SANDThe Sandbox: history, founders and key events
From 2020 to today, every major rally, crash and upgrade, each with a dated, sourced price.
Open the interactive timelineLatest close in our data: $0.05706 (Bitstamp SAND/USD daily close, 2026-10-14).
Origin story
The Sandbox is a voxel based virtual world and game builder, owned by Animoca Brands since 2018 and led by Arthur Madrid and Sebastien Borget. Players buy land and items as NFTs using SAND.
Like Decentraland, it surged in late 2021 during the metaverse hype after Facebook's rebrand to Meta.
Founders: Arthur Madrid and Sebastien Borget.
Source: Binance SAND/USDT daily closes 2020-08-14 to 2021-09-15; Bitstamp SAND/USD daily closes 2021-09-16 to 2026-10-14. Fetched Oct 14, 2026 from free public APIs. Click a dot for the event and its price on that day.
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Key events
- Aug 14, 2020milestone
First daily close in our data $0.066 (Binance SAND/USDT daily close, 2020-08-14)
Our sourced SAND price history begins on this day. - Nov 24, 2021rally
Highest close in our data $8.15 (Bitstamp SAND/USD daily close, 2021-11-24)
The highest daily close for SAND in our price history. - Sep 15, 2026crash
Lowest close after the peak $0.03376 (Bitstamp SAND/USD daily close, 2026-09-15)
The lowest SAND close in our data after its highest close.
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Sources
Facts written in our own words. Last checked Oct 14, 2026.