YouTube head of gaming Ryan Wyatt to resign and join Polygon Studios as CEO
"I am fascinated by blockchain app development and am beyond thrilled to enter the Web3 space," says Wyatt. On Tuesday, Ryan Wyatt, head of gaming at YouTube, announced he would be leaving the video-sharing platform in February. Partly due to his leadership, YouTube Gaming sees over 250 million daily logged users per day with hundreds of billions of watch time each year. Wyatt cited his passion for blockchain and Web3 development in explaining his resignation. He will soon join Polygon Studios as its CEO.Polygon Studios is the gaming and non-fungible tokens, or NFTs, arm of the namesake....
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