Nonfungible token (NFT) game developer Animoca Brands has announced a substantial investment in the NFT platform Bondly.
It has been reported that Animoca will own a majority stake in Bondly after the investment.
Yat Siu, the chairman and co-founder of Animoca Brands, said:
“We acquired a majority stake in Bondly because it will significantly assist us to drive true digital ownership via NFTs, and we see this as crucial to the future of gaming and the emergence of the open metaverse.”
However, as part of the investment, Bondly’s NFT technology, including launchpad and cross-chain bridges, will be incorporated into Animoca’s gaming products. Animoca is looking to utilize Bondly’s suite of NFT tech solutions to enable gamers to move in-game NFT assets across different blockchain networks.
The report said that Siu also said that the company considers Bondly’s products to be highly relevant to the blockchain game developer and its subsidiaries.
Siu added:
“We see excellent potential applications of Bondly’s NFT swap protocol, marketplace, and cross-chain NFT minting and bridges.”
Likewise, the Bondly investment is the latest in Animoca’s spending spree following a successful capital raise back in May that pushed the company to a $1billion valuation. According to Siu, Animoca is on the lookout for even more NFT tech companies as it seeks to expand its footprint in the sector.
Animoca currently holds investments in over 100 companies, including prominent names in the NFT space such as OpenSea and Dapper Labs. The Animoca acquisition comes after Bondly suffered a security issue back in July. At the time, the project’s native token slumped 60% amid reports of a suspected exploit.
Thus, Harry Liu, the CEO of Bondly, said that the project has upscaled its security infrastructure.
Source: Cointelegraph