Off The Grid Studio Drops Exclusive Solana Cofounder-Inspired Skin—Crypto Meets Cosmetics

Gaming meets blockchain in Off The Grid's latest power move—a Solana cofounder-themed skin that’s equal parts tribute and flex. Because nothing says 'decentralized future' like monetizing a crypto celeb’s likeness, right?

The Skin Game Just Got Competitive

Forget battle passes—this is status-signaling for the degens. The studio’s dropping pixels that’ll make your avatar look like it mooned with SOL back in 2021. No price tag revealed yet, but expect it to cost either 'reasonable ETH gas fees' or 'a VC’s lunch money.'

Why This Cuts Through the Noise

Solana’s been clawing back from FTX’s shadow, and this collab screams mainstream credibility. It’s also a slick way to onboard gamers who still think NFTs are just monkey jpegs—though good luck explaining layer-1 congestion during a firefight.

Closing thought: If the skin’s resale value outpaces Solana’s APY, we’ve officially entered the meta-grind era.

If we’re comparing chains, Solana simply sees more activity than Avalanche alone. Total network revenue combining REV from Avalanche’s C-chain, P-Chain, X-Chain, and Avalanche PAYG (Pay-as-you-go) fees was just over $1.5 million last quarter, while Solana saw an REV of over $819 million in that same period, according to Blockworks Research data.

Solana also saw over 8.5 billion transactions in Q1, while the Avalanche saw 32 million across that three-month period. 

The Gunz chain’s testnet has facilitated over 705 million total transactions, while its mainnet (still in migration) has seen over 8.9 million transactions so far. However, in all cases, it’s difficult to say how much of the activity is inorganic.

Off The Grid’s release on the PC game launcher Steam was initially expected to occur in June, but appears to have been delayed. The team said in a post over the weekend that they’re still “putting the final touches” on the Steam game version.

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