This week, the consumer electronics and gaming software retailer, Gamestop, has officially revealed the company’s self-custodial, Web3 ethereum wallet. It is currently available in beta and can be accessed via the firm’s web portal. The wallet stores crypto assets as well as non-fungible tokens. Furthermore, the wallet utilizes Loopring’s layer two (L2) ZK-rollup technology to provide users with “fast [and] fairly priced transactions.”
Gamestop Wants to Bring Power to Players via the Company’s Self-Custodial Ethereum Wallet
For quite some time now, it’s been well known that Gamestop was getting into the NFT space and that the gaming software retailer planned on releasing an NFT marketplace. At the end of March 2022, Gamestop explained it had partnered with the Ethereum L2 scaling project Loopring, and noted the company would leverage Loopring’s ZK-rollups.
Now Gamestop has unveiled its non-custodial, Web3 ethereum wallet that uses the ZK-rollup tech for cheaper transactions. It will let gamers store their in-game NFTs but also hold Ethereum-based crypto assets. Gamestop will launch its NFT marketplace in July. It aims to give power to the .”
players.
“Gamestop wallet is a secure and easy way to start with Web3. Your GameStop Wallet can be used to purchase, hold, swap or display Ethereum-based assets,” according to the wallet’s description. Gamestop Wallet can be used to buy, hold, swap, display and use Ethereum-based assets.” The wallet’s description also states that it is a self-custodial ethereum vault.
Harnessing the power of Loopring’s ZK-rollup [tech] — an Ethereum Layer 2 scaling protocol – Gamestop gives you low-cost and fast transactions, with Ethereum security, opportunity, and global reach. This allows you to lower gas fees and network congestion while still maintaining control over your funds.
Gamestop’s digital wallet is very similar to Metamask. It also offers a desktop version. The wallet technology was developed by Loopring, but the NFT marketplace will be using Immutable X technology. Gamestop partnered with Immutable X on February 3, 2021, and launched a $100 million NFT fund.
Additionally, the wallet’s privacy policy explains that the software does monitor the user’s data. According to the website, data collected includes “contact information and profile information”, display names, email addresses, profile biography, Ethereum public adres details and Twitter and Reddit usernames.” A iOS version of Gamestop’s wallet will be available soon.
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