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Softbank teams with startup Oasys as a blockchain gaming validator

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Japanese technology conglomerate Softbank has partnered with Oasys, a gaming-optimized blockchain built for gamers.

Softbank will join as an official validator of Oasys, which means it will and together they will explore the development of blockchain-based services for the gaming industry. That means that Softbank will help provide the security and computing power for Oasys’ proof-of-stake blockchain network, enabling it to do transactions for its gamers more easily and inexpensively.

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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.