Axie Infinity has once again captured the attention of the market after implementing a new reward system that changes the economic dynamics of the game and has an immediate impact on the native token.
Upon the activation of this scheme, AXS rose from trading below $1 to around $2.50. This represents an increase of nearly 200% over the last month.
As you can see in the chart below, more than 120% of that increase was in the last 7 days.
The new model that came into effect in January 2026 is Replaces traditional liquid rewards For non-transferable assets, it is designed to reduce sales pressure and limit human actions. bot.
But the project is rising from the ashes. Axie Infinity is a video game based on cryptocurrency network technology that combines elements of strategy, digital collectibles, and decentralized finance.
As reported by CriptoNoticias, it gained global notoriety in 2021, when millions of users, especially in emerging markets, started playing it to earn income through tokens and non-fungible tokens (NFTs).
But its accelerated growth has also exposed structural weaknesses, such as a reliance on liquid compensation and widespread fraud. botthis allows for example hacking or along with it A sudden drop in activity and the price of its native token, AXS.
Rule changes that affected Axie Infinity token price
The impetus for this rally was the introduction of a new asset presented by the Axie Infinity team: “bAXS”, short for Bonded AXS.
The system was envisioned on January 14th by co-founder Jeffrey Zirlin, known as Jihoz, and began to be effectively implemented on January 18th. On January 21, the team added him to Season 16 of Axie Origins.
What is “bASX”?
bAXS is Non-transferable utility tokenlinked to the player’s account and backed up one by one by the real AXS.
Unlike the previous system, Rewards were delivered directly in liquid AXS (ready to sell on the market), players receive bAXS by participating in battles, rankings, and events.
This asset can be used for staking as well as to grow, improve and evolve Axie within the ecosystem. However, they cannot be sent to other accounts.
Although the model is different, bAXS to AXS conversion is still possible. Those who decide to do so must pay a fee to the protocol’s treasury. The amount depends on the so-called Axis score, a reputation metric that measures a player’s continued participation.
Users with more experience and activity have lower fees, while users who want to extract value quickly have higher costs.
The goal of this system is clear: to reduce the behavior known as . “Farm and Garbage Dump” (harvest and sell in large quantities) bot or automated users They generated rewards just for selling quicklypushing prices down.
therefore, Prevents direct transfer and makes exit costs expensive For short-term participants, the new model aims to preserve in-game value and favor real players.
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