Key Takeaways
DeFi Kingdoms’ JEWEL token is down more than 90% from its January all-time highs.
A recent exploit impacting the speed at which players can unlock their locked JEWEL has also affected the token’s price.
Although a patch for the exploit is set to go live later today, JEWEL is not showing any signs of recovery.
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DeFi Kingdom’s JEWEL token price has plummeted more than 90% as interest in the game wanes. A recent exploit that allows players to mine locked JEWEL from multiple accounts has further impacted the price of the token.
DeFi Kingdoms Down
Another play-to-earn game is struggling to balance its economy.
GameFi project DeFi Kingdoms has seen the price of its JEWEL currency token retreat more than 90% from its January all-time highs. The generous JEWEL rewards given to players have created increased sell pressure without an influx of new players to balance the game’s economy.
Additionally, a recent exploit impacting the speed at which players can unlock their locked JEWEL has also affected the token’s price. According to DeFi Kingdoms developer Frisky Fox, mining locked JEWEL can be “unfairly augmented” by transferring it between multiple accounts, allowing more Heroes than intended to mine the locked JEWEL simultaneously.
While the exploit has only resulted in a small amount of extra JEWEL entering the market compared to the amounts mined legitimately, the price of JEWEL has still been hit hard. In the past 24 hours, JEWEL has fallen another 21%, to a local low of $2.25. Just four months prior, JEWEL was trading at an all-time high of $22.52. Although a patch for the exploit is set to go live later today, JEWEL is not showing any signs of breaking its months-long downtrend.
JEWEL/USD chart (Source: CoinGecko)
According to data from DappRadar, the number of active DeFi Kingdoms players has halved over the past month, declining from 30,000 on Mar. 31 to approximately 15,000 today. The number of transactions and transaction volume has similarly decreased. DeFi Kingdoms is not alone in this respect; several other play-to-earn games such as Axie Infinity and Crabada have also suffered an exodus of players and activity in recent months.
At its height, DeFi Kingdoms had solidified its place as a top blockchain game. Crypto influencers such as Ansem regularly expressed their bullish outlook on the game, while the Crystalvale expansion fueled hype to euphoric levels. However, despite a dedicated developer team and the game’s recent launch on an Avalanche subnet, DeFi Kingdoms has not fared well in the declining crypto market. Whether the game will be able to recapture its player base in the future remains uncertain.
Disclosure: At the time of writing this piece, the author owned ETH and several other cryptocurrencies.
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