Animoca Brands Completes Mocaverse NFT Mint; sees sales volume of USD 5.5 million in the first 48 hours

by James · March 10, 2023

Animoca Brands, the Hong Kong-based gaming company, has announced the successful completion of Mocaverse’s MocaMint, an event where Animoca Brands’ shareholders, employees, investors, partners and supporters minted a total of 8,888 Mocaverse non-fungible tokens.

Animoca Brands said in a statement on Thursday that in the first 48 hours, the sales volume of Mocaverse NFTs reached 3,552 ETH (about $5.5 million).

At the time of writing, the floor price of a Mocaverse NFT on OpenSea is 1.6 ETH.

Mocaverse is an initiative of Animoca Brands that aims to unite the Web3 community to exchange ideas, learn, connect, play games, cultivate a resilient Web3 culture and build a better future for Web3.

The collection consists of 8,888 NFTs with characters called Mocas, each belonging to one of five tribes: Dreamers, Builders, Angels, Connectors and Neo-Capitalists.

Each tribe represents the diverse yet complementary personas of change makers in Web3.

Ambassadors for Mocaverse include Jaeson Ma (Dreamer), Brian D. Evans (Contact), Aleksander Larsen (Builder), Sébastien Borget (Builder), WhaleShark (Angel) and Liberty City Ventures (Neo-Capitalist).

As the official PFP NFT collection of Animoca Brands, Mocaverse represents the shared values and ethos of Animoca Brands and its portfolio companies and partners.

Mocaverse NFT owners will embark on a curated Web3 journey of privileged experiences, including opportunities to learn together (such as expert AMAs and masterclasses with crypto professionals), play together (via game passes and exclusive in-game assets), build together (through an accelerator programme), and doing good together (organising and contributing to social causes).

“We are excited about this strong start for Mocaverse, an exciting milestone for Animoca Brands,

“The interest and support underscores the power of community and shared values in Web3,” said Yat Siu, co-founder and executive chairman of Animoca Brands.

“Mocaverse NFTs are not only unique profile pictures, but also a gateway to the ever-growing Animoca Brands Web3 community of individuals, companies and projects who share our values and visions for the open metaverse,

“By bringing together like-minded enthusiasts, we want to build a better Web3 industry for everyone,” he added.

Mocaverse is an ambitious project by Animoca Brands that aims to bring together the company’s portfolio projects, subsidiaries, joint ventures and partners through a unique NFT collection.

Mocaverse has 8,888 Mocas, which are NFT profile pictures (PFPs) that serve as a membership card for Animoca Brands team members, investors, partners and certain token holders.

The goal of Mocaverse is to unite the Web3 community through shared purpose and values by allowing holders to exchange ideas, learn, connect, play games, and build the future of Web3.

Animoca Brands is a leader in digital entertainment, blockchain and gamification working to promote digital property rights and contribute to the creation of the open metaverse.

The company develops and publishes a broad portfolio of products, including the REVV token and the SAND token; original games including The Sandbox, Crazy Kings and Crazy Defense Heroes; and products using popular intellectual properties, including Disney, WWE, Snoop Dogg, The Walking Dead, Power Rangers, MotoGP™ and Formula E.

It has several subsidiaries including The Sandbox, Blowfish Studios, Quidd, GAMEE, nWay, Pixowl, Forj, Lympo, Animoca Brands Japan, Grease Monkey Games, Eden Games, Darewise Entertainment, Notre Game, TinyTap, Be Media, PIXELYNX and WePlay Media .

Animoca Brands has a growing portfolio of more than 380 investments, including Colossal, Axie Infinity, OpenSea, Dapper Labs (NBA Top Shot), Yield Guild Games, Harmony, Alien Worlds, Star Atlas and others.