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The Optimism Superchain is a network of 34 OP Chains that account for over 50% of all L2 activity and more than 10% of all crypto activity
Optimism Superchain GDP totaled $396.5M YTD, while Optimism Collective revenue totaled $8.3M
SuperStacks incentives spanned April 16 to June 30, causing Superchain TVL to increase 54% from $3.36B to $5.17B
Morpho’s TVL increased 246.9% YTD to $1.74B as it grew in market share and launched on OP Mainnet and Unichain
Decentralized Wireless (DeWi) / DePIN
Roam’s node count surged 427.5% YTD, reaching 6 million nodes across 3M+ users and 578M+ total check-ins
Over 14.98B points issued and 10.08B burned show a highly active, utility-driven ecosystem with strong conversion into ROAM tokens
Competes with Helium and other DeWi protocols but differentiates through focus on WiFi + eSIM, decentralized identity, and active user participation
DePIN / Decentralized Cloud
Integrations with Saga, Gensyn, Morpheus, and VPS AI deepened role in powering decentralized AI compute and agentic workloads
CPU usage rose 14% QoQ, while storage usage surged 41%, signaling broader adoption across smaller, non-AI workloads
Eight proposals funded $1.33M in core infrastructure, new provider tooling, and global events
Play Solana is positioning itself as the main gateway for gaming on Solana. Its first device, the PSG1, is a handheld gaming device that is android based. The company’s vision centers on the SuperHub, a platform that brings games, hardware, and DeFi together into one connected ecosystem.
At the core of its Superhub, Play Solana has its PLAY token. The PLAY token powers all activity within the SuperHub through three functions:
Currency: PLAY facilitates transactions between games, devices, and IP.
Incentives: XP, quests, and engagement convert into PLAY rewards.
Governance: Holders shape the SuperHub’s direction by voting on rewards and integrations.
Play Solana conducted a two-round presale for its PLAY token, allocating 3% of the total supply. Early access was offered to PSG1 buyers, Player 1 and Player 2 NFT holders, and XP farmers at $0.016 per token, followed by a public sale at $0.02. Wallet allocations were capped at $10,000 worth of SOL per participant.
The presale sold out in under five minutes, raising over 13,000 SOL (approximately $2 million) from more than 1,600 participants. The rapid sellout highlights the growing appetite for Solana gaming projects and signals strong interest from the Solana community.
The token generation event (TGE) has yet to take place, but the presale’s rapid sellout signals strong interest in both Play Solana and the growing gaming narrative on Solana. With PSG1 shipments already begun, the PLAY token’s performance after launch will be an early indicator of how much traction that excitement can turn into.