Odaily News According to SoSoValue data, the crypto week is about to begin, market sentiment continues to heat up, and all sectors of the crypto market generally rise. Among them, Bitcoin (BTC) rose 1.33% in 24 hours, breaking through $119,000, continuing to set a new record high. Ethereum (ETH) rose 0.83%, fluctuating in a narrow range around $3,000. It is worth noting that MAG7.ssi rose 2.12%, MEME.ssi rose 1.78%, and DEFI.ssi rose 3.64%. In other sectors, the NFT sector rose 8.54%. Within the sector, due to the comprehensive factors such as the official X account avatars of multiple platforms changed to Pudgy Penguins (PENGU) fat penguin-related brand image, PENGU rose 22.49% in 24 hours; the GameFi sector rose 4.56%, among which The Sandbox (SAND) rose 11.07%; the PayFi sector rose 4.42%, Telcoin (TEL), Safe (SAFE), and Stellar (XLM) rose 11.27%, 17.86%, and 23.99% respectively. In addition, the Layer2 sector rose by 4.31%, of which Mantle (MNT) and Stacks (STX) rose by 8.23% and 9.12% respectively; the DeFi sector rose by 3.17%, and Ethena (ENA) rose by 10.86%; the Layer1 sector rose by 2.29%, and Hedera (HBAR) rose by 25.99%; the Meme sector rose by 1.59%, and Mog Coin (MOG) rose by 18.43%; the CeFi sector rose by 0.87%, and Hyperliquid (HYPE) rose by 4.61% The crypto sector index, which reflects the historical trends of the sector, shows that the ssiNFT, ssiGameFi, and ssiDePIN indices rose by 12.14%, 5.78%, and 4.73%, respectively, in the past 24 hours.

Odaily News Alchemy announced the acquisition of HeyMint, a California-based NFT startup platform, for an undisclosed amount. The acquisition aims to enhance Alchemy's smart wallet infrastructure and simplify the user onboarding process for Web3 applications. Flor Ronsmans De Vry, co-founder and CTO of HeyMint, will join Alchemy. HeyMint attracted more than 1 million users in its first two years of operation, facilitated $38 million in NFT sales, and supported Web3 projects from major brands such as The Sandbox, Universal Music Group, and Ubisoft. The acquisition is Alchemy’s second deal this month, following its acquisition of Dexter Lab, a real-time data infrastructure provider for the Solana ecosystem. (Cointelegraph)

Odaily News On May 21, Web3 game developer Voya Games completed a $5 million financing round led by 1kx and Makers Fund, with participation from RockawayX. Angel investors included Sky Mavis co-founder Jeff 'Jihoz' Zirlin and The Sandbox COO Sébastien Borget. The funds raised will be used to support the development of the casual Web3 game Craft World. Craft World is a casual resource management game where players will work with friendly dinosaurs to rebuild civilization after a meteorite destroyed humanity. The game is currently in the testnet stage. (venturebeat)

Odaily News According to SoSoValue data, the crypto market has seen a general rise after two days of correction, with a 24-hour increase of about 2% to 9%. Among them, Ethereum (ETH) led the rise by 8.64%, breaking through $2,700 at one point. Bitcoin (BTC) rose by 1.31%, remaining around $103,000. It is worth noting that MAG7.ssi rose by 4.01%, DEFI.ssi rose by 8.15%, and MEME.ssi rose by 7.49%. Other sectors with outstanding performance include: GameFi sector rose in 24 hours, among which The Sandbox (SAND), Echelon Prime (PRIME), Decentraland (MANA), and Axie Infinity (AXS) rose by 10.10%, 11.49%, 13.03%, and 20.15% respectively. DePIN sector rose by 7.00%, and within the sector, Arweave (AR) and Grass (GRASS) rose by 12.23% and 25.51% respectively. In addition, the Layer2 sector rose 6.84%, Optimism (OP) and Starknet (STRK) rose 14.10% and 14.83% respectively; the DeFi sector rose 6.73%, Ethena (ENA) rose 21.29%; the Meme sector rose 6.63%, Pepe (PEPE) rose 8.96%; the Layer1 sector rose 4.35%, Solana (SOL) and Avalanche (AVAX) rose 6.84% and 8.38% respectively; the PayFi sector rose 3.69%, the CeFi sector rose 1.94%, and Hyperliquid (HYPE) rose 8.08%. The crypto sector index, which reflects the historical trends of the sector, shows that ssiGameFi, ssiDePIN, and ssiLayer2 rose 10.30%, 7.74%, and 7.03% in the 24 hours, respectively, with weekly returns of 40.36%, 25.40%, and 29.98%, respectively.

Odaily News Animoca Brands CEO Ouyang Qijun revealed that the popularity of the company's blockchain sandbox game The Sandbox has declined, and plans to cooperate with major game companies to develop the GameFi market in the future, but no specific details have been disclosed at this stage. In addition, Ouyang Qijun said that stablecoins and blockchain infrastructure can further promote Hong Kong's position as an international financial center, allowing institutional Web3, including tokenized assets, to develop rapidly, but in comparison, Hong Kong's progress in native Web3 is slower, and in the future it is necessary to find a balance between the two to promote the development of the ecosystem. (East Net)

Odaily News Tokenomist data shows that The Sandbox (SAND) will unlock approximately 205.59 million tokens at 8:00 am Beijing time on February 14, accounting for 8.41% of the current circulation and worth approximately US$80.72 million.

Odaily News According to ai_9684xtpa monitoring, the address associated with The Sandbox team recharged 5 million $SAND to Binance one hour ago.

Odaily News Gaming giant Ubisoft will launch a series of new characters for the Ethereum metaverse game The Sandbox. Characters based on its first original NFT game "Champions Tactics: Grimoria Chronicles" released last fall will be launched as NFTs on Polygon. The Champions Tactics NFT avatar will be released on Wednesday, January 29th, for 170 SAND ($88) to a select list of users and 180 SAND ($93) to the public. Buyers will not only receive an avatar to use in The Sandbox, but also three champion characters for the turn-based PC strategy game Champions Tactics.

Odaily星球日报讯 Monex Group 宣布其 Web3 业务部门 Monex Web3 已开始向公众发布在 The Sandbox 上开发的 OASIS TOKYO。 该项目将在 The Sandbox 上开发 8 x 8 地块，其中 3 x 3 地块作为主要用地，创造一个想象 2035 年未来城市的空间。美术馆和舞台等活动设施将位于日本象征性的城市景观中，作为创作者和粉丝之间的互动基地。 OASIS 是 Monex Web3 的成员，曾在 Decentraland 上部署“OASIS KYOTO”，并在 Fortnite 上部署“OASIS KYOTO NEO”。此次，OASIS TOKYO 被定位为 The Sandbox 中最大的项目之一。（CoinDesk Japan）

Odaily星球日报讯 Coinbase 国际站宣布，Coinbase 国际站和 Coinbase Advanced 将增加对 Moo Deng、Algorand、The Sandbox 和 Mog Coin 永续期货的支持，MOODENG-PERP、ALGO-PERP、SAND-PERP 和 1000MOG-PERP 市场将于 2024 年 12 月 12 日 UTC 上午 9：30 或之后开始开放。