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TikTok's ex-head of gaming founds blockchain company Meta0
Executive Seeks to Address Separation of Infrastructure Options Available to Blockchain Game Developers Jason Fun is now CEO of Meta0, which works to simplify blockchain integrations for game developers through white-label application programming interfaces (API) and software development kit-based solutions. “I left TikTok because I saw a clear opportunity to provide a solution to the current separation of infrastructure options available to developers to build blockchain games,” Fung said in an email to...
TikTok's ex-head of gaming founds blockchain company Meta0
- Executive versucht, die Trennung von Infrastrukturoptionen zu beheben, die Entwicklern von Blockchain-Spielen zur Verfügung stehen
- Fung war in Führungspositionen bei Electronic Arts und der Alibaba Group tätig
TikTok's former gaming boss is launching a blockchain infrastructure company aimed at connecting different metaverses.
Jason Fun is now CEO of Meta0, which works to simplify blockchain integrations for game developers through white-label application programming interfaces (API) and software development kit-based solutions.
“I left TikTok because I saw a clear opportunity to provide a solution to the current separation of infrastructure options available to developers to build blockchain games,” Fung said in an email to Blockworks. “This is a problem in the market that is worth solving.”
According to his LinkedIn profile, Fung joined short-form video hosting service TikTok in June 2020 as global head of gaming content. A founding member of the company's gaming team, he worked as the unit's global head of strategy and operations during his second year at TikTok.
The executive spent his early career at technology startups in the gaming space, where he helped build companies in online video, live streaming and fantasy esports.
Fung spent nine months at Electronic Arts (EA) in 2017, where he led the design and development of all EA Asia esports programs, including the production of live and online tournaments, he wrote on LinkedIn.
Before joining TikTok, Fung also served as Director of Global Esports at Alibaba Group for more than two years.
Although Meta0's founding comes at a particularly turbulent time for the crypto space, Fung said the company is ready to build its team and launch products with real-world applications.
“The recent market downturn creates an opportunity to focus on construction,” he said. “I'm a builder and it's nice not to be distracted by the increased market speculation and volatility.
Other traditional gaming companies have also recently entered the Web3 world.
Web3 gaming company Immutable recently hired Henry Cho, a former global head of payments product design at Facebook, to lead the protocol's product design.
Mark Aubrey, a former executive at Activision Blizzard - creators of games like Call of Duty and World of Warcraft - will join blockchain gaming company Catheon Gaming as co-CEO on July 11.
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