Cryptocurrency gaming apps are the most popular in 2022

Experts from the well-known analytical service DappRadar showed the results of their work, from which it became clear that applications from the field of NFT games were quite popular this year and showed almost a twofold increase compared to 2021.

If last year they were slightly inferior to their main competitor in the face of DeFi applications, then 2022 allowed them to go far ahead, leaving the DeFi sector no chance of leadership in these indicators.

According to what DappRadar said, users of the cryptocurrency market as a whole have begun to show more interest in cryptocurrency applications. This is expressed in an increased rate of users who had accounts in dApp (crypto-applications).

The average number of users of such applications reached 2,370,000 people per day, which is 50% more than last year. Gaming dApps have become the most popular in the segment. On average, more than 1,150,000 people launch them per day. Cryptocurrency games have almost doubled over applications related to the decentralized finance sector. DeFi applications are being opened worldwide by more than 652,000 people.

It is also noteworthy that games account for about 7,400,000 transactions per day, which makes this branch in the field of applications used not only the most popular, but also the most frequently used to send funds.

However, despite the increased popularity of applications compared to the previous year, in 2022 the value of cryptocurrencies associated with the decentralized finance sector decreased by an average of 74%. In December, the total capitalization of funds locked in smart contracts on DeFi platforms amounted to $55,000,000,000.

When it comes to the networks hosted by users who prefer DeFi, more than half of them give their preference to the classic blockchain, Ethereum. There, about 58% of all users manage their funds. The capitalization of money locked in smart contracts on Ethereum is $31,900,000,000.

The blockchain of the main altcoin so far has gone into a serious almost fivefold lead over its closest competitor in the form of BNB Chain. In this network, 12% of the money from the entire decentralized finance industry was fixed from Binance. Investors from all over the world keep an amount locked in smart contracts that exceeds $6,600,000,000.

The top 3 in cryptocurrency applications closes the NFT token sector. More than 178,000 people go there every day. And, despite all the negative statements, the volume of trading conducted in the NFT sector in dApp applications increased by 0.41% compared to last year. The number of transactions, in turn, has increased by 10% and now exceeds $68,350,000.

It should not be ignored that there are 9 times more traders of NFT tokens. In 2022, more than 10,600,000 people were involved in trading non-fungible tokens.