Let's talk about Animoca Brands and what they’ve got going on:
Animoca Brands is looking to hit the Nasdaq through a reverse merger proposal in 2026!!!
They recently pulled in $65 million from Ubisoft, which bumped their valuation to around $2.2 billion.
Last year, they raised funds at a valuation exceeding $5 billion, which is a huge leap from where they were just a few months earlier.
If you’re curious about Animoca, check out this interview where they discuss building a $5.9 billion empire.
Thinking of investing in Animoca Brands? You can find more info on the trading details.
Also, take a look at the top tokens they have by market cap, especially their main token $MOCA, which is tied to their Mocaverse project.
OliveX Holdings Limited (OliveX or the Company) (NSX:OLX), is pleased to announce that it has received binding commitments to place 8 million new fully paid ordinary shares in OliveX (Placement Shares) at an issue price of AUD$1.00 per Placement Share to raise AUD$8 million before costs (Share Placement) with support from key strategic and institutional investors including Animoca Brands, One Football and Bombora Investment Management:
https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/OLIVEX-HOLDINGS-LIMITED-120976610/news/OliveX-to-raise-AUD-8M-under-strategic-Share-Placement-with-the-backing-from-Animoca-Brands-37096735/
Syn City, a play-to-earn mafia game founded by Tron Foundations former head of business, Roy Liu, announced an $8 million funding round on Monday.
The round was led by Twitch co-founder Justin Kan and Goat Capital, with additional backing from A&T Capital, Hack VC, Animoca Brands and Spartan Group.
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2021/11/22/play-to-earn-game-syn-city-raises-8m/
https://syn.city/
Animoca Brands Leads $18M Series A for Play-to-Earn Upstart Avocado Guild
- The guild wants to empower members to participate in virtual worlds and Web 3.
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2021/11/24/animoca-brands-leads-18m-series-a-for-play-to-earn-upstart-avocado-guild/
If you havent heard of this $2.2b crypto co-founder you soon will:
https://www.afr.com/companies/financial-services/if-you-haven-t-heard-of-this-2-2b-crypto-co-founder-you-soon-will-20211103-p595ph
Binance Smart Chain and Animoca Brands launch $200M investment program for blockchain games:
https://venturebeat.com/2021/12/02/binance-and-animoca-brands-launch-200m-fund-for-crypto-gaming-startups/
Animoca Brands reports income from investments and digital assets for the first 9 months of 2021 amounted to about $ 530 million, while the reserve of digital assets of Animoca Brands at the end of September is approximately $2.9 billion.
https://www.animocabrands.com/animoca-brands-unaudited-financial-information-for-january-september-2021
But if you look at more recent data, by the end of November, the reserve of digital assets amounted to almost $ 15.9 billion. or five times more than in September. The growth is mainly due to investments in NFT and metaverse projects.
Animoca Brands has raised funding at a more than $5B valuation, triple where it was in October:
https://techcrunch.com/2022/01/18/animoca-brands-has-raised-funding-at-a-more-than-5b-valuation-triple-where-it-was-in-november/
How An NFT Pivot Turned A Tiny Mobile Game Company Into Multibillion-Dollar Powerhouse:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/justinbirnbaum/2022/02/18/how-a-nft-pivot-turned-a-tiny-mobile-game-company-into-multi-billion-dollar-powerhouse-animoca-brands/
ANIMOCA BRANDS: Crypto Gaming POWERHOUSE Changing the Standard:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZT8qrlFJTQ
Blockchain gaming: behind the scenes of game innovation w/ Zaf Chow:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wd54BWjGTLU
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This title seems to be used about shilling and nothing more but I would like to hijack that for a second and talk about something. This place could have been something amazing, we are talking about one of the greatest sports in the world, earning a billion dollars a year among themselves and viewed by tens of millions of people all around the world and somehow they managed to get absolutely no interest during the best NFT play to earn periods of our lifetime.
Yes, I am talking about the F1 game and how they got the license, and there were like at one point 160 people playing, just 160! When you want to get involved here, just consider that this is the brand that managed to get 160 people into F1 play to earn game. Even I could have done better and I am not that great at all.
Hong Kongs Mr. Metaverse on why hes placing a big Web3 bet against Mark Zuckerberg:
https://www.cnbc.com/2022/04/14/mr-metaverse-on-why-hes-placing-a-web3-bet-against-mark-zuckerberg.html
Yes, Animoca is the smartest crypto gaming company in solving the problem of play-to-earn dilemmas for users. However, there are many market restrictions for the company's growth, and most of them have to do with future profitability, I think might be that the people behind Animoca Brands have good plans for the future.
Interesting point by @justdimin , I share a similar view on the topic, basically what this tells us is that the blockchain gaming ecosystem is not yet easily embraced by the everyday person who is not into crypto. Conventional marketing strategies do not work for blockchain gaming and can sometimes even have a negative effect (e.g. facebook ads ) on the project.
The everyday crypto guy =/= everyday consumer so the approach to exposure is by KOLs, streams, AMAs and genuine overall content. What F1 failed to do was to figure out a decent approach to convert traditional fans into the crypto ecosystem. Most projects seem to miss that and even good gameplay is not enough when the person has to commit to creating a wallet before he can play.
