Get all your news in one place.
100’s of premium titles.
One app.
Start reading
Benzinga
Benzinga
Business
Adrian Zmudzinski

Metaverse Cryptos Skyrocket Amid Meta Platforms' Plunge

Meta Platforms Inc (NASDAQ:FB) — the metaverse company behind Facebook and Instagram — saw its stock plunge 26% Thursday. The company is currently on pace for its worst one-day decline in history following weak earnings results.

A few of its decentralized competitors saw significant gains over the past seven days.

What Happened: Coingecko data reveals that metaverse platform Decentraland (CRYPTO: MANA) saw its tokens rise considerably from a seven-day low of $2.16 to its current price of $2.61, up 20.3%.

Similarly, tokens of Decentraland competitor The Sandbox (CRYPTO: SANDrose from its seven-day low of $3.29 to the current price of $3.62, up 16.6%.

See Also: DECENTRALAND VS. THE SANDBOX

While Decentraland and The Sandbox have much in common, there are some key differences. Both the platforms sell virtual land parcels in their versions of the metaverse for real money, but Decentraland has 90,601 parcels and The Sandbox has 166,464 plots. Decentraland is the older platform of the two and is the original 3D decentralized metaverse platform that boosts a more decentralized approach, but The Sandbox has better graphics.

Photo: NASA-Imagery from Pixabay 

Sign up to read this article
Read news from 100’s of titles, curated specifically for you.
Already a member? Sign in here
Related Stories
Top stories on inkl right now
One subscription that gives you access to news from hundreds of sites
Already a member? Sign in here
Our Picks
Fourteen days free
Download the app
One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.