In a tweet posted by Axie Infinity late Thursday, a lucrative country plot within the monster-battle fantasy nonfungible tokens, or NFTs, game sold for 550 ETH ($2.iii one thousand thousand). Axies are creatures that users command to duel other players, battle enemies and consummate daily quests. They are also NFTs that can exist bred (minted), bought and sold freely.

The game takes place in the globe of Lunacia, which is inhabited by Axies. It is a 301 x 301 square grid where each department represents a tokenized plot of land called Terra, which players can also buy, sell or rent out to other players at will. The country that was sold yesterday is classified equally Genesis, which is the rarest form of virtual real manor available in the Axie Infinity ecosystem.

Monsters, known as Chimeras, spawn in the game and terrorize Lunaria. By defeating Chimeras, players earn Smoothen Love Potions (SLPs), which tin then exist sold at cryptocurrency exchanges for greenbacks. Defeated Chimeras also driblet other types of resources that can be used to upgrade their Axies and country, thereby increasing earnings potential for SLPs. Genesis Land is located strategically at the center of Lunacia, where rare Chimeras raid bosses spawn and drop special items. In addition, but 220 out of 90,601 land slots have the Genesis nomenclature.

Critics of the game say that there's nil physically tangible with virtual existent estate and wonder why they would have any value at all. But for some, playing Axie Infinity is a full-time job deserving of upfront investments, particularly in developing nations, where earning SLPs each day in the game tin often surpass that of countries' minimum wages.