Kartoon Studios, in Partnership with Austria’s Bitkern, Unveils a Bitcoin-Native Ecosystem that Combines Animated Leisure, Interactive Rewards, and Instructional Apps to Empower the Subsequent Era
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Beverly Hills — August twentieth, 2025 — Kartoon Studios, Inc. (NYSE: TOON) (“Kartoon Studios” or the “Firm”) as we speak proclaims the launch of “Bitcoin Brigade: Adventures in Satoshi Metropolis,” a groundbreaking new property that’s excess of an animated collection. This revolutionary venture is the centerpiece of a fully-integrated enterprise mannequin spanning content material, digital schooling, merchandise, interactive apps, and a pioneering Bitcoin treasury technique — designed to place Kartoon Studios as a trailblazer on the intersection of children’ leisure and blockchain innovation. The collection is scheduled to debut in fall 2026 on Kartoon Channel!
As an organization devoted to producing accountable, inspiring content material for world youth, Kartoon Studios is proud to face on the chopping fringe of innovation—main the way in which by integrating blockchain know-how and Bitcoin schooling into compelling leisure that equips the following era with crucial data about finance, freedom, and know-how.
“Bitcoin Brigade invitations audiences into Satoshi Metropolis, a stunning, digital realm the place a various group of courageous, sensible children uncover a secret portal—the Bitcoin Bridge—that connects their world to this decentralized metropolis,” acknowledged Andy Heyward, Chairman & CEO of Kartoon Studios. “Produced in a dynamic anime type that includes vibrant visuals and an immersive, music-driven expertise enhanced by unique Ok-POP music, the collection blends thrilling motion with academic themes.”
Heyward added: “Years in the past, I produced and created the animated collection of each Tremendous Mario Brothers for Nintendo, and Sonic the Hedgehog for Sega. These successes helped launch the Nintendo and Sega sport platforms. We consider ‘Bitcoin Brigade’ could have an equally revolutionary impression on the following degree of leisure, schooling, and gaming powered by blockchain know-how.”
Kartoon Studios is proud to be working with BITKERN, the distinguished Bitcoin mining firm headquartered in Vienna Austria with mining services all over the world. Working carefully with its Co-Founder, Patrick Sew, Bitkern will assist information the collection and the worldwide launch technique.
Bitcoin is greater than only a know-how—it’s a motion that’s redefining how we take into consideration cash, possession, and innovation. By collaborating with Kartoon Studios on Bitcoin Brigade, we’re creating an thrilling means for youths to be taught these concepts early and carry them into the longer term,” mentioned Sew.
Guided by the mysterious mentor Satoshi Spark, and Mr. Bitkern, the Guardian of fact, the younger heroes—Bitty Coin, the principled chief embodying Bitcoin itself; Blocky Chain, the mild protector representing blockchain know-how; Crypto Cora, the creative coder; Nonce, the wild miner racing to resolve cryptographic puzzles; and Lightning Luke, the hyperactive speedster powered by the Lightning Community—be part of forces to defend Satoshi Metropolis from villains like ForkMaster, who tries to separate the blockchain with harmful forks, and Fiat Fred, who makes an attempt to destabilize the system with countless cash printing.
Think about Bitcoin as an unlimited treasure kingdom. Every episode is sort of a thrilling quest the place the heroes discover new lands — from glittering mining mountains to secret vault cities — fixing puzzles, cracking codes, and outsmarting digital bandits alongside the way in which. Similar to in a online game, there are uncommon treasures to gather (digital shortage), particular power-ups that develop into tougher to search out over time (halving), and a trusty backpack to maintain loot protected (pockets safety). Each journey will degree up their abilities and educate them how one can shield and develop their treasure — all whereas rocking out to Ok-Pop-fueled motion.
Kartoon Studios is constructing a complete, Bitcoin-native enterprise platform, The Satoshi Sparks Rewards System, across the collection invitations children to earn Sparks by watching episodes, finishing quizzes, and fixing cryptographic challenges in companion apps. Sparks act as a digital foreign money redeemable in a Bitcoin-only market for unique merchandise, bonus content material, and academic collectibles.
The Firm can even launch a world licensing program that includes toys, attire, and interactive collectibles embedded with Lightning Community-enabled NFC chips, designed to show youngsters about pockets custody, chilly storage, and the immutable Bitcoin ledger.
An interactive cell app will characteristic safe, kid-friendly Lightning wallets for incomes, storing, and spending Sparks, with parental controls and donation choices to encourage accountable Bitcoin custodianship.
The collection shall be out there on Kartoon Channel, YouTube Children, and world broadcasters, making certain huge accessibility and engagement.
“Bitcoin Brigade” traverses each leisure and enterprise, and Kartoon Studios has assembled a multi-disciplinary management staff to information the collection and its monetization, led by the Firm’s CFO Brian Parisi. Parisi will oversee the monetary and treasury methods, working carefully with the buyer product’s division making certain that each the artistic and industrial sides of the enterprise align seamlessly for max impression.
About Kartoon Studios
Kartoon Studios (NYSE AMERICAN: TOON) is a world chief in youngsters’s and household leisure, delivering premium content material and high-value mental property to tens of millions of viewers worldwide. The corporate’s portfolio options globally acknowledged manufacturers together with Stan Lee’s Superhero Kindergarten, Shaq’s Storage, Rainbow Rangers, and Llama Llama. Kartoon Studios holds a controlling curiosity in Stan Lee Universe and operates Mainframe Studios—one in all North America’s largest animation producers—with greater than 22,000 minutes of award-winning programming delivered.
Via its Toon Media Networks division, together with Kartoon Channel!, Kartoon Channel Worldwide, Ameba, and Frederator Community, Kartoon Studios reaches audiences throughout linear tv, AVOD, SVOD, FAST channels, and high streaming platforms. Kartoon Channel! is persistently rated the #1 children’ streaming app on the Apple App Retailer. With a rising world distribution footprint, and a strong content material pipeline, Kartoon Studios is positioned for sustained development and long-term shareholder worth.
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