A 22 year old bought two houses with video game money and accidentally broke the Philippine economy.



> The game was Axie Infinity.

> Players battled cartoon monsters to earn a token called SLP.

> At peak, SLP was worth $0.34.

> Regular players were earning $155–$195 a month

> More than half a full-time salary.

> The best managers running teams of players were clearing $20,000 a month from a phone.

> 2.7 million people were playing daily.

> Half of them in the Philippines.

> People quit their jobs and pulled their kids out of school.

> Families were living entirely off SLP.

> The 22 year old posted a selfie outside his two new houses on Facebook and the government saw it.

> They immediately declared in-game earnings taxable income.

> Players were ordered to register as taxpayers and report their winnings.

> Then SLP crashed 99% in six months.

> The government was drafting tax legislation for an economy that had already ceased to exist.

> Families had nothing to go back to.

A video game built a taxable economy of millions, triggered a national tax crisis, and collapsed before the government collected a single peso
AXS1,22%
SLP0,24%
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