George Tsagkarakis
Gigaverse (official site), the pixel-art browser RPG built by GLHF, has set December 1 as the last day for Gigling NFT holders to move their pets off Abstract. That’s two weeks before the Ethereum layer 2 network shuts down on December 15, 2026. To migrate, owners connect an Ethereum wallet on the studio’s official migration site.
Giglings are the pets and mounts that players, known as noobs, ride across the Gigaverse world. Assets still on Abstract when it goes offline become inaccessible, so holders who miss the December 1 cutoff risk losing access to their Giglings.
What changes for Gigling owners
After the migration, Giglings stop trading as NFTs on open marketplaces. They will trade only on the Gigamarket, Gigaverse’s in-house marketplace, with prices in Gigabit. Gigabit is the game’s own currency and can be bought with crypto on any chain or with fiat.
Gigaverse says the new setup lets Gigling traits update live as the pets evolve and lets Giglings work across chains and platforms. The studio aims to have Giglings tradable on the Gigamarket before the end of 2026. The old ETH marketplace inside Gigaverse is closed for good, and the Gigamarket will come back as a Gigabit-only market.
Racing, Dueling and hatching are paused
Gigling Racing is paused, along with Dueling and hatching. Gigaverse plans to bring racing back at some point after Gigaverse Online goes live. The studio is reworking the mode so it needs fewer transactions, costs less to play and can run at a larger scale. According to the official FAQ, the returning version will be simplified and rebalanced so new players can pick it up more easily.
Racing items such as butterflies, dung, glue and Eggspeditors stay in each player’s Racing Saddlebag, which is tied to their Gigaverse Online account. Hatching will also return later in a simplified form, and paused hatches keep the progress they had when the game closed.
Other deadlines: accounts and USDC
Players who signed in with an Abstract Global Wallet have until November 15, 2026, to prove ownership and link a new wallet they hold the keys to, such as MetaMask or Rabby. Smart wallets can’t be used. This step moves the player account only. NFTs on Abstract go through a separate process.
The studio posted the deadlines on its official X account: “Urgent Deadlines: Abstract Chain is winding down Dec 15th.”
Withdrawals and redemptions on the Gigaverse website pause on Sunday, November 15, at 18:00 UTC. Until then, players can withdraw in-game USDC 1:1 as USDC. Any in-game USDC left after the pause converts to Gigabit at 1 USDC to 100 Gigabit. That Gigabit stays in player balances and will be redeemable on Ethereum mainnet at a later date, according to the official Gigaverse FAQ.
ROMs, Names and Giga Legends
Gigaverse ROMs, the ecosystem’s flagship NFT collection, will move to Ethereum mainnet under a plan the studio calls ROMs 2.0. Plans for Gigaverse Names will follow, and Giganames stay reserved for three months after Gigaverse Online launches. Gigaverse has also said it will run its new Giga Legends as an NFT collection, though it hasn’t detailed their role in future products.
Why Abstract is closing
Abstract announced on October 6 that it is winding down after almost three years. The chain shuts down on December 15, 2026, and any funds not bridged by then will be lost. Users can move assets through the official Abstract Migration Hub or the native bridge, where transfers take around three hours. OpenSea support for Abstract collections, including Gigaverse Giglings, also ends on December 15.
Abstract has warned users about impersonators and fake migration sites. Holders should use only links shared through Gigaverse’s and Abstract’s official channels, and check that their assets have arrived on the destination chain before the deadline. Other projects on Abstract are also moving their assets to Ethereum mainnet or other networks ahead of the cutoff.
Where Gigaverse stands
Gigaverse is a nostalgic browser RPG. Players send their noobs on dungeon runs, collect rare loot, craft and fish between fights, raise Giglings and trade items with other players on the Gigamarket.
The game closed its first chapter on October 9, 2026, at 18:00 UTC, after The Awakening, a two-month finale event that ran from August 10 to October 9 and included the Burn Pit event. Before the close, the studio ran a Temporal Backup Process that scanned every Eternal item owned by each wallet. Those items will be available in Gigaverse Online once players link their old Gigaverse account. Seasonal items did not carry over.
Gigaverse is being rebuilt as Gigaverse Online, a persistent MMORPG. No launch date has been announced. Updates on the migration and Gigaverse Online go out through the official Gigaverse website and the studio’s Discord.
