiative. *Next scheduled burn event will commence in approximately 8 hours.*