In the summer of 2021, a new gaming movement made its way across Southeast Asia. The story of play-to-earn NFT game Axie Infinity’s meteoric rise that year was especially evident in the Philippines where market conditions primed its success. Home to a tech-savvy demographic where there are 1.4 mobile devices per capita, the Philippines has an online gaming market that’s set to hit US$1.52 billion by 2025.