Siblings Eugene (left) and Ginger Arboleda giving a demonstration on how to play Axie Infinity, an NFT game where players earn tokens that can be exchanged for cryptocurrency or cash, in Taguig, suburban Manila. Axie Infinity is a blockchain-based play-to-earn game that exploded in popularity in developing nations such as the Philippines as Covid-19 has destroyed jobs and forced many to stay home. — AFP
MANILA: Dominic Lumabi sits on the computer in his Manila bedroom pitting his puffer fish-like cartoon NFT characters against others. But this is not just a game – he is earning cryptocurrency to support his family during the pandemic.
The source of his income is Axie Infinity, a blockchain-based play-to-earn game that exploded in popularity in developing nations such as the Philippines as Covid-19 destroyed jobs and forced many to stay home.
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Siblings Eugene (left) and Ginger Arboleda giving a demonstration on how to play Axie Infinity, an NFT game where players earn tokens that can be exchanged for cryptocurrency or cash, in Taguig, suburban Manila. Axie Infinity is a blockchain-based play-to-earn game that exploded in popularity in developing nations such as the Philippines as Covid-19 has destroyed jobs and forced many to stay home. — AFP
Nguyen insists Axie Infinity is not a zero-sum game. — Courtesy of Trung Nguyen/AFP
Nguyen working at a cafe in the central Vietnamese city of Nha Trang. — Courtesy of Trung Nguyen/AFP
People using their mobile phones to play Axie Infinity, an NFT game where players earn tokens that can be exchanged for cryptocurrency or cash, in a neighbourhood alley in Malabon, suburban Manila. — AFP
Lumabi (right) playing Axie Infinity on his computer, an NFT game where he earns cryptocurrency to support his family during the pandemic, as his family members (left) use other electronic devices in Marikina, suburban Manila. — AFP
People using their mobile phones to play Axie Infinity, an NFT game where players earn tokens that can be exchanged for cryptocurrency or cash, in a neighbourhood alley in Malabon, suburban Manila. — AFP
People using their mobile phones to play Axie Infinity, an NFT game where players earn tokens that can be exchanged for cryptocurrency or cash, in a neighbourhood alley in Malabon, suburban Manila. — AFP
Lumabi playing Axie Infinity on his computer, an NFT game where he earns cryptocurrency to support his family during the pandemic, in Marikina, suburban Manila. — AFP
