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Telegram-based game Notcoin announced that it has partnered with a prominent analytics firm to establish an incubator for the next wave of Telegram games, in the project’s biggest move yet to expand from a viral sensation into a pillar of the exploding ecosystem of crypto-backed mini apps.  With the support of Helika, an AI-powered analytics firm, Notcoin will soon launch a Telegram Gaming Accelerator, both companies said on Wednesday.  “This is a major milestone for Helika to support our current and future customers building on Telegram,” Helika co-founder and CEO Anton Umnov said in a statement shared with Decrypt. “Helika sees a massive opportunity for game studios of all sizes to capitalize on global user acquisition and engage with their users at a deeper level.” The program will focus on developing mini apps that exist within Telegram, the popular messaging app, and live on The Open Network, Telegram’s blockchain network of choice. Telegram Gaming Accelerator 🕹️ Notcoin introduced new meta: Telegram mini apps for millions of users, empowered by blockchain. Now, together with @HelikaGaming, we want to expand it and open an accelerator for game developers who will lead the wave of Telegram games. pic.twitter.com/6rGfzZrEnH — Notcoin Ø (@thenotcoin) July 3, 2024 The Telegram Gaming Accelerator will aid the developers of such games, which have thus far tended to operate on a simple but seductive road map: Entice Telegram’s 900 million-plus users with basic gameplay, then reward said players with real crypto token airdrops.  Notcoin was the first Telegram mini app to employ that strategy, to great success. Within weeks of launching during an airdrop for Notcoin players in May, the NOT token blew past a $2 billion market capitalization. NOT has since ebbed to a market cap of $1.3 billion at writing. Other projects soon seized on the novel…

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