Volumes surge 205% in Axie revival as co-founder says project is 'healing'

Interest in Axie Infinity appears to be picking up following the launch of its new NFT land staking feature and continued updates to the mode of Origin fighting game.

The Metaverse Play-to-earn (P2E) game Axie Infinity appears to be on the mend, with NFT sales volume increasing by 205% in the past seven days.

The project's co-founder, Jeff Zirlin, echoed those sentiments via Twitter on July 8, after saying the project was "healing" in reference to the high adoption of NFT land staking, the Ronin Bridge being back, and a noticeable increase in game downloads and NFT sales.

22,000 Axies sold in the last 24 hours. Was at 7,000 a few weeks ago.

Origin is growing rapidly with the new Alpha Season. 4,600 downloads yesterday.

The bridge is in place. Land (90% staked) issues AXS.

Nature heals. pic.twitter.com/AdNzi8x4cb

According to data from CryptoSlam, Axie infinity has generated $1.3 million in sales over the past seven days from a total of 23,100 buyers, representing a 205% increase for the week.< /p>

One of the factors contributing to the sudden surge appears to be the growing appetite for Axie Infinity's ground NFTs following the launch of staking support on July 4th. The staking feature allows landowners to earn weekly rewards in the game's native AXS token. As of this writing, approximately 91% of the 16,794 outstanding reserves have been staked, according to data from Explorer Ronin Chain.

The project also kicked off the second phase of upgrading its new game mode dubbed "Origin" this month, which had 600,000 registrations as of mid-June. The game is in early access mode ahead of an eventual global launch, and it allows users to collect, trade, and battle with their playable Axie monster NFTs. Upgrades would have been fixed...