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Gaming and metaverse tokens surge once again as ‘The Sandbox’ nears launch
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Crypto metaverse and gaming tokens are having another strong day, even as the overall market remains tepid, as excitement builds for the release of Animoca Brands’ The Sandbox virtual world.
The Gala Games token was up 23.7 per cent this afternoon to US53.8c, and had earlier hit an all-time high of 59.6c. In early September, the ERC-20 token was trading for just 2.3c, and it started the year at just 0.15c.
The coin is used as in-game currency in the Gala Games blockchain gaming ecosystem, founded by gaming legend Eric Schiermeyer.
I know i sound like im shilling but $gala will be one of the best investments you will make ever if im wrong come back in a year i will light my eyebrows on fire
— Sir Galahad (@Investreturned) November 23, 2021
Illuvium, a gaming token founded by Sydney brothers Kieran and Aaron Warwick, was up 17.9 per cent to $1,608, and had earlier hit an all-time high of $1,641. It’s now the No. 124 crypto.
Animoca Brands’ SAND token was up another 22.3 per cent to $7.72, and yesterday hit an all-time high of $8.01.
The token powers The Sandbox, a crypto Minecraft-style game that is releasing an alpha test version on Monday that’ll last through December.
The coolest venue in the #Metaverse is about to open its doors. Are you on the list? Warm up for an epic night at Club XYZ 🕺#DanceInTheMetaverse from Nov. 29! 🚀 The Dance floor is getting packed!
👀 Get your #LAND today and take part into the raffle https://t.co/7Lx5NLysFc pic.twitter.com/NWAvGza1q1
— The Sandbox (@TheSandboxGame) November 24, 2021
Sports brand Adidas recently teased a partnership with the Sandbox and other brands as such as Atari, Bored Ape Yacht Club, Binance, Snoop Dogg and The Smurfs are also on board.
A virtual mega yacht for The Sandbox even recently sold for 149 Ethereum ($650,000), making it the most expensive NFT in the platform.
The Sandbox will be bigger than Decentraland and Axie Infinity combined
— JRNY Crypto (@JRNYcrypto) November 17, 2021
Decentraland and Enjin Coin hit all-time highs yesterday, and smaller gaming tokens Wilder World, UFO Gaming, Aavegotchi, Phantasma, Ultra (UOS) also all have within the last 24 hours.
metaverse is happening because we are on iphone 13, samsung galaxy s 22, fucking nike air force 501, companies have run out of shit to sell, real estate is over priced to literal fuck, there’s nothing left, then in comes metaverse, boom, u can literally create sth out of nothing
— loomlock.eth 🐵👑 (@loomdart) November 24, 2021
Crypto market up 1.3%
Overall the crypto market this afternoon was at US$2.72 trillion, up 1.3 per cent from yesterday.
Bitcoin was trading at US$57,268, up 1.4 per cent from yesterday, while Ethereum was changing hands for US$4,293, up 0.5 per cent.
The biggest mover in the top 10 was Solana, down 5.1 per cent to $207.79.
Other than GALA and SAND, sports fan token Chiliz was another big gainer, rising 19.4 per cent to US51c.
The Curve DAO Token, Mina Protocol, Wax and Loopring were all up by between 18 and 15 per cent.
On the flip side, Amp was down 8.1 per cent to 5.9c, the biggest loser in the top 100.
