Open interest increased by 60% in 24 hours as of January 17, 2026.

Nominated as one of ten eligible projects for a $50,000 prize competition organized by Moca Network, specifically for LANDs.

.sand identity naming system goes live through Freename partnership, with bonus SANDpoints offered for purchases made using $SAND.

Messari Pulse Report covers the ecosystem's growth, highlighting AI-assisted creation and SANDchain as a financial layer.

Identity naming service launches for users to claim .sand names, offering SANDpoints bonuses for $SAND token usage through Freename partnership.

Executive chairman and co-founder speaks at SANDchain's Inaugural Creators Day in Hong Kong, an event focused on how creators use SANDchain tools to own their growth and turn creativity into value.

Corners platform by The Sandbox goes live, enabling content curation with tradable "Corner Coins" and $SAND-powered rewards. $SEB token returns to Corners through a waitlist system.

The Sandbox launches a 2025 Advent Calendar.

Arrakis Pro integration provides algorithmic liquidity management for $SAND on Aerodrome Finance DEX on Base network.

Ecosystem rebuild introduces SANDchain and new financial rails as the platform transitions from a single metaverse game to a full-stack creator and culture platform with $SAND at the center of tools, incentives, and the shared economy.

$SAND token goes live on Base network.

Collaborator confirms several months of support for the team and announces planned activities for the playground, with more information scheduled for next week.

Upcoming launches scheduled for December announced during India Blockchain Week 2025 interview in Bangalore.

Sebastien Borget participates in Binance Main Stage panel at India Blockchain Week 2025 in Bangalore discussing "Building Sustainable Game Economies" with industry leaders from Animoca Brands, nCore_games, GOQii, and Aptos.

Partnership discussions with BharatBoxIO and Indian partners Shemaroo Entertainment and GOQii cover upcoming AI, Web3, and mobile updates, plus Creator Economy expansion featuring loyalty points and creator financing.

Speaking engagement at Binance Blockchain Week in Dubai covers blockchain gaming trends and expansion of $SAND utility beyond gaming/metaverse applications.

Co-organizes BGA Connects side-event at DevConnect with Blockchain Game Alliance and Sura Gaming Team to discuss gaming infrastructure, onchain economy, stablecoins payments, and LATAM market focus for developers and user adoption.

Chupa Chups branded experience launches in The Sandbox featuring music creation with Melody Pops, citizen interactions, and candy collection activities.

Peaky Blinders experience releases in The Sandbox platform.

The Sandbox LAND and in-game item holders gain eligibility for House of Pranksy membership mint scheduled for November 11, 2025.

Magic Realms editor by thesandrush launches with The Sandbox DAO support, enabling AI-assisted LAND creation on the platform.

Parent company Animoca Brands announces plans to go public on Nasdaq through a reverse merger with Currenc Group (CURR), with Animoca shareholders retaining around 95% ownership of the merged entity.

UGC Seasons launches as a new creator program featuring Game Jams where creators showcase work, gain distribution, acquire players, and sell NFTs.

Speaking engagement at the Global Blockchain Business Council's Future of Money, Governance and the Law event in Washington, DC covers decentralized platforms and the digital economy with representation from The Sandbox and SANDchain.

Alpha Season 6 players earn extra SANDpoints on SANDchain, creating a cross-platform reward integration between the game and the L2 chain.

Season 6 launches soon with Battle Pass requiring level 35 to claim SAND Pool Key and access share of $SAND prize pool, with rewards proportional to EP earned.

Physical street art featuring Steve Aoki's voxel avatar installed in Brooklyn, New York.

Alpha Season 6 partners with multiple major brands including Jurassic World, Black Mirror, Terminator, Attack on Titan, King Kong, Steve Aoki, Virtual G-Shock, Cirque, Peaky Blinders, and Smurfs Movie.

Messari Crypto Q2 2025 report shows only 0.5% of $SAND circulating supply is currently staked.

SANDchain Builder launches in partnership with Sequence, enabling users to design, launch, and scale metaverse experiences on the SANDchain L2.

Parent company Animoca Brands tokenizes equity on Solana.

SandChain testnet goes live, purpose-built to power the creator economy and deployed on Caldera infrastructure.

