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# Market Overview

![](/files/rTDMnnznYJwvQRLrfpIX)

**The crypto, NFT and gaming industries are evolving and unifying at incredible pace. Game economics are shifting gears and user experiences are transforming similarly. The cryptocurrency industry is already worth over $2 trillion, the NFT sector worth $35.32 billion.**

**The crypto gaming industry is set to explode. In just Q1 of 2021 the crypto market saw the gaming sector climb to record heights of $23.1 billion dollars of market capitalization.**

**Gala games, the first mover in the space, currently sits at a market capitalization of $2.7 billion at the time of writing.**

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