AI secured US$242B in Q1 2026, claiming 80% of global VC funding amid crypto's push into agentic AI and shift from co-pilots to agents.

According to the source, venture capital funding for crypto gaming largely evaporated in 2025, leading to games shutting down and players losing their communities, as stated in a Dec 24, 2025 social media post by the publisher. The source identifies this as GG’s 2025 Story of the Year for crypto gaming, underscoring a contraction that directly impacted live projects and their user bases, per the same post.