GeN3 Launch Issue - Flipbook - Page 46
44 . MOCAVERSE
Animoca Brands’ Blueprint for Web3 Collaboration
BY BOLT HARVEY . TOKENPR.COM
Animoca Brands is easily one of the largest
players in the world of blockchain gaming. Keen
Web3 investors should already be aware that the
Hong Kong-based game software and venture
capital company is a slumbering giant. Founded
by Yat Siu in 2014, the company’s subsidiaries
grew to include the massive metaverse project,
The Sandbox, as well as Blow昀椀sh Studios, the
developers of the upcoming blockchain game,
Phantom Galaxies. Their blockchain portfolio
investments have been reported to be worth at
least $1.5 billion across more than 380 investments, including Axie In昀椀nity and OpenSea.
This titan of the Web3 space has recently launched an Ecosystem NFT project (eNFT) that has
been described as “a membership to Animoca
Brands’ ecosystem.” Enter Mocaverse, a collection of 8,888 “Mocas,” each being empowered
to collaborate with the ecosystem, seeded by
Animoca Brands network. Notable of昀椀cial partnerships including Amazon, Nansen, Sky Mavis
(Axie In昀椀nity), Sandbox, and more.
“Mocaverse with the ‘verse’ doesn’t mean virtual
worlds only. Metaverse happens everywhere in
different forms and shapes - virtual world, text,