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Liu also added “head of gaming” at Solana Foundation to her X bio, in what appears to be a pointed joke. Solana Foundation president Lily Liu said blockchain gaming is dead in an X post today, March 20. A later, self-proclaimed “shitpost” from the Foundation’s chief product officer poked fun at Liu’s statement, but the original post had already set off a wave of comments, both criticizing Liu’s take, and defending the future of web3 gaming. Liu’s statement, which reads “Also, gaming on a blockchain is not coming back,” was a response to a March 18 X post from Polymarket claiming that Meta, the parent company of Facebook, WhatsApp, and Instagram, is shutting down its metaverse project. In what appears to be an act of self-aware irony, as of today, Liu’s X bio also says she is not only president, but also the “head of gaming” at Solana Foundation, a title that is absent from the exec’s LinkedIn and other profile bios. Lily Liu’s X bio on March 20 No such role appears in any official Solana Foundation communications or staff listings The Defiant could find, strongly suggesting the title was meant to be ironic. X account Solana Gaming added to the confusion with a post congratulating Liu on her new role as the Foundation’s head of gaming. Liu has been notably dismissive of the blockchain gaming meta in recent months. In a more extended X post on Feb. 5, Liu said blockchain networks should focus on finance and tech for core use cases, writing: “I am happy the misadventures around things like gaming in particular are fully dead and over.” Solana Foundation’s president added, “This blockchain adventure has always been about finance: open financial rails for anyone and everyone on the internet.” As The Defiant reported last April, MagicBlock’s…

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