payments
PayPal and Tokyo-based SP.LINKS have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding to establish a strategic collaboration aimed at enhancing digital commerce within the Japanese market. The partnership is designed to leverage PayPal’s global payment scale alongside SP.LINKS’ localized infrastructure, particularly within the high-growth gaming and entertainment sectors.
bnpl
Global video game commerce platform Xsolla has moved to strengthen its transactional infrastructure in the Japanese market, announcing a strategic integration with Paidy, the country’s dominant Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) provider. The partnership integrates Paidy directly into Xsolla Pay Station, allowing game developers to offer card-free checkout options
blockchain
Building on our momentum of over 100 live dApps on Soneium, 7 million wallets, and up to 1.5 million transactions per day, Soneium is partnering with Astar Network and Startale Cloud Services to launch its new developer program focused on Consumer & Gaming. Soneium For All offers access to
corporate venture capital
CryptoGames, a developer of blockchain games, has launched “CG Ventures” as a new corporate venture capital business. To date, CG Ventures has invested in 17 companies, mainly in the Web3 field, where CryptoGames expects business synergy, but going forward they will also consider investing in the trading card field. Investment
metaverse
Bandai Namco Entertainment, a leading game publisher in Japan, has launched the Gundam Metaverse on AWS, the world’s leading cloud provider, for fans across the globe. The Gundam Metaverse is delivered using the new Amazon GameLift Streams capability on AWS, providing a virtual space where fans of the Gundam
web3
Pacific Meta has made an investment in Sonzai Labs, a company dedicated to developing Web3 games with the goal of driving the mass adoption of Web3. Pacific Meta Ventures has chosen to invest in Sonzai Labs due to the exceptional potential demonstrated by their founders and team in advancing the