Crypto exchange FTX is launching a gaming unit to drive token adoption
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Crypto exchange FTX is launching a new team focused on driving cryptocurrency and non-fungible token (or NFT) adoption in the gaming world, according to a Bloomberg report.
The initial offering from the new gaming unit will reportedly be a crypto as a service" platform through which game publishers can launch tokens and provide support for in-game NFTs.
We are launching FTX Gaming because we see games as an exciting use case for crypto," an FTX spokesperson told Bloomberg via email. There are 2 billion+ gamers in the world who have played with and collected digital items, and can now also own them."
The new gaming-focused team from FTX is a sign of the continued push to bring blockchain-based products into the gaming space, as...