While Bitcoin was busy losing more than 20% of its value in June, a corner of crypto you probably haven’t been watching was having its best month ever. Onchain gacha, the blockchain-native version of randomized trading card packs, pulled in a record $324.6 million in spending.
That’s the fourth consecutive monthly record for the category. And it happened while Bitcoin slid to an intraday low of $58,131 on June 25, a price not seen since September 2024.
What exactly is onchain gacha, and why is it eating this much capital
Think of those Pokémon booster packs you ripped open as a kid, except the cards are tokenized, vaulted in physical storage, and tradable on decentralized exchanges. The “gacha” mechanic, borrowed from Japanese capsule toy machines, gives buyers a randomized assortment of cards per pack.
Collector Crypt is the dominant player here, processing over $209 million in June alone. That’s roughly 64% of the entire onchain gacha market. The overall category has doubled since March 2026.
