Animoca Brands Invests in AllScale, Plans Stablecoin Payments Push

Animoca Brands has made a strategic investment in AllScale, a stablecoin payments infrastructure company, and the two firms plan to explore how its payment and settlement tools can be used across more than 600 companies in Animoca Brands’ portfolio.

AllScale announced on its website on June 25 that it had received the investment from Animoca Brands. The companies did not disclose the amount.

AllScale develops stablecoin payment infrastructure aimed at linking traditional finance with the on-chain economy. Its payment stack combines checkout, payroll, invoicing, and deposit and withdrawal settlement functions. The company says the system helps businesses transfer funds across borders using stablecoins and settle instantly in their preferred currency.

AllScale says its automated cross-chain bridging and swap features let merchants receive stablecoins regardless of which chain or token a customer uses to pay. It also offers know-your-transaction, or KYT, monitoring, on-chain privacy protection, and low-cost self-custodial settlement.

The companies said they will first explore opportunities to use the infrastructure across Animoca Brands’ ecosystem and its portfolio of more than 600 companies, including for global payments, settlement and treasury management solutions.

They also plan to examine agentic payments, in which AI agents can transact autonomously within preset limits. AllScale has been developing related functions based on its view that stablecoins can serve as the base settlement method for AI agent-driven transactions.

“We believe regulated stablecoins are an ideal bridge between traditional finance and on-chain financial systems, and are well suited to serve as a core payment rail for the emerging agentic commerce economy,” Animoca Brands Co-Founder and Executive Chairman Yat Siu said.

He added that AllScale is building infrastructure focused on real-world payments and that Animoca Brands will support the company while reviewing how its payment stack could be applied across the broader ecosystem.

AllScale Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer Shaun Pang called the investment an important milestone for the company. He said AllScale is focused on building payment infrastructure that businesses can use for cross-border money movement.

AllScale said it currently serves AI platforms and cross-border businesses, and has more than 1.5 million registered wallets across its consumer and enterprise products.