Share this article

Binance Smart Chain and Animoca Brands Set Up $200M Program for Blockchain Gaming

The two companies will contribute up to $100 million each to invest in early-stage projects.

Updated May 11, 2023, 7:03 p.m. Published Dec 6, 2021, 12:29 p.m.
The Animoca Brands team in Hong Kong (Animoca)
The Animoca Brands team in Hong Kong (Animoca)

Binance Smart Chain (BSC) and Animoca Brands have launched a $200 million program to invest in blockchain gaming projects built on BSC, the companies said in a press release on Monday.

  • BSC will be investing through its $1 Billion Growth Fund. In October, Binance had committed $1 billion for BSC.
  • The two companies will contribute up to $100 million each to invest in early-stage projects, the release said.
  • Animoca Brands is an investor in non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and metaverse projects; it has a majority stake in metaverse game The Sandbox, and has invested in Axie Infinity, as well as NFT trading platform OpenSea. It was valued at $2.2 billion after a $65 million funding round in October.
  • Earlier in October, Binance announced it plans to invest $1 billion to accelerate the development of its Smart Chain project, the exchange’s alternative to Ethereum where developers can build applications.

Read more: Binance Dedicates Another $1B to Smart Chain Project

STORY CONTINUES BELOW
Don't miss another story.Subscribe to the Crypto Daybook Americas Newsletter today. See all newsletters

UPDATE (Dec. 6, 12:30 UTC): Updates reference to Binance Smart Chain in headline and story. Adds reference to Binance’s commitment in first paragraph.

More For You

Protocol Research: GoPlus Security

GP Basic Image

What to know:

  • As of October 2025, GoPlus has generated $4.7M in total revenue across its product lines. The GoPlus App is the primary revenue driver, contributing $2.5M (approx. 53%), followed by the SafeToken Protocol at $1.7M.
  • GoPlus Intelligence's Token Security API averaged 717 million monthly calls year-to-date in 2025 , with a peak of nearly 1 billion calls in February 2025. Total blockchain-level requests, including transaction simulations, averaged an additional 350 million per month.
  • Since its January 2025 launch , the $GPS token has registered over $5B in total spot volume and $10B in derivatives volume in 2025. Monthly spot volume peaked in March 2025 at over $1.1B , while derivatives volume peaked the same month at over $4B.

More For You

Exodus joins stablecoin race with MoonPay-backed digital dollar

100 dollar bill on table (Live Richer/Unsplash/Modified by CoinDesk)

The public crypto wallet firm joins Circle and PayPal in issuing stablecoins.

What to know:

  • Exodus is launching a fully reserved, USD-backed stablecoin with MoonPay to power self-custodial payments in its crypto wallet app.
  • The stablecoin will support Exodus Pay, a new feature enabling users to spend and send digital dollars without relying on centralized exchanges.
  • With the launch, Exodus joins a short list of public companies, including PayPal and Circle, backing stablecoin products.