Play-to-earn game DeFi Kingdoms has partnered with crypto payments infrastructure platform Ramp.
Built on the Harmony blockchain platform, DeFi Kingdoms plays out in a nostalgic form of fantasy pixel art. The DeFi Kingdoms ecosystem includes a game, an exchange, a native token, hero non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and a liquidity pool.
The game has been wildly popular, generating more than $1.6 billion in transactions in January 2022, alone and today’s Ramp announcement comes as DeFi Kingdoms implements its cross-chain expansion to Avalanche.
Through the partnership, DeFi Kingdoms players can enjoy multiple fiat-to-crypto payment options and top up their wallets or dApps instantly within the game. In particular, it will give players a fast and secure way to make in-game purchases on Harmony ONE, the platform on which the game’s governance token – JEWEL – can be traded.
Ramp has partnered with the world’s most popular NFT-based games including Axie Infinity and fantasy football game Sorare. In the case of Axie Infinity, Ramp claims its integration saw onboarding times fall by 90%, while reducing costs to the end user dramatically.
Meanwhile, Ramp’s integration on Sorare is claimed to have made the process of buying cards 40% faster and more streamlined than before.
“Combining NFTs with the creation of virtual worlds is hugely appealing to gamers,” said Jacques Whales, chief meta officer at Ramp. “DeFi Kingdoms does this beautifully.
“Yet barriers to the mainstream adoption of play-to-earn games remain high when the user experience is slow and complex. Players want to top up instantly inside their wallets or dApps, and that’s exactly what Ramp facilitates.”
DeFi Kingdoms players will be able to enjoy fast fiat-to-crypto payments via Ramp, effective immediately.