Alpha Season 6 launches for 9 weeks with a 250k $SAND prize pool, rewarding players who complete Level 35 and earn higher EP for prize pool allocation.

SAND token now available for trading on Bullish exchange for Hong Kong customers, marking the first SFC-licensed exchange in Hong Kong to support SAND trading.

$100K in $SAND tokens allocated to an external rewards pool as part of a $500K multi-token rewards program that also includes ZORA, VIRTUAL, KAITO, and SOL.

SANDchain is built on ZKSync's ZK Stack and Caldera infrastructure, with The Sandbox ecosystem currently comprising over 8 million wallets and 400+ brand partners.

LAND owners receive free Catalyst rewards, while Freename partners to launch .SAND domain names on 0xSANDchain.

0xSequence announced as showcase partner powering SANDchain's wallet and infrastructure stack for builders at TOKEN2049 Singapore launch event.

SANDChain testnet launches October 14 featuring stakeable creator tokens, a Creator Points system, Patron vaults (loan pools for creators with yield for liquidity providers), and Creator Vaults for supporter perks, with vaults expected to deploy by next year.

0xSANDchain officially launches today as an Ethereum L2 network, introducing a new SANDpoints rewards program that grants 100 points to users who sign the Creator Nation manifesto at launch.

SIP-36 governance proposal is being voted on in TheSandboxDAO to enable multi-plot estate sales, addressing current limitation of selling only one land plot at a time and potentially lowering barriers for new holders.

SANDChain officially becomes the first top 100 token to launch a chain on Caldera platform, bringing 8M+ users, 1k+ games, and 25k+ LAND owners to an ecosystem backed by partnerships with ZkSync, EigenLayer, ReadyPlayerMe, and AnimocaBrands.

Panel discussion at Token2049 on October 2 (11:15-11:45 AM, MEXC Stage) features Sebastian Borget alongside executives from Axie Infinity, Animoca Brands, and Immutable, previewing 2025 roadmap including fully on-chain gameplay, AI agents in game economies, prediction markets, cross-game progression, and multi-chain strategies.

SANDChain network launching soon as a dedicated blockchain for the project with specific focus on creator economy, representing a major infrastructure development from its current Ethereum-based architecture.

Big news to be announced at Token2049 Singapore event.

The Sandbox SEA hosts "SandHouse" retreat event at Token2049 conference on October 1st with free entry at Glass Dome venue.

Alpha Season 6 launches with 9-week duration featuring 30 experiences and 50 earnable NFTs, with an $8 battle pass option for maximizing earnings from the 250K $SAND reward pool.

LAND owners receive 4 exclusive NFTs as Community Goals rewards during Alpha Season 6, adding new value proposition for existing LAND holders.

$SAND tokens become accessible through Garanti BBVA Kripto, expanding institutional banking access for the token.

Alpha Season 6 features 25 major brand collaborations including Black Mirror, Terminator, Jurassic World, King Kong, Steve Aoki, and others, while introducing new gameplay features like Dash/Glide Avatar abilities, multiplayer matchmaking, and FIAT payment integration.

Alpha Season 6 launches September 24th featuring Peaky Blinders and Cirque Du Soleil partnerships with 250K $SAND reward pool.

Community sentiment ranks among the strongest on CoinMarketCap with SANDHOUSE event scheduled at Token2049 conference.

Metaverse NFT sector shows recovery with 13,927 sales in August (up 27% from July) and $6.5M trading volume, with users slowly returning to virtual world platforms after years of decline.

Current FDV stands at $900m despite daily active users topping out at only 20 over the past year following a public blowup.

Joins Elympics DevStars Program as Gold Tier Partner with $ELP token commitment for skill-based multiplayer gaming development.

New avatar collaboration launches featuring Micah Johnson's popular Aku NFT character as playable content.

Trading signal indicates long position above $0.36 for SAND token.

CASIO G-SHOCK collaboration launches with Legendary Droid Avatars, coinciding with Alpha Season 6 featuring new gameplay mechanics and enhanced reward systems including NFT unlocks and ethos points bonuses.

Impact-focused game launches with NGO partnerships, offering 30k SAND prizes and exclusive wearable NFTs.

Project undergoes organizational restructuring and workforce reduction amid market conditions.

