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ChainCatcher news, according to official sources, the Web3 social focus application Focus Tree has announced the completion of a $2 million seed round financing, led by Sfermion, with participation from Volt Capital, Psalion VC, StarkWare, Typhon Ventures, Foresight Ventures, and others.According to the introduction, the project is building a social focus application to help millions of people put down their phones. The first phase of the community airdrop event will start in 72 hours.

ChainCatcher news, the chess strategy game Anichess supported by Animoca Brands has completed a $1.8 million financing round, led by Sfermion and Amber Group, with participation from Fenbushi Capital, Aspen Digital, SNZ Capital, and others. The new funds will be used to finance game development, marketing activities, and team expansion.According to the Web3 asset data platform RootData, Anichess is a blockchain-based chess game, announced by Animoca Brands and its subsidiary Lympo in collaboration with chess industry leader Play Magnus Group to develop a blockchain game, featuring PvE gameplay and an ecosystem for betting and earning. The second phase is expected to launch later in the first quarter of 2024, introducing PvP gameplay.

According to ChainCatcher news, the official announcement states that the Web3 social simulation game Today has completed a $5 million seed round financing, led by Sfermion and Big Brain Holdings, with participation from GSR, Collab+Currency, Lingfeng Innovation Fund, Compute Ventures, Builder Capital, Tommy Tran, Metavest Capital, 32 Bit Ventures, Dingaling, Grail, and Spirit DAO. This round of financing will be used to further develop its generative AI-based smart NPCs and no-code creator tools.

ChainCatcher news, the decentralized game data ownership protocol BlockGames announced the completion of two rounds of financing totaling $6 million, led by Newman Group, 32-Bit Ventures, Cypher Capital, and Sfermion Capital, with participation from Maven Capital, Susquehanna, Aptos, Mapleblock, Cumberland, Based VC, Devmons, Estoty, Aquanow Ventures, Founderheads, 432 VC, Presto Labs, and others.In addition, angel investors from the gaming and technology industries also participated, including Jiho (co-founder of SkyMavis), Brett Borget (co-founder of SandBox), Brett Beller (former founder of Drizly, legal advisor at Coinbase), Luke Wagman (founding member of CoinMarketCap), Joseph Mahon, Alan Rutledge, Alex Becker, and others.According to reports, BlockGames is a cross-chain, cross-game, decentralized player network supported by universal player profiles, encouraging players to not only be participants in the gaming ecosystem but also stakeholders, and to be rewarded for their contributions and data sharing. Since its launch in December 2023, BlockGames has seen over 800,000 active players' "universal player profiles" through its application "Rewarded Play," collaborating with over 200 mobile games.

ChainCatcher news, South Korea's K-pop Web3 fan economy project Modhaus has completed over $8 million in Series A funding, led by Sfermion, with participation from Foresight Ventures, SM Culture Partners (the wholly-owned venture capital arm of SM Entertainment), Laguna Investment, KDDI Open Innovation Fund III, and others.Modhaus was founded in December 2021, with total funding reaching $12 million. Previous investors include Hashed's wholly-owned subsidiary UNOPND, Naver D2SF, CJ Investment, and Futureplay. Modhaus's Cosmo is a blockchain-based entertainment platform that allows fans to participate in voting and decision-making processes on the blockchain.

ChainCatcher news, according to Benzinga, the blockchain game studio Third Time has announced the completion of a $2 million Seed+ round of financing, led by Sfermion, with participation from Reciprocal Ventures, Big Brain Holdings, 32-Bit Ventures, and 6th Man Ventures.It is reported that Third Time has developed a horse racing game called Photo Finish based on Solana, and this round of financing will be used to accelerate game development and promote collaboration with real-world horse racing events.

According to ChainCatcher news, monitored by Lookonchain, Youbi Capital transferred 1 million YGG (approximately $613,000) to Binance 10 hours ago and currently holds 11.6 million YGG (approximately $7.11 million). Sfermion claimed 1.2 million YGG (approximately $735,000) 11 hours ago and transferred it to Binance via FalconX.

ChainCatcher news, the metaverse content distribution platform MetaZone announced the completion of a $3 million seed round financing, led by two investment firms in the metaverse space, Sfermion and CMT Digital, with participation from Tess Ventures, IOSG Ventures, IVC (Infinity Ventures Crypto), Polygon Studios, MHC Digital, and LucidBlue Ventures.MetaZone allows creators and developers to mint 3D digital content as NFTs and distribute it in the metaverse. Each creator's META is assigned an NFT that represents its value, ownership, and access rights. These NFTs can be purchased and used to install applications on digital land for the use of the landowners and visitors. (source link)