2023 has been quite a year for us at Animoca Ventures! Despite this challenging year, we have strategically deployed funds into several high conviction projects, and many of our portcos showed impressive growth throughout this bear market. Here are some major highlights: 👇

2/ @YugaLabs : TwelveFold's Bitcoin NFTs collected $16.5m in 24hrs. DookeyDash game was a runaway success & generated $86m on @OpenSea . @OthersideMeta 's 2nd trip drew 7,200+ Voyagers (incld. big names like @brycent_ ). It's exciting to see how far the Yugaverse ecosystem has come.

@yugalabs @opensea @OthersideMeta @brycent_ 3/ @TheSandboxGame : @McDonalds launched a voxel game for its McNuggets 40th anniversary. @ParisHilton launched 5,555 NFTs incld,. 11 1-in-1 NFTs giving fans access to her sold out LA show. 1,105 LAND parcels went on sale in the Infinite Pulse neighbourhood, home to big brands.

@yugalabs @opensea @OthersideMeta @brycent_ @TheSandboxGame @McDonalds @ParisHilton 4/ @LayerZero_Labs : It's been a stellar year for LayerZero. To date, it has sent over 80m messages across 54 chains with value transferred of ~$50B. Exemplifying web2-web3 interoperability, they partnered with @GoogleCloud to enhance web3 security and interoperability.

@yugalabs @opensea @OthersideMeta @brycent_ @TheSandboxGame @McDonalds @ParisHilton @LayerZero_Labs @googlecloud 5/ @0xPolygon : NFT sales volume increased by 131% QoQ to $20m. Polygon's PoS chain recorded new highs in daily transactions, reaching 16.4m in Nov (nearly 2x the previous ATH). The zkEVM bridge volume also reached a significant milestone of $250m since its launch.

@yugalabs @opensea @OthersideMeta @brycent_ @TheSandboxGame @McDonalds @ParisHilton @LayerZero_Labs @googlecloud @0xPolygon 6/ @Immutable : A big and busy year for Immutable, having reached 1.7m active gamer wallets & 58% increase in whale addresses holding 1-100m $IMX tokens. Immutable zkEVM launch saw big jump in game dev signups. In Nov, @Ubisoft announced a partnership with Immutable.

@yugalabs @opensea @OthersideMeta @brycent_ @TheSandboxGame @McDonalds @ParisHilton @LayerZero_Labs @googlecloud @0xPolygon @Immutable @Ubisoft @ageofdino @FunPlusGames @xterio 8/ @3T_shootergame : First ever GTA-like PvP game on mobile & enables both web2 & web3 users to play along a shared gaming experience. 3T was developed by a top tier team led by Call of Duty Mobile producers. Their Aug pre-alpha test was a success & their online test is coming up!

@yugalabs @opensea @OthersideMeta @brycent_ @TheSandboxGame @McDonalds @ParisHilton @LayerZero_Labs @googlecloud @0xPolygon @Immutable @Ubisoft @ageofdino @FunPlusGames @xterio @3T_shootergame 9/ @HailstoneLabs : An already profitable DeFi accelerator which owns notable web3 media IPs & incubated several successful top DeFi projects on BSC and Arbitrum, including our existing portco @WombatExchange . The team has a strong and diverse pipeline of future projects.

@yugalabs @opensea @OthersideMeta @brycent_ @TheSandboxGame @McDonalds @ParisHilton @LayerZero_Labs @googlecloud @0xPolygon @Immutable @Ubisoft @ageofdino @FunPlusGames @xterio @3T_shootergame @HailstoneLabs @WombatExchange 10/ @CetusProtocol : A DEX & concentrated liquidity protocol, live on both Aptos and Sui Networks. It's an AMM on Sui and the Cetus token was 13,500% oversubscribed on its IDO. They surpassed $100M weekly trading volume on Nov 13 and hit $1B in CTV in Nov.

@yugalabs @opensea @OthersideMeta @brycent_ @TheSandboxGame @McDonalds @ParisHilton @LayerZero_Labs @googlecloud @0xPolygon @Immutable @Ubisoft @ageofdino @FunPlusGames @xterio @3T_shootergame @HailstoneLabs @WombatExchange @CetusProtocol 11/ @NarwhalFinance : A decentralised dual-chain perpetual trading platform operating on Arbitrum and BNB Chain. During their launch in July, they achieved $70M+ trading volume!