Overall, I do believe that play-to-earn mechanics, decentralized economy models and asset ownership have a place in blockchain gaming. This has yet to be introduced to the traditional gamers and lead to adoption.
Animoca Brand Invest in some big projects like Sandbox, Flow, Axie Infinity and many more. Sometimes I also solidify my investment in a project, when on that project there are big supporters such as the Animoca brand and others. But that doesn't guarantee a profit, because not all Animoca brand portfolios do well, there are also some projects whose token value is dropping on the market.
Animoca's The Sandbox Looks to Raise $400M at $4B Valuation:
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/04/19/metaverse-startup-the-sandbox-looks-to-raise-400m-at-4b-valuation-report/
Together with Animoca Brands the AFL will release its first official licensed NFT 'drop' in the coming weeks.
AFL Mint products will expand to deliver rewards and real-world experiences via exclusive events and even reward fans for game days, including ticket upgrades, hospitality, experiential zones and exclusive merchandise.
https://www.afl.com.au/news/745275/afl-mint-to-release-limited-edition-moments-across-afl-and-aflw
Launchblock.com, the borderless incubator for raising funds & scaling projects across the GameFi, NFT financing, Defi and the entire Cryptocurrency Space, announced today that it has secured funding from Animoca Brands, making them the lead investor in the project.
https://medium.com/@launchblockcom/9108172e9c9b
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I personally eyeing this incubator project and after seeing the news that they secured funding from Animoca Brands, I guess I may get a percentage from my stablecoin portfolio. I get to know Launchblock when Nicholas Merten (DataDash) advertised it in his channel and from now on it was still on my watchlists.
Podcast: "Deep Dive: How Animoca Brands became a blockchain gaming juggernaut"
https://www.techinasia.com/deep-dive-animoca-brands-blockchain-gaming-juggernaut
Animoca Listed as 1 of the Top Metaverse Stocks:
https://www.metaroids.com/lists/top-10-metaverse-stocks/
Animoca Brands Raises $75M, Boosts Valuation to $5.9B
https://www.forbes.com/sites/zinnialee/2022/07/12/animoca-brands-hits-59-billion-valuation-as-crypto-winter-deepens/?sh=22322bae469d
Bloomberg: Animoca Exec. Chairman Yat Siu on the Future of the Metaverse
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXCNd363i2E
Animoca Brands releases the TOWER Token Web Store
https://playtoearn.net/en/news/animoca-brands-releases-the-tower-token-web-store
Bank of Singapore interviewing Yat Siu, Co-founder and Executive Chairman of Animoca Brands, in this latest episode of The Hot Seat.
Access the replay here:
https://t.co/hPrKzqmCnv
Animoca Brands Isn’t Going to Let the Crypto Winter Go to Waste
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2022-08-26/animoca-brands-isn-t-going-to-let-the-crypto-winter-go-to-waste
Animoca Brands raises US$110 million in funding round led by Temasek, Boyu Capital, GGV Capital
https://www.animocabrands.com/animoca-brands-raises-usd110million-in-funding-round-led-by-temasek-boyu-capital-ggv-capital
Quote: "Temasek, GGV and Boyu Capital will engage and advise Animoca Brands on a range of business issues, specifically on organization, process and governance that allows it to become “pre-IPO ready”"
https://www.forbes.com/sites/zinnialee/2022/09/09/animoca-brands-raises-110-million-from-temasek-ggv-and-boyu-capital-as-it-mulls-possible-ipo/
Gaming, Blockchain & The Metaverse: Free Webinar by Animoca Brands:
https://www.bitdegree.org/course/gaming-blockchain-the-metaverse
Web3 property rights will change the future says Animoca CEO:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m98RK2nE2Mc
How does Metaverse redefine wealth? | HSBC WoW Talk Ep2 x Animoca Brands Yat Siu
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9hSxXDDoNM
The Future of the Metaverse in Asia: HKUST Business School in Dialogue with WSJ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLoUmaeeVT0
What Matters to Animoca Brands:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vwncE6OmuM
Animoca & Krowdz On How Industry Giants Are Adopting Web3 - TOKEN2049 Singapore 2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xbz_lO8v92U
Animoca toys with new $1b crypto fund:
https://www.afr.com/companies/games-and-wagering/animoca-brands-explores-us1-billion-investment-fund-20221028-p5btqm
How Web3 Will Revolutionize the Gaming Industry - Animoca @ TOKEN2049 London 2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uakY1LVqxY
Interview with CEO of Billion Dollar Blockchain Gaming Company Animoca Brands
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-IOwe1dnfE
NFT Investor Animoca Brands to Start $2B Metaverse Fund: Report
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/11/30/nft-investor-animoca-brands-to-start-2b-metaverse-fund-report/
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This company is a giant in the industry they are in but they are also not using the money wisely. I mean if you and I were given 2 billion dollars, and I mean I have no idea who anyone here is, we would use it a lot better, I guarantee it.
So, imagine how terrible they must be spending their money that I guarantee some stranger to be better? Sure, they may end up losing that money and you may too, but that's the same result. I know, with 2 billion dollars, I would be able to build something that would be beyond anyone's understanding of how that was. Think about it this way, games like god of war or red dead redemption costs about quarter of it, so you could build 4 games at that quality, and these are high end games, nothing even comes close to them.