12 April 2023 – Animoca Brands, the company advancing digital property rights for gaming and the open metaverse, announced today that it has been selected as one of the NFT100 honorees by nft now. The NFT100 is a list of influential creators and community leaders recognized for their accomplishments in the Web3 industry over the past year. Animoca Brands was chosen as an honoree in the category of community leaders, which includes builders, innovators, and leaders.
nft now is a Web3 digital media platform with a mission to empower the creators of culture and bring Web3 technology from niche to mainstream. The nominations for this year’s NFT100 were sourced from holders of the Now Pass NFT, the membership community of nft now. The final honorees were selected by nft now’s editorial team based on various factors, including NFT sales and volume across major marketplaces, social impact, innovation, history in the community, engagement, participation, and others.
Yat Siu, the co-founder and executive chairman of Animoca Brands, commented: “We are thrilled to be named as one of the NFT100 and would like to express our gratitude to our supporters and the Web3 community for advancing the vision of an open metaverse based on true ownership, with digital property rights available to all."
For more information on the NFT100 honorees, please visit https://nftnow.com/nft100-list-2023.
About Animoca Brands
Animoca Brands, a Deloitte Tech Fast winner, a Fortune Crypto 40 company, and one of the Financial Times’ High Growth Companies Asia-Pacific 2023, is a leader in digital entertainment, blockchain, and gamification that is working to advance digital property rights and contribute to the establishment of the open metaverse. The company develops and publishes a broad portfolio of products including the REVV token and SAND token; original games including The Sandbox, Crazy Kings, and Crazy Defense Heroes; and products utilizing popular intellectual properties including Disney, WWE, Snoop Dogg, The Walking Dead, Power Rangers, MotoGP™, and Formula E. It has multiple subsidiaries, including The Sandbox, Blowfish Studios, Quidd, GAMEE, nWay, Pixowl, Forj, Lympo, Animoca Brands Japan, Grease Monkey Games, Eden Games, Life Beyond Studios, Notre Game, TinyTap, Be Media, PIXELYNX, and WePlay Media. Animoca Brands has a growing portfolio of more than 380 Web3 investments, including Colossal, Axie Infinity, OpenSea, Dapper Labs (NBA Top Shot), Yield Guild Games, Harmony, Alien Worlds, Star Atlas, and others. For more information visit www.animocabrands.com or follow on Twitter or Facebook.