The Sandbox
SAND
Evaluation Score
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AI Analysis
Comprehensive evaluation of the token
SAND (The Sandbox) presents a mature ecosystem featuring a fully circulating 3-billion-token supply, established brand recognition backed by Animoca Brands, and a public leadership team. However, the project's overall profile is severely impacted by a major security incident occurring on August 22, 2026, where an attacker exploited LayerZero delegate permissions via the approveAndCall function on SAND's Base OFT contract. As documented in the Security and Audit History section: "Aug 22, 2026 — cross-chain bridge exploit via hijacked LayerZero delegate permissions through approveAndCall on SAND's OFT contract; ~14.9B unbacked SAND minted on Base and BSC (face value reported variously as ~$49B by Blockaid via The Defiant, and 'roughly $149B' in a KuCoin community post — figure inconsistent across sources); actual extraction ~14.75M genuine SAND from the Ethereum-side adapter, proceeds ~$675,000 (Decilizer); The Sandbox disabled bridging to/from Base and BSC and isolated bridged SAND." This recent and unresolved exploit stranded user assets on Base and BSC, triggered deposit/withdrawal freezes across major South Korean exchanges (Upbit and Bithumb), and prompted Coinbase to delist SAND futures. Although the baseline weighted average calculates to 5.23 (Active Development: 5.5, Community: 4.5, Tokenomics: 6.0, Market/Use Case: 5.5, Team/Governance: 6.5, Security: 3.0), the qualifying red-flag exploit caps the overall score at 5.0.
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Tokenomics
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Market & Use Case
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Team & Governance
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Security & Audits
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About The Sandbox (SAND)
SAND is the native ERC-20 utility and governance token of The Sandbox, a decentralized voxel gaming and virtual world ecosystem backed by Animoca Brands. Operating primarily on the Ethereum blockchain with deployments on Base and Polygon, SAND is utilized for in-game marketplace transactions, staking, user-generated content monetization, and decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) governance alongside virtual real estate (LAND) holders. The project features a public leadership team, including COO Sebastien Borget, and operates with a hard-capped total supply of 3 billion tokens, which is fully circulating.
Following a broader market contraction across the metaverse and GameFi sectors since its 2021 peak, SAND has experienced significant valuation declines, trading approximately 99.50% below its all-time high of $8.40 with a market capitalization of roughly $123.5 million. While the tokenomics structure eliminates future vesting dilution, the ecosystem relies on ongoing transactional demand and recycled Foundation funds without programmatic token burn mechanisms.
In August 2026, the project suffered a major cross-chain security breach when an attacker exploited LayerZero delegate permissions via the approveAndCall function on SAND's Base Omnichain Fungible Token (OFT) contract. This vulnerability allowed the unauthorized minting of approximately 14.9 billion unbacked SAND tokens across Base and BNB Smart Chain, resulting in the extraction of approximately 14.75 million genuine SAND (valued at roughly $675,000) from the Ethereum-side adapter. In response, The Sandbox disabled bridging to Base and BNB Smart Chain, isolating bridged tokens on those networks. Following the exploit, Coinbase delisted SAND futures, and South Korean exchanges Upbit and Bithumb suspended SAND deposits, withdrawals, and transfers under local user-protection regulations.