The Moku Grand Arena Season 1 Booster Box presale, conducted between October 8 and October 14, 2025, sold out rapidly, signaling robust market demand and affirming substantial initial liquidity for the nascent play-to-earn ecosystem, as participants purchased presale tickets—priced at approximately 100 RON each and denominated on the Ronin blockchain—seeking access to Booster Boxes containing thirty packs and 150 cards, including exclusive super-rare variants only obtainable during this event; structured as a no-loss raffle that permitted non-winning tickets to be refunded or converted into second-chance shop credits, the mechanism effectively mitigated downside risk for retail participants while simultaneously allocating scarce digital assets and ancillary incentives—Champion Slots, Lucky Eggs, Moki NFTs and augmented mXP accrual—to early backers, a design that both catalyzed community engagement, evidenced by prior genesis mint interest exceeding $10.4 million from over 93,000 tickets, and established initial economic primitives for the Grand Arena’s continuous, AI-driven fantasy competition model wherein card-derived five-card lineups, Moki NFT AI-athletes and an in-game progression token underpin competitive rewards and secondary market dynamics within an inaugural $1 million prize pool framework. Observers interpret the rapid sell-through as indicative of durable community momentum, reflecting concentrated buyer interest and signaling prospective sustained demand for tradable in-game assets across Secondary Markets which are expected to facilitate price discovery, liquidity provisioning and speculative arbitrage as card rarities and performance-linked NFTs transact among collectors and competitive participants. The presale’s incentive architecture, combining guaranteed refundability, second-chance conversion options and targeted allocations to top early depositors, generated asymmetric participation incentives while preserving downside protection, a configuration that materially reduced entry friction for retail participants and institutional entrants alike, thereby enhancing market breadth. Technically, the Ronin-hosted ticketing and raffle settlement preserved user experience efficiencies and gas-cost predictability, while economically the issuance of super-rare presale-exclusive cards and Champion Slots created supply-side scarcity that will interact with mXP-driven utility and AI-athlete performance royalties to shape long-term valuation trajectories. Consequently, the event functioned as both a capital formation exercise and a community-building milestone, establishing foundational liquidity, market signalling and transactional infrastructure for Grand Arena’s emergent competitive economy. An on-chain airdrop of additional rewards including Gems and Moki Eggs will be distributed after the presale concludes, highlighting the project’s commitment to ongoing tokenized incentives and participant retention Booster Boxes. Additionally, the presale featured a two-stage structure with a no-loss raffle in the first phase and a second chance shop thereafter.
