Animoca pulls Currenc reverse-merger but still plans future public listing
Animoca Brands has suspended discussions over its proposed reverse merger with Nasdaq-listed Currenc Group as it continues working through a backlog of audited…
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CEO Robby Yung on how AI reboots The Sandbox
After some difficult years, The Sandbox is growing in confidence in 2026 as it reorganizes its vision around AI in the shape of its new AI-centric Sandbox Studio…
Minds by Animoca Brands launches AWS Agentic Football Cup
Animoca Brands’ AI platform Minds has teamed up with Amazon Web Services to launch the Agentic Football Cup – Virtual League, a seven-week competition in which…
Animoca and The Sandbox launch $10,000 Creative Minds Jam #1
The Sandbox and Animoca Brands are launching a four-week AI competition aimed at developing new tools for the creator economy, with US$10,000 in prizes and…
YGG and Animoca launch $5,000 Vibeblitz Game Jam
YGG’s new vibecode.game hub has launched its first VibeBlitz game jam, partnering with Minds by Animoca Brands for a four-week program that turns AI-assisted game…
Animoca’s AI agent bet gets more concrete with $1 million trading investment
The language around Animoca's Minds platform is expansive. It is Minds as companions, coordinators, personal assistants, even the basis for new civilizations in an…
Alpha Compute completes GAMEE acquisition from Animoca
Animoca Brands’ sale of its majority stake in GAMEE to Nasdaq-listed Alpha Compute (Nasdaq: ALP) has now been completed.
The acquisition of the 60% controlling…
Animoca stock now live on Solana via Republic
Animoca Brands’ long path back to public markets now has a second, more immediate liquidity angle. While most attention has focused on its proposed Nasdaq listing…
Animoca Brands’ Nasdaq listing now nominally valued at +$8 billion
Animoca Brands and Currenc Group (Nasdaq: CURR) have extended the exclusivity period on their proposed reverse merger through to 30th June 2026. This highlights the…
Animoca launches $10 million AI Minds fund
Animoca Brands has announced an investment programme of up to $10 million for developers using its AI agent platform Animoca Minds.
Minds lets anyone deploy and…
Qwen-based build-and-earn AI creator platform AliBAE launches with 100,000 CHECK prize…
Animoca Brands and Alibaba’s AI-based build-and-earn platform is now live, with AliBAE also launching its first two earning opportunities for users.
Initiated by…
Animoca’s Yat Siu on why AI agents will drive mass market web3 adoption
In the latest episode of the Blockchain Gaming World podcast, editor-in-chief Jon Jordan talks to Animoca Brands' executive chairman Yat Siu about the rise of AI…
AlphaTON Capital acquires 60% of Animoca’s GAMEE at $18 million valuation
Nasdaq-listed AlphaTON Capital (ATON) has announced a definitive agreement to acquire a 60% controlling interest in Animoca Brands subsidiary Gamee, in a deal…
Portal rebooting with game account market for PUBG, Overwatch and Genshin Impact
With the rebooted Portal platform launching on Thursday 26th February, we’re starting to get a sense of what new functionality it will be delivering, beyond its…
Alibaba and Animoca announce AliBAE build-and-earn AI creator platform
Demonstrating both the flexibility of ecosystems and speed of deployment, Animoca Brands has signed a deal with Alibaba to launch a decentralized platform for vibe…
Animoca announces its AI agents Animoca Minds
Animoca Brands has partnered with CryptoSlam to announce its Animoca Minds service, which will enable users to deploy their own persistent AI agents.
Animoca led…
Team Secret integrates Anichess’ CHECK token in an ecosystem activation
Esports outfit Team Secret is best known for its activities in games such as Dota 2, Valorant and Rainbow Six Siege X but it's also been testing the waters with…
Bitcoin web3 outfit BLIFE merges with EVM gaming layer Portal
In an example of the sort of consolidation we'd expect to see more of in 2026, universal gaming ecosystem Portal has merged with Animoca's Bitcoin-based BLIFE…
BlockchainGamer.biz’s most popular stories of 2025
It was a tricky year for blockchain games, but volatility generates news, so at least there were plenty of hot stories for us to write about in 2025.
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2026 Trends: The Sandbox’s Robby Yung says think of token rewards much more like UA…
It’s the most wonderful time of the year, the time to look back and consider what we learned during 2025 and how to make the most of that knowledge in 2026.
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