Nrog rau lub network cuam tshuam ntawm Web 3.0, Animoca Brands cofounder thiab tus thawj tswj hwm Yat Siu tsis betting tawm tsam nws cov neeg sib tw. Nws suav rau lawv.
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Animoca Brands tau nce ze li $ 360 lab nyob rau hauv ib qho nyiaj tshiab puag ncig uas muaj nuj nqis rau Hong Kong-based blockchain gaming lag luam ntawm $ 5.4 billion, lub tuam txhab tshaj tawm hnub Tuesday. Kev nqis peev ntau dua ob npaug ntawm nws qhov kev ntsuas yav dhau los ntawm $ 2.2 nphom txij lub Kaum Hli 2021 thiab coj nws cov peev nyiaj tag nrho nce mus txog yuav luag $ 700 lab. Nws npaj yuav siv nyiaj rau kev yuav khoom, kev tsim khoom thiab kev tso cai ntxiv cov cuab yeej cuab tam.
Cov nyiaj, uas txuas ntxiv lub sijhawm tawg rau blockchain gaming thiab tsis-fungible tokens, tau coj los ntawm Liberty City Ventures thiab suav nrog cov tub ua lag luam ntxiv xws li Winklevoss Capital thiab Soros Fund Management. Kev ua lag luam rau NFTs tau tawg mus txog ze li $ 25 nphom hauv 2021, los ntawm qis dua $ 100 lab hauv 2020, raws li cov ntaub ntawv los ntawm NFT kev muag khoom nrhiav tuam txhab DappRadar, nrog rau kev twv txiaj ntsig txog cov cuab tam digital suav txog kwv yees li 20% ntawm qhov ntawd. Xyoo tas los ib leeg, blockchain thiab NFT gaming tuam txhab tau txais kev nqis peev tag nrho $ 3.6 billion, raws li Axios Gaming.
"Peb ntseeg tias peb tseem nyob rau theem pib ntawm kev hloov pauv hauv Is Taws Nem tshiab, thiab muaj lub sijhawm zoo ua ntej ntawm peb hauv 2022 thiab dhau mus," Animoca Brands cofounder thiab tus thawj tswj hwm Yat Siu tau hais hauv kev tshaj tawm.
Animoca Brands tsim, ua haujlwm thiab nqis peev hauv blockchain gaming thiab NFT cov tuam txhab ntsig txog thiab tau txhawb nqa los ntawm lub tswv yim ntawm "cov tswv cuab tiag tiag," lossis hloov txhua yam khoom ua si rau hauv ntiaj teb tiag tiag cov cuab tam hauv daim ntawv ntawm NFTs. Nws cov npe nrov tshaj plaws suav nrog Lub Sandbox thiab Revv Racing. Lub tuam txhab tseem muaj kev nqis peev hauv ntau dua 150 NFT, metaverse thiab blockchain tuam txhab, suav nrog OpenSea, NBA Top Shot creator Dapper Labs, Axie ib txhis Tus tsim tawm Sky Mavis thiab, raws li lub lim tiam dhau los, Kiv cua Tswj Kev Ncaws Pob Ncaws Pob.
Cofounded los ntawm Siu, Animoca Brands tau tsim thiab spun tawm ntawm Animoca - ib qho kev ua si tsom qhov hluav taws xob incubated ntawm lub tuam txhab kev sib txuas lus digital Outblaze, uas kuj tau tsim los ntawm Siu - hauv 2014 los tsom rau nws txoj kev lag luam mobile gaming. Tom qab piv rau NFTs thiab blockchain gaming hauv 2017, lub tuam txhab thaum kawg tau ua rau muaj kev npau taws ntawm Australian Tshuag Txauv, uas tau hais tias Animoca Brands tau ua txhaum nws cov cai teev npe vim tias nws "kev koom tes hauv kev cuam tshuam txog cryptocurrency," ntawm lwm yam teeb meem. Nws tau raug tshem tawm thaum Lub Peb Hlis 2020.
Nws muaj ntau qhov kev hloov pauv txij li. Lub Tsib Hlis tas los, Animoca Brands tau nce $ 88.8 lab hauv thawj zaug ntawm ob feem kev nrhiav nyiaj txiag, uas muaj nuj nqis rau lub tuam txhab ntawm $ 1 billion. Tom qab ua tiav daim thib ob, ib qho $ 50 lab nce hauv Lub Xya Hli, nws ntxiv $ 65 lab ntxiv rau lub Kaum Hli los ntawm cov tub ua lag luam uas suav nrog Sequoia Capital thiab Ubisoft. Hauv lub hlis tom qab, Softbank tau coj ib qho $ 93 lab kev nqis peev ncaj qha rau hauv Lub Sandbox, thiab Animoca Brands koom tes nrog cryptocurrency pauv Binance los tsim $ 200 lab blockchain gaming incubator thiab accelerator program. Thaum kawg ntawm lub quarter thib peb, lub tuam txhab tau tshaj tawm txog $ 141 lab hauv kev booking nrog rau $ 530 lab hauv lwm cov nyiaj tau los uas suav nrog kev nce ntawm kev nqis peev thiab cov cuab tam digital. Nws kuj tau sau tseg tias nws cov nyiaj khaws cia digital tau muaj nuj nqis ntawm $ 16 nphom thaum kawg lub Kaum Ib Hlis.
Animoca Brands tsis yog tib lub tuam txhab blockchain gaming uas tau txais nyiaj ntsuab tam sim ntawd. Competitor Mythical Games, uas txhim kho ob qho kev ua si blockchain thiab thev naus laus zis tom qab lawv, tau nce $ 75 lab nyob rau lub Rau Hli, thiab peb lub hlis tom qab, Sorare tau nce $ 680 lab rau nws qhov blockchain-based fantasy ncaws pob game. Ntuj Mavis thiab Dapper Labs tau txais txiaj ntsig tseem ceeb ntawm $ 152 lab thiab $ 250 lab, ntsig txog, nyob ze rau qhov kawg ntawm 2021, txawm hais tias Animoca Brands muaj cov koom tes hauv ob qho tib si.
Siu tsis txhawj xeeb txog nws cov neeg sib tw. Qhov tseeb, nws betting rau lawv. "Nrog Web 3.0, nws yog ib qho kev sib koom ua ke," nws hais Forbes hauv lub Kaum Ib Hlis. "Tej zaum yuav muaj kev sib tw ntawm ob tog, tab sis lawv txhua tus xav tau ib leeg."
Tau qhov twg los: https://www.forbes.com/sites/justinbirnbaum/2022/01/17/blockchain-gaming-company-animoca-brands-raises-360-million-in-quest-to-build-the-open- metaverse/