AI game creation platform Verse8 completes $5 million seed funding round. The funds will be used to advance its AI system, expand creator onboarding and incentive programs, and strengthen publishing and distribution infrastructure. Verse8 allows creators to quickly generate playable games through natural language prompts.

AI gaming original platform Verse8 announces $5 million seed funding, which will be used to enhance AI systems, expand creator programs, and improve infrastructure. Since launching in 2024, Verse8 has accumulated over 3.5 million monthly active users and 25,000 games.

ARC Prize Foundation Launches ARC-AGI-3 Benchmark, Requiring AI to Independently Explore and Act in a 64×64 Grid World Without Guidance, with Scores Based on "Action Efficiency." Compared to previous versions, this edition is more rigorous, preventing models from using memory shortcuts. Google Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview Achieves a Top Score of 0.37%.

This article summarizes cryptocurrency news from March 23, 2026, focusing on the latest Bitcoin updates, Ethereum upgrades, Dogecoin trends, real-time cryptocurrency prices, and price predictions. Today's major events in the Web3 sector include: 1. Bitcoin miners' mining costs reach $88,000, with market price at $69,200, averaging 21% losses; 2. U.S. Senator proposes: ban prediction market sports betting and casino-style games; 3. USR stablecoin collapse: hackers mint $80 million in uncollateralized tokens, price plummets 70% triggering trust crisis.

On March 23rd, two U.S. senators plan to introduce legislation to prohibit prediction market platforms from listing contracts related to sports events, arguing that these markets infringe on consumer rights and tribal sovereignty, and requiring state governments to regulate gambling activities that could potentially lead to youth addiction. This move could reshape the regulatory landscape for sports betting and prediction markets.

Gate News reports that on March 21, Gala Games officially announced the launch of GalaChain's ecosystem expansion plan. Its decentralized exchange GalaSwap now supports bridging tokens from the Solana, TON, and Ethereum ecosystems onto the GalaChain network. According to the official statement, this move will enable cross-ecosystem asset access and interoperability, activate the community, and enhance the visibility of various project tokens.

As of March 21, the GameFi sector has a market cap of $4.515 billion, with FLOKI, The Sandbox, and Undeads Games ranking at the top. The Solana Foundation chairperson believes blockchain gaming performance has fallen short of expectations, and multiple institutions have previously invested substantial capital in this sector.

Solana Foundation president Lily Liu stated in a post that blockchain gaming is dead and will not make a comeback. This comment stems from attention to Meta's abandonment of its metaverse vision, despite having no direct connection to blockchain. Companies like Mythical Games and Gunzilla Games continue to advance related projects.

ByteDance and Savvy Games Group, a subsidiary of Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund, have reached an agreement to sell Moonton Technology for over $6 billion. Moonton is the developer of the MOBA mobile game Mobile Legends. This transaction reflects ByteDance's strategic focus shift toward the AI sector.

Meta announced it is withdrawing its decision to shut down the Horizon Worlds VR platform and will continue to keep the app on Quest headsets. Based on user feedback, existing VR games will continue to operate, but no new content will be added. With Meta's metaverse business facing losses, the company's future development focus will shift toward artificial intelligence and mobile experiences.