The Sandbox (SAND) metaverse token gains 40% after Snoop Dogg, Warner Music partnership

Sandbox (SAND) refused to spell down despite broader antagonistic marketplace sentiment in the past 24 hours. Instead, the altcoin logged a breakaway betterment arsenic traders assessed its caller high-profile partnerships arsenic a motion that the task has beardown fundamentals.

SAND roseate 10.23% to $3.38 astatine the UTC adjacent connected Jan.27, followed by different 5.42% spike to $3.57 connected Friday. In contrast, Bitcoin (BTC), dropped 1.41% wrong the aforesaid timeframe.

SAND/USD regular terms chart. Source: TradingView

SAND adoption booms

Traders decided to summation their vulnerability to SAND aft the Sandbox announced partnerships with American rapper Snoop Dogg and Warner Music, a large grounds label.

On Jan. 27 Snoop Dogg tweeted a teaser of what appeared to beryllium his upcoming nonfungible token (NFT) collection, dubbed "the Snoop Avatars." The rapper further hinted that his avatars would travel arsenic a portion of the Sandbox metaverse.

Somethin large comin soon. ⬇️ Keep up 2 day @TheSnoopAvatars @TheSandboxGame https://t.co/GkqdAJE10L

Later, that day, the Sandbox announced that it would make a euphony taxable parkland and performance venue wrong its metaverse with the assistance of Warner Music. In doing so, the gaming task noted that the Warner Music artists would virtually prosecute with their fans and make existent revenues streams.

“We’re shaping The Sandbox arsenic a amusive amusement destination wherever creators, fans, and players tin bask first-of-a-kind immersive experiences and beryllium much intimately connected to their favourite philharmonic artists done NFTs," Sebastien Borget, main operations serviceman and co-founder of The Sandbox, told Cointelegraph.

Naturally, the high-profile partnerships boosted the prospects for SAND to find much takers successful the future. That is chiefly due to the fact that of the token's relation arsenic a superior plus wrong the Sandbox metaverse — a mean of exchange, governance and staking. As a result, it fared amended than astir of its top-ranking crypto rivals connected Thursday.

What's adjacent for SAND?

The latest bout of buying appeared successful enactment with a choppy betterment successful the broader cryptocurrency assemblage that started connected Jan. 24.

Between its nadir of Jan. 22 and Friday's top, the crypto marketplace added implicit $150 cardinal to its nett valuation. SAND, which recovered alongside different assets, bottomed retired astatine $2.56 past went connected to rally implicit 40% successful conscionable 4 days.

SAND/USD regular terms chart. Source: TradingView

Following the bounce, SAND terms confirmed its 200-day exponential moving mean (200-day EMA; the bluish question successful the illustration above) arsenic its interim support. If the euphoria surrounding the Snoop Dogg and Warner Music partnerships sustain, Sand will apt widen its upside momentum toward the 50-day EMA (the reddish wave) adjacent $4.50.

Meanwhile, autarkic marketplace expert Cantering Clark doubted the upside setup, reminding that SAND's pump could person posed a "helpful exit for holders" earlier a imaginable bearish continuation ahead.

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