Analyzing why Axie Infinity [AXS] fell back despite gaming sector surge
Gaming projects in the crypto ecosystem experienced a revival recently, but Axie Infinity [AXS] seemed to have been left behind. According to DappRadar, the blockchain-gaming ecosystem was finding it hard to attract users to its decentralized applications (dApps).
Realistic or not, here’s AXS’ market cap in BTC’s terms
However, the traction was impressive at some point in the first week of February 2023, leading the 30-day performance to a 233% volume hike.
However, the last seven days have been rocky for the AXS ecosystem. At press time, transactions were down 11.32%. On the other hand, the volume decreased to $18.94 million—a 30% decrease within the said time frame.
Source: DappRadar
However, AXS showed a glimpse of recovery on 13 February. But it was still far from the heights of 7 February, especially as Unique Active Wallets (UAW) fell to 44,370. This key metric revealed the dApp with the most user interaction.
Despite being often mentioned as one of the most popular demands, the decline meant that Axie Infinity had fallen off the rankings . The likes of PancakeSwap [CAKE] , Alien Worlds, and Uniswap [UNI] sat above AXS as it lingered in the 22nd position.
However, Axie Infinity dApp traction was one of its many aspects facing a challenge. The monthly new accounts created on the ecosystem were a blot sight. According to Dune Analytics , the new monthly accounts number could not recover significantly since it began a Month-on-Month (MoM) downward trend in October 2021.
Source: Dune Analytics
This decline aligned with the earlier notion that monthly usage and transacting addresses fell short of expectations. But is there anything positive happening with AXS? Perhaps an assessment of its on-chain condition
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