Tron is setting up a $100 million fund for blockchain games.
Tron is setting up a $100 million fund for blockchain games.
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BitTorrent owner Tron will invest $100 million in blockchain games

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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BitTorrent owner Tron announced it will invest $100 million in blockchain games over the next three years.

The San Francisco and Malta-based Tron wants to spur more innovation in the emerging technologies of blockchain and cryptocurrency, and it knows that games are usually the first thing to take off on new platforms, said Roy Liu, head of business development at Tron, in an interview with GamesBeat.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.