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To tell the story of The Sandbox's growth, we have to start from October 2019. At that time, the SAND token was officially launched on Ethereum, and it was no longer just a simple in-game point system, but a true credential for this metaverse ecosystem.
The turning point came quickly. On August 13, 2020, a major exchange launched an IEO project, setting the initial price of SAND at $0.00833. Honestly, this price seemed ridiculously cheap at the time. But no one predicted what would happen next.
The next day, August 14, when the market opened, the green candlestick shot up like a blazing fire. The opening price surged to $0.0512, a single-day increase of 515%. Such a scene is rare — the entire market was shouting wildly, and everyone was asking: how can this thing move so fast?
But this was just the appetizer. During the crazy phase of the 2021 cycle, this 5x increase seemed insignificant. From the performance on the first day of the IEO, the market's expectations for The Sandbox's on-chain gaming ecosystem were far higher than the issuer’s initial pricing. The subsequent story was even more astonishing.
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Should have gone all in earlier, sigh.
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Appetizers have already increased 5 times, how crazy will the main course be?
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That price of 0.00833... Thinking about it now, it's really damn cheap.
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Market pricing can never keep up with imagination; this is the power of the metaverse narrative.
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What was I doing when the green K-line shot up? How did I miss it?
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It's so fierce on the first day of IEO, no wonder it took off in 2021.
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This is true low buying, not those pyramid scheme coins.
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I regret it when I think about it; why didn't I buy the dip back then?
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The concept of chain games was seriously underestimated at that time.
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If I had known earlier, I would have gone all in. Regret to this day
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Wait, how much is SAND worth now
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This is the story of what we missed
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Oh my, I didn't get on the train at the time
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The wave of the metaverse was indeed crazy. Do you still believe in it now?
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0.00833? I dream of going back to that day
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Green candlesticks skyrocketed, a classic IEO wealth explosion script
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Is the subsequent story even more astonishing? How is it now?
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SAND really has something; it's not just an air project
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From appetizer to main course, we really missed this wave