Ben Walther

I went into this interview expecting to talk about an NFT mint.

I came away questioning how we measure a mint’s success, what NFT utility can actually mean—and how much an ethical hacker can learn from a seemingly harmless screenshot.

That’s what made my conversation with Vexe so fascinating.

The first episode of Onchain. Unfiltered. is available to rewatch below
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Three highlights have stayed with me:

1— I learned an entirely new way to measure the success of an NFT mint.
For Vexe, success means holders becoming more knowledgeable, avoiding wallet drains—and eventually feeling confident enough to teach others what they’ve learned.

2— I discovered a level of NFT utility far beyond the usual staking, rewards and voting rights.
Mud Mavericks combines ownership with live cybersecurity classes, practical exercises, full IP rights and 3D files holders can use to create their own content.

3— I was impressed—and slightly terrified—by what an ethical hacker notices in an ordinary post.
While we focus on the intended subject of a screenshot or photo, a trained eye might inspect the taskbar, browser extensions, sticky notes, documents and even reflections in screens or sunglasses.

Here's what we also discussed:
- Why cybersecurity and community-building rely on surprisingly similar skills
- Why security education can never truly be “finished,”
- How storytelling can make complex risks easier to understand.

If you missed the livestream, you can watch the complete episode below.

I’d love to hear which idea stays with you.

PS: Mud Mavericks are minting tomorrow, 28th July, on Tyros.store.

The first NFT collection on the BNB launchpad just went live.

Created in under 15 minutes.
No coding, no intensive artwork.

The Tyros launchpad enables everyone to launch an NFT collection.

Only 6 hours left to hokn today‘s challenge.

-> Stars in.
-> Solve the daily level.
-> TON out.

NexusDashGameBot on Telegram.

I am convinced that play-to-earn can work.

But it needs to be game first — not token first.
In fact, you don't even need a token.

You just need a sustainable approach.

With Nexus Dash, we're taking this path.
- You enter by paying with Telegram stars.
- You solve the daily level.
- You earn $TON from the daily price pool.

Three simple steps.

—> Only on Telegram: NexusDashGameBot

#Telegram #TON

Most P2E games died because they printed tokens to pay players.

Nexus Dash takes a different path.

New daily feature on Telegram: pay Stars to enter the Prize Cave, clear it → split the pool. Paid out in real $TON

Self-funded from entries. No emissions. No inflation.
Real Stars in, real TON out.

The first sustainable Play-to-Earn on Telegram.
Play on Telegram: NexusDashGameBot

#Telegram #TonChain

Three things we're building right now for Cronos Army:

- Prediction Markets for Fight Nights.
- New PvP Mode where every battle has a prize pool
- Fully revamped new marketplace with tons of new features + open to every Cronos NFT collection

All features going live on BNB Chain soon.

Perfect weather to kick-off the week.

Here's what's coming this week:
- Entirely new create-to-earn games on Telegram
- New play-to-earn features on Telegram
- New features in Cronos Army BNB
- TikTok games launch🔥🔥

Let's rock!

$TON #Telegram

Most P2E games died because they printed tokens to pay players.

Nexus Dash takes a different path.

Pay ⭐3 Stars → enter a 24h challenge → clearers split a real pool, paid in $TON.

No inflation.
Just Stars in, $TON out.

The first sustainable Play-to-Earn on Telegram.

Launching in 48h.

#Ton

Most P2E games died because they printed tokens to pay players.
Nexus Dash takes a different path.

Pay ⭐3 Stars → enter a 24h challenge → clearers split a real pool, paid in $TON

No emissions. No inflation.

Just real Stars in, real TON out.

The first sustainable Play-to-Earn on Telegram.
Feature launching in 48h.

—> NexusDashGameBot

#telegrambot #TON

You don't need to code.
You don't need Unity.
You don't need 6 months of learning.

10 minutes in Nexus Arcade and you've built a playable level.
Other players play it.
You earn $TON when they do.

