If You Invested $1,000 In The Sandbox And Decentraland Coins On Jan. 1, 2021, Here’s How Much You’d Have Now

The term “metaverse” was one of the top trends in 2021 with companies and cryptocurrencies related to the term seeing soaring valuations. While interest in the metaverse has fallen off in recent years, two cryptocurrencies with ties to the metaverse were among the top gainers of the past week.

What Happened: The Sandbox (CRYPTO: SAND) and Decentraland (CRYPTO: MANA) cryptocurrencies are among the biggest movers of the last week, gaining 107% and 57%, respectively, over the last seven days, which comes as interest in the metaverse could be growing once again.

The two coins are connected to virtual worlds and were high performers in 2021 and 2022 as interest in virtual land and metaverse-related companies and cryptocurrencies soared.

While the prices of the coins are down sharply from all-time highs set in November 2021, the recent gains have the coins hitting new levels not seen in some time.

The Sandbox coin is up 27% over the last day to $0.7294, making it one of the top gainers in the last 24 hours. The coin has traded between $0.2098 and $0.8493 over the last …

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