@yugalabs @opensea @OthersideMeta @brycent_ @TheSandboxGame @McDonalds @ParisHilton @LayerZero_Labs @googlecloud @0xPolygon @Immutable @Ubisoft @ageofdino @FunPlusGames @xterio @3T_shootergame @HailstoneLabs @WombatExchange @CetusProtocol @NarwhalFinance 12/ @TheYuliverse : It reached 100k users, as a new game its a huge achievement! A P2E, F2P blockchain metaverse game combining Gamefi and SocialFi (think Pokemon Mobile). Yuliverse ranked #1 on BNB ChainNFT Opensea/Elements/Tofu and #1 DAU on BNB DAppBay.

@yugalabs @opensea @OthersideMeta @brycent_ @TheSandboxGame @McDonalds @ParisHilton @LayerZero_Labs @googlecloud @0xPolygon @Immutable @Ubisoft @ageofdino @FunPlusGames @xterio @3T_shootergame @HailstoneLabs @WombatExchange @CetusProtocol @NarwhalFinance @TheYuliverse 13/ @AptosLabs : Had a busy year partnering with big names: - Microsoft to develop blockchain AI tools - Mastercard Crypto Credential, an on-chain identity & verification framework (for payments, remittances, ticketing, NFTs) - NBC Universal for a vampire movie (starring Nic Cage)

@yugalabs @opensea @OthersideMeta @brycent_ @TheSandboxGame @McDonalds @ParisHilton @LayerZero_Labs @googlecloud @0xPolygon @Immutable @Ubisoft @ageofdino @FunPlusGames @xterio @3T_shootergame @HailstoneLabs @WombatExchange @CetusProtocol @NarwhalFinance @TheYuliverse @AptosLabs

@yugalabs @opensea @OthersideMeta @brycent_ @TheSandboxGame @McDonalds @ParisHilton @LayerZero_Labs @googlecloud @0xPolygon @Immutable @Ubisoft @ageofdino @FunPlusGames @xterio @3T_shootergame @HailstoneLabs @WombatExchange @CetusProtocol @NarwhalFinance @TheYuliverse @AptosLabs 14/ @BLOCKLORDS : Really slayed the bear this year, achieving 31K+ downloads since launch on @EpicGames in Aug, with DAU of 3,500 & playtime of over 1m hours! That same month saw ex-UFC Champion @bisping appearing as a virtual character on BLOCKLORDS voiced by the man himself.

@yugalabs @opensea @OthersideMeta @brycent_ @TheSandboxGame @McDonalds @ParisHilton @LayerZero_Labs @googlecloud @0xPolygon @Immutable @Ubisoft @ageofdino @FunPlusGames @xterio @3T_shootergame @HailstoneLabs @WombatExchange @CetusProtocol @NarwhalFinance @TheYuliverse @AptosLabs @BLOCKLORDS @EpicGames @bisping 16/ @burnt_xion : Came out of stealth back in Mar & unveiling of the XION blockchain - a L1 chain purpose-built for consumer adoption. The launch of their testnet went swimmingly well, with over 3.4m transactions across 450k wallets.

@yugalabs @opensea @OthersideMeta @brycent_ @TheSandboxGame @McDonalds @ParisHilton @LayerZero_Labs @googlecloud @0xPolygon @Immutable @Ubisoft @ageofdino @FunPlusGames @xterio @3T_shootergame @HailstoneLabs @WombatExchange @CetusProtocol @NarwhalFinance @TheYuliverse @AptosLabs @BLOCKLORDS @EpicGames @bisping @burnt_xion 17/ That's a wrap! 2023 started with a low but this year ends with a flood of optimism that may spillover well into 2024. We'll continue to monitor new developments & double down on winners in our existing portfolio to capture the maximum value of this exponential web3 megatrend.

@AnimocaVentures @ageofdino @yugalabs @opensea @OthersideMeta @brycent_ @TheSandboxGame @McDonalds @ParisHilton @LayerZero_Labs @googlecloud @0xPolygon @Immutable @Ubisoft @FunPlusGames @xterio Merry Christmas ⛄.Whitelist me

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