Animoca's Robby Yung appointed as new CEO amid ongoing restructuring.

Project ceases gaming operations and pivots to memecoin platform development, following significant organizational restructuring and operational challenges.

Major restructuring includes 50%+ staff layoffs, founder role changes, and closure of 5+ offices.

Project expands into memecoin launchpad services, indicating significant business model shift.

SEC alleges SAND is a security in both Binance and Coinbase lawsuits, indicating heightened regulatory scrutiny.

Game Maker 0.12 launches with persistent world saving and enhanced multiplayer features, expanding creation capabilities and world size limits.

DAO manages 2M+ NFT portfolio, demonstrating significant asset holdings under active management.

G-SHOCK watches launches metaverse presence with dedicated game space 'G-SHOCK City' and limited edition robot-style avatar NFT collection.

Marketplace eliminates creator fees and introduces lazy minting, removing financial barriers for NFT creators.

Significant short exposure (82.4%) builds up liquidation pressure above current price levels.

New open-source converter enables avatar interoperability across MML-supported metaverse platforms.

New LAND auction mechanism launches with GBMauction, offering bid refunds plus SAND rewards for non-winning participants.

New "Training Ground" LAND sale launches July 15-22 with 106+ plots; platform announces AI integration for automated LAND generation and reveals $1B total map value with 80% sold.

DAO treasury management team executes 100 weekly transactions to meet quarterly liquidation targets, discovers 15k dormant liquidity while preserving Yuga assets in multi-million dollar portfolio.

Meditation Oasis experience attracts 20,000 users with over 3,000 hours of engagement time.

New partnership with Cirque du Soleil launches at NFT NYC, featuring interactive gaming station and free circus NFTs as part of upcoming Alpha Season 6.

Q1 metrics show 148.6 average daily LAND buyers, 146,366 SAND in LAND sales, and 500+ new experiences from Builders' Challenge 3, alongside Jurassic World integration in Season 5.

Extreme concentration of long positions creates downside vulnerability due to potential liquidation cascade.

Cirque du Soleil collaboration brings iconic live entertainment to metaverse, premiering at NFTNYC2025.

New Lord Krishna gaming experience launches with 50,000 $SAND prize pool, featuring collaboration between Bharatbox and MythosVerseNFT; Legendary tier NFTs sold out. Gaming experience launches with Bharatbox and MythosVerse partnership, offering 50,000 SAND rewards.

Platform achieves 5x growth in content publishing since November 2023, with 14M+ SAND distributed to creators in 2024 and 80% of LANDS sold, demonstrating significant ecosystem expansion.

Lead investor Hashed transfers 36.9M SAND ($12.13M) to Binance over 13 days, with latest movement of 18.45M SAND occurring in the past 2 hours.

Institutional whale Hashed moves 18.45M tokens ($6.3M) to Binance, potentially indicating selling pressure.

Alpha Season 5 is ending soon.

Active Wildlands LAND sale features Jurassic World and Bruce Lee IP integrations.

New collaboration with Jurassic World franchise announced.

Alpha Season 5 launches with $1M reward pool and Jurassic World collaboration.

Champions NFTs distributed to Avatar holders; SAND token rewards pending distribution.

Active gameplay season offers $1M in rewards over next 4 weeks through battle pass system.

Alpha Season 5 introduces ATEEZ K-pop group collaboration with official voice and music content integration.

Strategic investor deposits 17M tokens ($4.1M) to Binance, marking first movement in 2 years while retaining 25.5M token position.

Season 5 platform update goes live.

Alpha Season 5 launches with Jurassic World partnership, featuring $1M reward pool and battle pass system.

New season launches with 40+ experiences, Jurassic World partnership, and $1M USD reward pool.

Major community initiative "Animoca Mosaic" launches in Paris on April 9, 2025, bringing together seven partner companies with focus on AI innovation and community development.

Alpha Season 5 is now live on the platform.

Alpha Season 5 launches with new gameplay features and partnerships with Jurassic World, Attack On Titan, and other major brands, plus expanded $SAND earning mechanisms through DAO participation and challenges.

Proposal made with FunghiGallery and Fu2ionagency for administrating management of their NFT collection.

$75M token unlock scheduled for February 14th.

Unlock of $91M on February 14.