On December 30th, the Bitcoin ecosystem decentralized protocol BLIFE Protocol announced that it has completed a merger with the Web3 gaming interoperability project Portal. After the merger, the business will operate under the Portal brand. Portal will retain its original cross-chain gaming and interoperability support while integrating BLIFE’s Bitcoin-based products and ecosystem. Upon completion of the merger, Benjamin Charbit, former game director of Ubisoft’s Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag, will serve as the CEO of Portal. Leading Web3 investment firm Animoca Brands will provide a new round of funding to support the relaunch of Portal and will introduce its gaming investment portfolio resources. G-20 will also participate as an ecosystem and strategic partner to support the project. Over the past two years, BLIFE has been continuously advancing Bitcoin Web3 infrastructure, launching Bitcoin’s first on-chain identity protocol BLIFE.ID, as well as the meme coin trading platform Odin.fun, and acquiring Bitcoin L1 cross-chain bridge Beyond in mid-2025. The bridging protocol is about to go live on the mainnet and will become part of Portal’s cross-chain technology stack, providing native Bitcoin interoperability capabilities for Portal.
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Bitcoin ecosystem BLIFE Protocol and Portal merge, unified branding to promote cross-chain gaming infrastructure
On December 30th, the Bitcoin ecosystem decentralized protocol BLIFE Protocol announced that it has completed a merger with the Web3 gaming interoperability project Portal. After the merger, the business will operate under the Portal brand. Portal will retain its original cross-chain gaming and interoperability support while integrating BLIFE’s Bitcoin-based products and ecosystem. Upon completion of the merger, Benjamin Charbit, former game director of Ubisoft’s Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag, will serve as the CEO of Portal. Leading Web3 investment firm Animoca Brands will provide a new round of funding to support the relaunch of Portal and will introduce its gaming investment portfolio resources. G-20 will also participate as an ecosystem and strategic partner to support the project. Over the past two years, BLIFE has been continuously advancing Bitcoin Web3 infrastructure, launching Bitcoin’s first on-chain identity protocol BLIFE.ID, as well as the meme coin trading platform Odin.fun, and acquiring Bitcoin L1 cross-chain bridge Beyond in mid-2025. The bridging protocol is about to go live on the mainnet and will become part of Portal’s cross-chain technology stack, providing native Bitcoin interoperability capabilities for Portal.