- Playtron teams up with M0 and Bridge to launch Game Dollar – a programmable stablecoin for gaming economy.
- Built on the Sui blockchain, Game Dollar will enable in-game purchases, subscriptions, and rewards—offering a programmable, interoperable payments layer across Playtron’s GameOS and the new SuiPlay0X1 handheld console.
Playtron, the developer behind GameOS, is launching a new stablecoin — Game Dollar. Game Dollar aims to create a unified financial layer for the $500 billion global gaming industry. Announced on stage at the Sui Basecamp event in Dubai, Game Dollar is being developed in partnership with M0, a programmable stablecoin platform, and Bridge, a stablecoin-powered payments infrastructure provider.
Designed to streamline in-game purchases, player rewards, and subscriptions, Game Dollar is positioned as a neutral, programmable digital currency that can integrate across disparate game titles, platforms, and marketplaces.
Game Dollar will be initially launched on the Sui blockchain. The stablecoin is expected to power the payments layer on SuiPlay0X1, a new handheld gaming console developed by Mysten Labs and powered by Playtron Game OS. SuiPlay0X1 supports a PC games, as well as new gaming titles developed using Sui blockchain within the console.
“Stablecoins will become the financial backbone of the global gaming economy,” said Playtron CEO and Co-founder Kirt McMaster. He also mentioned that Game Dollar is intended to support “massive transaction volume over the next decade” while unlocking new economic models for both developers and marketplaces.
Programmable Payments for a Fragmented Market
The announcement arrives amid a growing push to unify fragmented gaming economies that currently operate in closed silos. Traditional game developers often face challenges in enabling cross-platform payments, interoperable reward systems, and secure digital asset trading. Game Dollar aims to address this by providing a programmable, interoperable financial layer, built on M0’s infrastructure and integrated through Bridge’s compliance-first payments APIs.
M0 provides the foundation for safe, composable digital dollars that can be customized to gaming environments.
“This collaboration shows how programmable money can be tailored to real-world use cases, said Luca Prosperi, CEO of M0. “This is how the payments and rewards experiences of the future will look like.”
Bridge, meanwhile, offers the entry and exit ramps necessary to make Game Dollar truly global. Players will be able to onboard via local currencies, receive in-game rewards, and cash out earnings through Bridge’s infrastructure. “Gaming is a global community, and financial access shouldn’t be a barrier,” said Zach Abrams, CEO of Bridge.
A Strategic Blockchain Bet on Sui
Game Dollar’s exclusive initial launch on Sui, a Layer 1 blockchain developed by Mysten Labs, underscores a strategic focus on performance and scale. Sui’s parallel transaction processing, object-centric data model, and sub-second finality are tailor-made for high-throughput gaming environments.
Sui’s emergence as a blockchain optimized for interactive and high-volume applications has attracted growing interest from developers. The chain recently surpassed 42 million monthly active addresses, fueled in part by gaming titles and NFT-based experiences.
“Programmable stablecoins are the next evolution of digital assets,” said Adeniyi Abiodun, CPO and Co-founder of Mysten Labs.
Adeniyi added that programmable stablecoins like Game Dollar show how next-gen blockchains can unlock utility in dynamic sectors like gaming.
According to Adeniyi, this is the start of a new era where gamers not only play, but participate in dynamic, self-sustaining economies.”
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