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All roads lead to Web3 gaming in India, but regulation needed: Experts

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All roads lead to Web3 gaming in India, but regulation needed: Experts
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The lack of regulations around Web3 gaming in India may prove to be a serious hurdle

Aryaman Gupta
Web3 gaming companies in India have raised $6.7 million in funding between January 1 and August 30 this year — almost three times the $2.4 million raised in all of 2021, according to data from research firm Tracxn. 

Almost every gaming company in the country has either forayed into the Web3 gaming segment or is planning to do so. Dream Sports, the parent firm of India’s gaming unicorn Dream11, invested in Rario, a cricket non-fungible token (NFT) platform. Nazara Technologies, a listed gaming firm, has said that it will look at acquisitions to venture into the category.

“In India the

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