Why Yat Siu believes 2025 will be the year for real blockchain games

I don’t know if there is anyone who has made a bigger bet on blockchain games than Yat Siu, executive chairman of Animoca Brands. His company has made 540 investments into Web3 gaming startups.

And it is no surprise that Siu is bullish on the prospects for blockchain games in 2025. We talked to him for an interview for the outlook for 2025, following up on last year’s conversation about 2024. That optimism starts with Bitcoin’s rise to its $108,000 all-time high and the expected crypto-friendly policies that the Trump administration is likely to implement as Donald Trump takes office in the U.S. on January 20.

But Siu is aware that hardcore gamers in the West are often vehemently opposed to Web3 games because they view them as a bunch of scams or think they add little fun or utility to gaming. Overcoming that skepticism ...