Siu’s 2022: Siu was highly critical of irresponsible actors within the crypto ecosystem who stole the limelight in 2022 but believed that a few failures wouldn’t derail the Web3 movement. In fact, Siu used this period to build Animoca Brands’ presence in the Asia-Pacific region, acquiring Australian firms such as game developer Grease Monkey and digital marketing agency BeMedia in 2022. Based out of Hong Kong, Siu doubled down on his company’s investments in this region, motivated by the more welcoming attitude toward NFTs, digital property and play-to-earn games in the Asian market. In fact, Animoca Brands’ 2022 investments included companies such as Neptune Mutual, Balthazar, Metaplex Foundation, Burnt Finance, Ancient8, TRLab, Kyoko, Pixels and many others. Representing a multi-pronged investment strategy focused on unlocking value within the blockchain gaming and decentralized finance ecosystem, Animoca Brands only intensified its expansion drive in 2022 despite the overarching negative sentiment that clouded crypto markets throughout the year. Siu was the most active venture capital investor in 2022, with 123 individual deals, investing in projects such as Deviants’ Factions, Engines of Fury, Galaxy Fight Club and Drunk Robots, among others, while also furthering The Sandbox’s partnerships within the NFT ecosystem to maintain its position as one of the leading NFT marketplaces. In his personal capacity, too, Siu made strategic investments in companies such as Versus Systems, an engagement and rewards company that caters to live events, games, shows and apps.