How BitFortune Reduced CPA by 65% and Scaled Player Acquisition with Blockchain-Ads

First-time deposits (FTDs) and sign-ups
BitFortune is a crypto-native online casino offering slots, live dealer games, and provably fair gaming to players across global markets. The platform accepts Bitcoin and major cryptocurrencies and targets crypto-active adults who prefer digital-asset wagering over fiat-based alternatives. BitFortune competes in a crowded vertical by combining a broad game library with crypto-native deposit mechanics and fast withdrawal rails.
A note on attribution: BitFortune operates through a network of specialist affiliate partners. These partners run independent campaigns on Blockchain-Ads, each with its own creative audience and geo focus. This case study highlights one such affiliate-managed campaign, demonstrating the results Blockchain-Ads can achieve for BitFortune-aligned advertisers. However, results vary across affiliates depending on their segment focus and creative approach.
BitFortune needed to acquire crypto-depositing players at scale across global markets while navigating platform restrictions and identifying the audience segments most predisposed to casino wagering. But this was difficult as they faced the following challenges:
Mainstream platforms were unavailable. Furthermore, standard performance networks lacked the audience depth to reach users who were both crypto-active and receptive to casino wagering.
Blockchain-Ads offered a specific capability that no other platform could replicate.
The objective was brand awareness and audience discovery across a broad worldwide footprint. Display creatives ran using abstract crypto-casino motion graphics and coin-based visuals to build brand recall among crypto-active audiences. Sign-up and VIP transfer campaigns ran in parallel to seed the retargeting pool. No conversion optimisation was applied at this stage.
FTD-optimised display campaigns were launched across worldwide, North America, and non-blocked country segments. Furthermore, a sports-audience campaign was ran in North America using lifestyle and casino-energy creatives to test celebrity-adjacent positioning.
The Degen Ads campaign launched targeting on-chain wallets with verified speculative trading behaviour, and it became the volume anchor of the entire phase, driving 1,321 conversions at a $116.89 CPA. North America yielded high CPAs above $300 and was scaled back. Brazil emerged as a high-converting market via Flux Campaign.
The campaign consolidated spend into the highest-converting segments identified in Phase 2. Retargeting sequences ran against users who had engaged but not deposited, using the best-performing display creatives from the FTD and Rick Ross campaigns. Pop and video formats were introduced to extend reach within proven geos. Brazil and the high-performing country cluster scaled via Flux Campaign. CPA reached $131.39 across 2,685 total conversions.