Key Takeaways:
- GALA is the leading gainer among the top 100 cryptocurrencies by market cap.
- Gala Games development team announced a partnership with The Rock.
- The GameFi market value is up 6% and stands at $7.66bn.
LAGOS (CoinChapter.com) — GALA, the native token that powers Gala Games, a platform for blockchain gaming, has rallied tremendously in the last seven days and is currently up by around 140%.
In detail, GALA is kicking off the new year with impressive price action after witnessing a dull performance in 2022. According to data from Coingecko, GALA, at press time, is the leading gainer among the top 100 cryptocurrencies by market capitalization.
Furthermore, in the last 24 hours, some of the gains had eased. GALA was up 10% and trading at $0.041. GALA initiated a recovery this year after hitting a base of $0.0154 on Dec. 30, after which its price uptick began. Interestingly, since 2023’sbegan, the gaming token has seen nine out of ten days in green.
Notably, the Dec. 6 daily candlestick was the biggest as the price jumped from intraday lows of $0.017 to as high as $0.025. However, despite GALA’s gains, the token is still down 94.8% from its all-time high of $0.8248, attained in November 2021.
According to data from Coinglass, GALA futures positions totaling $31.82 million have been liquidated over the past week. Notably, of those liquidations, around 25% were long positions, and the rest came from blown-out short trades.
3 Reasons Why Gala Price Is Rallying
In the future, several factors will be identified as the reason for GALA’s massive surge. The first reason for the token surge is the network’s recent partnership with Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson.
Furthermore, Gala Games reportedly noted that it would develop two films with the Rock and Mark Wahlberg. The platform team also said buyers of the movie tickets would be able to scan a QR code and win cryptocurrencies.
Secondly, the Gala Games development team has recently been digressing toward mobile services. And the platform’s users seem to have appreciated the move. Moreover, the mobile platform will allow users to download and play games and earn tokens quickly.
Additionally, Gala Games has announced that it has acquired a mobile gaming studio with over 20 million users. Furthermore, a screenshot of a Discord conversation posted revealed that Gala Games is planning to onboard around 15 mobile games.
Thirdly, the GALA community is also pushing for “complete burns,” 100% of the gaming tokens used in purchases on the platform. This development has also positively impacted the value of gaming crypto.
GameFi Tokens Have Surged Remarkably
Meanwhile, GALA isn’t alone in the green zone, as several other Gaming and NFT-related cryptocurrencies have also posted hefty double-digit gains over the past week. The entire GameFi market value currently stands at $7.66 billion, up by more than 6% in the last 24 hours.
Bored Ape Yacht Club and its upcoming metaverse platform Otherside token Apecoin has gained 23.5% over the past seven days. At the time of publication, APE was up 4% in the past 24 hours and trading at $4.87, according to data from CoinGecko.
Similarly, the Sandbox token also jumped around 25% in the last seven days. At press time, SAND trades at around $0.51, dropping 0.5% daily. AXS, the native token of the Axie Infinity project, also gained 18% over the past seven days. As of this writing, AXS trades at $7.45, up 05% over the past 24 hours.
