Axie Infinity maker Sky Mavis has raised $150M.
Axie Infinity maker Sky Mavis has raised $150M.
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Sky Mavis raises $150M in wake of Axie Infinity hacker attack

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Sky Mavis, the creator of the popular blockchain game Axie Infinity, has raised $150 million in funding in the wake of a hacker attack that stole $624 million last week.

Binance led the round, and it will be used to reimburse user funds affected by the attack against Sky Mavis’ blockchain network Ronin Network.

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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.