Who hurts most in US$600mil Axie heist? ‘Not the venture capitalists’

Gamers giving a demonstration on how to play Axie Infinity, an NFT game where players earn tokens that can be exchanged for cryptocurrency or cash, in Taguig, suburban Manila. — AFP

After learning that hackers had made off with an eye-popping US$600mil (RM2.53bil) from a software system tied to their beloved Axie Infinity video game, players reacted with shock and disbelief – and for the most part, kept on playing.

In the Philippines and Vietnam, users took to Twitter and Facebook to air everything from complaints about cryptocurrencies frozen in their wallets to conspiracy theories.