The barrier to making games just collapsed.
That's the idea of NexusArcadeBot on Telegram.

#TON #telegrambot

Building on TON is different.

It’s the only chain that puts your product one tap away from hundreds of millions of users.

No download.
No signup.
No app store.

And yet almost no serious apps.
Almost no real games.

That’s not a problem.
That’s an opening.

$TON #TonChain #telegrambot

Do you tememebrr Bubble Bobble in the 80s?

Now you can build it. And get paid.

Puff Pals on Telegram: play retro bubble-shooter worlds, or design your own and earn TON every time someone plays them.

Find it inside Nexus Arcade: NexusArcadeBot

The retro era’s coming back. This time, the creators are the players.

$TON #telegrambot #TON

Why I'm Building Create-to-Earn on Telegram (And You Should Pay Attention)

Notcoin proved Telegram can move 35M+ users in weeks.
Hamster Kombat went even further.
Distribution on Telegram can be a beast.

But both collapsed at the token unlock. Players left because there was nothing to come back to. The gameplay loop ended when the farming ended. No utility. No reason to stay.

Meanwhile Roblox paid creators around $923M in 2024. Fortnite Creative pays out hundreds of millions. The pattern is proven: let players become creators, pay them fairly, and the platform compounds.

No one has put these together on Telegram (yet).
This is what we're building.

Nexus Arcade (NexusArcadeBot) is a create-to-earn games platform on Telegram.

Players don't just play.
They build levels, share them, and earn TON when other players engage.

Real gameplay.
Real economic loops.
No token emissions, no airdrop farming.

The first two games are already live. (NexusDash and Puff Pals). More games coming — each one another surface where players become creators and creators get paid.

Tap-to-earn was the proof of distribution.
Create-to-earn is the sustainable model that uses it.
Early days. Watch this space.

$TON $NOT #telegrambot $HMSTR

Notcoin Was the Warm-Up. The Real Telegram Gaming Wave Is Just Getting Started.

The tap-to-earn era taught us one thing: Telegram is a huge crypto distribution channel. Hundreds of millions of users, native payments via TON, frictionless onboarding.

But honestly, tap-to-earn was never sustainable. Players tapped for tokens that crashed sooner or later.
No real gameplay. No real economy. No reason to stay.

The next wave on Telegram isn't tap-to-earn imho. It's create-to-earn.

Here's the shift: instead of paying players to tap, the platform rewards players who create: levels, challenges, content — everything others want to play.

When other players spend in their creation, they earn.
Simple and real economic loops.

This is what Roblox built into a $40B business on mobile. What Fortnite Creative pays out hundreds of millions for.

Telegram has every ingredient to do this better than any of them:
- 900M+ users with the app already open
- TON-native payments built into the platform
- Native sharing primitives that make games viral inside groups
- Mini-app infrastructure that loads instantly

The first generation of Telegram games (Notcoin, Hamster Kombat) proved distribution works. They had 50M+ users each.

The second generation has started to ship. Games where the loop is sustainable because every TON earned by a creator was actually paid by a player who got value.

Examples building this thesis right now:
- Nexus Dash (NexusDashGameBot): retro-style level-creator where players design and share levels. Creators earn from plays.
- Puff Pals (PuffPalsBot): bubble-shooter with community-built worlds. Same model.

This is early.
Most builders haven't pivoted from tap-to-earn yet.
The opportunity window is small but the ceiling is enormous.

The next breakout Telegram game won't reward you for tapping.
It'll reward you for creating something other players want.

Watch this space.

#TON $TON #telegrambot

Most P2E Telegram games: tap a button. Get points. Boring gameplay.

Cronos Army: train soldiers, battle other players, conquer territory, earn real rewards.

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Cronos Army is a P2E strategy game on Cronos and BNB chain. Top 10 on PlayToEarn.

New support established.
Time to tackle ATH and dive into blue skies.

Get some CA on Binance Dex or PancakeSwap.

NFA.

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