Are you new to cryptocurrency investing? Is the market's notorious volatility a deterrent for you? Do you need some time to understand cryptocurrency trading and investments before you get in? Well, the beauty about crypto-currency investing is that the barriers to entry are so low, that you can start with extremely tiny sums of the currency of your choice.

Some crypto-coins, e.g. Dogecoin, XLM, Amp, Iotex, and countless others, have extremely low entry points. Putting some coins on one of those is a decent way to get your toes wet, and who knows, you might hit the mother-load. For example, Axie Infinity's AXS was averaging $0.50 at the beginning of this year. The token then went on a run and peaked at $88.71 earlier this month.  Now what if you had invested, let's say, $5 in AXS from the coins you had earned while playing a free mobile game at the beginning of the year? See?

Of course, to be fair, it could also go the other way, and you can see your investments liquidated faster than you can blink, but you have to remember, one of the primary rules of crypto trading is never invest what you're not prepared to lose.

Just another faucet?

Before you turn up your nose and sniff at crypto faucets,  mobile or otherwise, remember, in a drive to spread awareness about Bitcoin, the first faucets introduced by senior Bitcoin developer Gavin Andresen in 2010 paid a reward of five Bitcoins for completing simple tasks. Yep, just over one decade later, and I'll leave you to do the math. 

So, the way I see it, if you are willing to spend hours on a mobile game which doesn't pay dust anyway, why not switch to one that pays you a bit of crypto and offers you the chance to earn passive income with no investment other than your time? I'm just saying.

I sound like a salesman, don't I? I know. But seriously, let's talk about it.

Play to Earn Mobile Games 

Mobile apps offering an opportunity to earn money or gift cards have been around for some time. Some of the more popular apps include Swagbucks and Inbox Dollars. Building on this model, crypto games function like a mobile faucet where players play simple games to earn points which can then be withdrawn as crypto to an exchange. Some of the more popular games withdraw to Coinbase which also offers further Learn to Earn opportunities on its platform. 

The following are some Android games that I've played:

B Programmers

You can earn a decent amount of crypto (by faucet standards) playing these crypto games by B Programmers. In addition to earning by playing, the team offers promo codes on their social media. Their payout minimum is low and the crypto is instantly credited to your account. Further, while there is a three day limit before you can withdraw again from a given app, you can stagger the days you withdraw so that you earn crypto from B Programmers every day. 

Bling Games

There are a series of Bling games you can play, and they also offer a decent payout by faucet standards. With Bling games, however, all the apps are interconnected, so you cannot stagger withdrawals to earn every day. Additionally, while this team also pays to Coinbase accounts, withdrawals are not instant and they advise that it can take between 24 to 48 hours before sums are credited to your account. They usually pay well before this deadline, however. 

Vweeter Games

Of the three game providers, I have found Vweeter's games to be the most monotonous and their payouts, though instant, are the lowest. In addition to Crypto Pop, they also offer Photon Poker, Photon Pong, and Crypto Words.

Vweeter's team also pays, and like B Programmers, they pay every three days though you can stagger your games so that you can withdraw every single day. 

The above are just three providers but there are a few more to be found on the Play Store.

That said, a word of caution. 

A Word of Caution

Please be careful about the sites and apps that you interact with.

It must be noted that to play these games, access must be granted to more personal areas of your device, and so you face the risk of having your device infected with phishing malware or spyware.

If you'd rather steer clear of the risks, there are other less risky ways to earn crypto. Writing and reading on Publish0x, for example, is one. Learning on Coinbase and CoinMarketCap is another. 

Personally, I still play a few games, less regular now than when I was introduced some time ago because I've got my eye on a pair of Axies, but I still log in from time to time.

Anyways guys, what do you think? Do you play mobile games to earn crypto? And if you do, which are your favorite games to earn returns regularly and reliably? I'd love to hear your feedback.

Okay, that's it for now, guys. I'm off to lie on a beach somewhere. The weather's good for it today.

Until the next time, be safe!