CARV, the largest standardized data layer for gaming and AI, today announced a strategic investment from Animoca Brands, a company developing digital property rights for games and open meta. Additionally, Animoca Brands will become the operator of CARV's Level 6 Verification Nodes to support CARV's decentralization of its data layer. The partnership will facilitate deeper integration and long-term synergy as they expand their gaming systems and open ecosystems.
Founded as a platform for gaming credentials, CARV has evolved into a standard data layer protocol with strong traction from over 2.7 million users, 790 integrated games, and cross-chain partnerships such as Linea, BNB Chain, zkSync, and Ronin. The company has made its adoption roots in gaming by launching ERC-7231, the Ethereum community-certified standard that connects multiple Web2 and Web3 identities to a single NFT, and partnering with the likes of Google Cloud and Netmarble's web3 arm, MARBLEX.
To support rapid expansion and growth, CARV offers community-run verification nodes that inspect results at each protocol layer. These nodes are essential for maintaining decentralization, security, and fair redistribution of value as the network expands. CARV aims to accelerate user onboarding and adoption to grow the pie for all stakeholders in the user-owned data ecosystem by partnering with Animoca Brands as a strategic node operator, drawing on their experience and expertise in operating various blockchain infrastructures. Contract holders will have the option of one-click delegation to Animoca Brands for contract operations, ensuring the operation and robustness of the network.
Rewards from node operations will initially be in the form of $veCARV, which is the staked version of CARV tokens. This also allows Animoca Brands and its portfolio of over 400 gaming companies and the metaverse to participate in CARV's Infinite Play, a token lock vote bribery system (the CURVE & CONVEX model of gaming) for governance votes.
Yat Siu, Co-Founder and CEO of Animoca Brands commented: “CARV’s mission to advance data self-sovereignty and personal asset interoperability in both Web2 and Web3 fits perfectly with the work we do at Animoca Brands. This strategic partnership with CARV will amplify our efforts To pioneer a more equitable framework across asset classes, economies, and new digital equity -CARV Founder “With Animoca Brands’ strategic investment, support as a node operator, and collaboration across our gaming ecosystems, we are taking a comprehensive approach for many years to come. By leveraging our modular data layer with Animoca Brands' far-reaching ecosystem, we aim to open new frontiers in the economics of user-owned data.
For more information about the upcoming CARV node sale, scheduled to begin on June 3, 2024 for whitelisted participants and June 5, 2024 for the public, users can visit https://node.carv.io.
About Carve
CARV is the largest standard data layer for gaming, AI, and ∞, pioneering a future where data generates value for everyone. As the sole author of ERC7231, CARV built the CARV Protocol, the standard data layer that is integrated with more than 40 blockchain, Google Cloud, and other identity, storage, infrared, and AI providers. CARV's leading gaming app, CARV Play, is integrated with over 790 web2 and 3 games and serves over 2.7 million players. CARV is backed by top-tier funds and ecosystems such as Vertex Ventures from Temasek, ConsenSys (developer of Metamask), Tribe Capital, IOSG Ventures, Animoca Brands, HashKey Capital, Infinity Ventures Crypto, MARBELX, and more. For more information, users can visit carv.io.
About Animoca Brands
Animoca Brands (ACN: 122 921 813), a Deloitte Tech Fast Award winner, a Fortune Crypto 40 company, and one of the Financial Times' High Growth Companies in Asia Pacific 2023, is a Web3 leader leveraging blockchain technology to deliver digital equity to customers . Consumers around the world to help create an open Metaverse. The company develops and publishes a wide range of products including original games such as The Sandbox, PHANTOM GALAXIES™, Life Beyond, and Crazy Defense Heroes, and products utilizing iconic intellectual property from the worlds of sports and entertainment, such as 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, and Notre Game. TinyTap, SPORTPASS, PIXELYNX, WePlay Media, Gryfyn, and Azarus. Animoca Brands is one of the most active investors in Web3, with a portfolio of over 400 investments in Web3, both directly and through Animoca Ventures, including Yuga Labs, Axie Infinity, Polygon, Consensys, Magic Eden, Fireblocks, OpenSea, Dapper Labs, and Yield. Guild Games, and many more. For more information, users can visit www.animocabrands.com or follow on X (Twitter), YouTube, Instagram, LinkedIn, Facebook and TikTok.
