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🏆 Creatorverse Buildathon: Awards Ceremony

The results are in. Numbers have been crunched. Judges have had their final say. Believe us when we say we'd hate to have been in the judges' shoes the last week 🙃.

🗣️ Join us LIVE for the final reveal (and perhaps a cheeky in-world par-tay too). The official Awards Ceremony is next Tuesday, August 23rd at 12:30pm (ET) 🤩. You can set a reminder here.

📰 What's News?

🌎 World News

⏳ Save the date! Sandbox Alpha Season 3 is coming August 24th. The Sandbox has been on fire for the past few months. They've been tirelessly building through the bear, actioning interoperability initiatives, perfecting partnerships and rallying up their community.

It's been a long time coming, and we're so ready to jump in:

▪️ Enjoy over 90+ gamified experiences from brand partners such as our man Snoop, Deadmau5, Steve Aoki, and more.

▪️External avatars, to support interoperability across web3 brands.

▪️Play to earn Ethos Points (EPs) and rank on the leaderboard, for a chance to win up to 1.5 million $SAND

▪️ All you need to play is a TSB account (and KYC if you want to earn rewards).

📦 Get Sandbox Alpha ready. Register for TSB today.

🛍️ Brand New World

🧑‍🍳 Hell is tastier than you think. Wanna spice up your weekend shenanigans? How about hosting a cookout with your friends? The catch is: it's in The Sandbox...under the wrath of a pixelated, yet just as menacing, Chef Gordon Ramsey. 😰 What's on your metaverse menu, chef?

📦 This is a truly delicious partnership. Not only is Gordon Ramsey an influential icon; Hell's Kitchen basically invented reality cooking shows. Having an opportunity to recreate the competition in the metaverse is unquestionably a compelling experience, and the news has us sharpening our knives in preparation.

👧 Remember Lil Miquela? She's the metaverse's first ever digital influencer now. Feel old yet? Pacsun, who already has a substantial metaverse presence, just took things one step further by linking up with 100% computer-generated influencer Lil Miquela. They're also crowning her "the queen of the metaverse." 👸

📦 We sense a barrage of brands following suit. The pressure on modern-day influencers to cultivate a well-manicured image of perfection has become a topic of mainstream conversation in recent years. AI influencers, on the other hand, might actually be 'perfect'. We can't help but worry that AI influencers as benchmarks for real human beings will create unrealistic standards for beauty, intelligence, and more. As if social media hasn't strained mental health enough already. 🙄

🌮 Ready to take your bows? Meet El Pastor. Taco Bell has taken a rather matrimonial approach to entering the realm of virtual real estate.

▪️ They filed a trademark application to register Taco Bell as a virtual event hub.

▪️ Specialties included hosting wedding ceremonies, entertainment events, and more.

📦 Taco Bell has always been a brand that "thinks outside the bun" when it comes to marketing — couples have been exchanging vows IRL at their Las Vegas flagship since 2017 — so it's no surprise that they see the potential of events in the metaverse. Hear that? It's the sound of sweet, sweet Taco Bells chiming.

🤑 Largest Virtual Land Sales

Top sales this week:

1️⃣ $345K for Otherside Otherdeed #25415

2️⃣ $38K for Otherside Otherdeed #49238

3️⃣ $36K for Otherside Otherdeed #4620

4️⃣ $36K for Otherside Otherdeed #68313

5️⃣ $35K for Otherside Otherdeed #14297

Fiat values are in USD at time of sale. Last updated August 19, 11:02AM ET.

📈 Market Movements

7-day token changes

⬇️ $ETH -10%

⬇️ $APE -23%

⬇️ $MANA -19%

⬇️ $SAND -19%

⬇️ $AXS -20%

⬇️ $ENJ -19%

⬇️ $WILD -35%

Prices as of August 19, 11:20AM ET.

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