Launching Summer 2025, T-Rex's built-in distribution engine introduces a radically simple idea: rewarding people seamlessly

T-Rex, a purpose-built blockchain for entertainment, content, and cultural virality, today announced a $17 million fundraise and Incubation Fund to revolutionize online

Launching Summer 2025, T-Rex’s built-in distribution engine introduces a radically simple idea: rewarding people seamlessly for doing what they already love online.

T-Rex, a purpose-built blockchain for entertainment, content, and cultural virality, today announced a $17 million fundraise and Incubation Fund to revolutionize online content publishing by seamlessly rewarding consumers for everyday interactions on social platforms such as YouTube, TikTok, or X (formerly Twitter) and reshape how consumer-facing decentralized applications (dApps) are discovered, published, distributed and scaled across Web3.

“Arbitrum Gaming Ventures recognizes the transformative potential of platforms like T-Rex that are expanding Web3 beyond DeFi. EVG’s strong regional influence and deep understanding of the Southeast Asian market, projected to reach $7 billion by 2028, provide a strategic gateway for us to significantly scale our footprint within this high-growth region. Combining our robust scaling capabilities with EVG’s extensive ecosystem expertise, we are strategically positioned to penetrate the entertainment industry and broader consumer market in a pivotal and rapidly expanding part of the world,” said Dan Peng, Partner at Arbitrum Gaming Ventures.

Backed by strategic investors including Portal Ventures, North Island Ventures, Framework Ventures, Arbitrum Gaming Ventures, ArkStream Capital, Mindfulness Capital, Hypersphere, SNZ, and Arche Fund, and developed by EVG, Asia’s prominent product builder and publisher, known for driving mass adoption, T-Rex directly addresses the critical “ghost town” and “mercenary users” challenges in blockchain.

Arbitrum Layer-2 is heating up with a promising new addition: T-Rex. A blockchain designed for entertainment, content, and cultural virality, T-Rex is launching in Summer 2025 with a novel approach to engaging the next billion users with everyday actions.

Its core innovation, Proof-of-Engagement (PoE) mechanism, will automatically reward users on apps they already use daily through a privacy-preserving browser extension. This turns actions like watching videos, liking posts, and sharing memes into valuable digital ownership and offline perks.

“Instead of building another blockchain pipe, we’re delivering actual water: engaging content, thriving communities, real-world rewards,” said Allen Ng, Co-Founder of T-Rex and EVG.

T-Rex is also unveiling an $8 million Incubation Fund to accelerate ecosystem growth, offering developers support beyond capital. This includes engineering resources, media partnerships, community activations, premium events, Key Opinion Leader (KOL) networks, and strategic Intellectual Property (IP) applications.

“We provide real firepower, not just capital,” added Joyce Yim, Co-founder of T-Rex.

This initiative is backed by EVG and supported by Arbitrum Gaming Ventures, which is keen on expanding into the Southeast Asian market.

“Arbitrum Gaming Ventures recognizes the transformative potential of platforms like T-Rex that are expanding Web3 beyond DeFi. EVG’s strong regional influence and deep understanding of the Southeast Asian market, projected to reach $7 billion by 2028, provide a strategic gateway for us to significantly scale our footprint within this high-growth region. Combining our robust scaling capabilities with EVG’s extensive ecosystem expertise, we are strategically positioned to penetrate the entertainment industry and broader consumer market in a pivotal and rapidly expanding part of the world,” said Peng.

While Web3 promises revolutionary change, the current landscape is fragmented, user-unfriendly and often empty with unmaintained dApps.

Despite all its innovation, most chains lack real users, real culture, and real reasons to stay.

T-Rex flips the model with its simple first principle: stop trying to reinvent user habits and instead enhance them invisibly.

Its core innovation, Proof-of-Engagement (PoE) mechanism, will automatically reward users on apps they already use daily through a privacy-preserving browser extension. This turns actions like watching videos, liking posts, and sharing memes into valuable digital ownership and offline perks.

“Instead of building another blockchain pipe, we’re delivering actual water: engaging content, thriving communities, real-world rewards from the tokens. This is the true essence of T-Rex,” stated Ng.

At launch, users simply install T-Rex’s browser extension and continue browsing popular social media platforms. Every interaction is quietly, securely recorded via advanced zero-knowledge tech (zkTLS), and seamlessly turned into rewards, with no wallet or crypto jargon required.

This allows T-Rex to integrate with major social platforms like YouTube, TikTok, and X (formerly Twitter), enabling seamless reward generation for users as they engage with their favorite content and creators.

The fabric of T-Rex’s ecosystem is designed for ease of use, cultural resonance, and large-scale economic integration. It's an interconnected network where value flows naturally.

From creators rewarding top users with digital assets, to new projects gaining instant discovery, to active users earning a stake