CARV, the largest standardized data layer for gaming and AI, today announced a strategic investment from Animoca Brands, a company developing digital property rights for games and open meta. Additionally, Animoca Brands will become the operator of CARV's Level 6 Verification Nodes to support CARV's decentralization of its data layer. The partnership will facilitate deeper integration and long-term synergy as they expand their gaming systems and open ecosystems.
Founded as a platform for gaming credentials, CARV has evolved into a standard data layer protocol with strong traction from over 2.7 million users, 790 integrated games, and cross-chain partnerships such as Linea, BNB Chain, zkSync, and Ronin. The company has made its adoption roots in gaming by launching ERC-7231, the Ethereum community-certified standard that connects multiple Web2 and Web3 identities to a single NFT, and partnering with the likes of Google Cloud and Netmarble's web3 arm, MARBLEX.
To support rapid expansion and growth, CARV offers community-run verification nodes that inspect results at each protocol layer. These nodes are essential for maintaining decentralization, security, and fair redistribution of value as the network expands. CARV aims to accelerate user onboarding and adoption to grow the pie for all stakeholders in the user-owned data ecosystem by partnering with Animoca Brands as a strategic node operator, drawing on their experience and expertise in operating various blockchain infrastructures. Contract holders will have the option of one-click delegation to Animoca Brands for contract operations, ensuring the operation and robustness of the network.
Rewards from node operations will initially be in the form of $veCARV, which is the staked version of CARV tokens. This also allows Animoca Brands and its portfolio of over 400 gaming companies and the metaverse to participate in CARV's Infinite Play, a token lock vote bribery system (the CURVE & CONVEX model of gaming) for governance votes.
Yat Siu, Co-Founder and CEO of Animoca Brands commented: “CARV’s mission to advance data self-sovereignty and personal asset interoperability in both Web2 and Web3 fits perfectly with the work we do at Animoca Brands. This strategic partnership with CARV will amplify our efforts To pioneer a more equitable framework across asset classes, economies, and new digital equity -CARV Founder “With Animoca Brands’ strategic investment, support as a node operator, and collaboration across our gaming ecosystems, we are taking a comprehensive approach for many years to come. By leveraging our modular data layer with Animoca Brands' far-reaching ecosystem, we aim to open new frontiers in the economics of user-owned data.
For more information about the upcoming CARV node sale, scheduled to begin on June 3, 2024 for whitelisted participants and June 5, 2024 for the public, users can visit https://node.carv.io.
About Carve
CARV is the largest standard data layer for gaming, AI, and ∞, pioneering a future where data generates value for everyone. As the sole author of ERC7231, CARV built the CARV Protocol, the standard data layer that is integrated with more than 40 blockchain, Google Cloud, and other identity, storage, infrared, and AI providers. CARV's leading gaming app, CARV Play, is integrated with over 790 web2 and 3 games and serves over 2.7 million players. CARV is backed by top-tier funds and ecosystems such as Vertex Ventures from Temasek, ConsenSys (developer of Metamask), Tribe Capital, IOSG Ventures, Animoca Brands, HashKey Capital, Infinity Ventures Crypto, MARBELX, and more. For more information, users can visit carv.io.
About Animoca Brands
Animoca Brands (ACN: 122 921 813), a Deloitte Tech Fast Award winner, a Fortune Crypto 40 company, and one of the Financial Times' High Growth Companies in Asia Pacific 2023, is a Web3 leader leveraging blockchain technology to deliver digital equity to customers . Consumers around the world to help create an open Metaverse. The company develops and publishes a wide range of products including original games such as The Sandbox, PHANTOM GALAXIES™, Life Beyond, and Crazy Defense Heroes, and products utilizing iconic intellectual property from the worlds of sports and entertainment, such as 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, and Notre Game. TinyTap, SPORTPASS, PIXELYNX, WePlay Media, Gryfyn, and Azarus. Animoca Brands is one of the most active investors in Web3, with a portfolio of over 400 investments in Web3, both directly and through Animoca Ventures, including Yuga Labs, Axie Infinity, Polygon, Consensys, Magic Eden, Fireblocks, OpenSea, Dapper Labs, and Yield. Guild Games, and many more. For more information, users can visit www.animocabrands.com or follow on X (Twitter), YouTube, Instagram, LinkedIn, Facebook and TikTok.