GeckoPulse: The Sandbox Introduces SANDChain L2

Sandbox Within a Sandbox

Ethereum gaming metaverse “The Sandbox” is building their very own Ethereum L2 called SANDChain. 

According to their website, the network will be developed using the ZK stack, and aims to become the hub for creators to manage communities and monetize content seamlessly.

The network will be fueled by 3 main drivers of value, which include SANDpoints to represent user’s on-chain reputation and loyalty, Creator Points to incentivize builders and Creator Tokens that are tied to a creator’s brand value.

A testnet launch is scheduled for October 14 where SAND will be the native gas token powering this upcoming L2.

Additionally, SAND holders will be able to gain early access to new features in the Sandbox ecosystem and stake their assets to earn rewards.

Since the news, SAND is up by 5.0% from $0.261 to $0.274 today.

Phantom Cashes In

The Solana-focused crypto wallet Phantom has announced CASH, a new stablecoin that will position themselves as a new consumer financial platform.

CASH is built in collaboration with Stripe and Bridge and will support new features such as a Phantom Visa debit card and peer to peer payments.

According to Phantom Cash’s FAQ, builders and companies utilizing CASH get to keep 100% of net revenues.

The stablecoin will go live on Solana first, but will make its way to other chains in the future.

Going the Full Yard

Andre Cronje, the founder of Yearn Finance and Solidly, is back with another billion-dollar project.

His latest project, known as Flying Tulip has recently completed a $200M private seed funding round at a $1B valuation.

Flying Tulip aims to be an ‘all-in-one’ on-chain platform that combines spot and derivatives markets, insurance, and its own ftUSD stablecoin, within a unified margin system.

The project is expected to be deployed on Ethereum, Avalanche and Solana, but will be initially launched on Sonic with zero-fee trading.

The fundraising round started last month on August 14th, with participation from CoinFund, DWF Labs and Virtuals Protocol.

The project plans to raise an additional $800M at the same valuation by conducting a public sale of its native FT token in the near future.

Flying Tulip’s fundraising mechanism includes an on-chain redemption right, where investors are allowed to burn and redeem their purchased FT tokens to reclaim their original investment.

However, FT tokens will remain non-transferable until the completion of the public sale.

Setting the Date for MET

The Jupiter-linked Solana DEX Meteora is set to airdrop their MET token on October 23.

The announcement was made at the Solana Apex crypto conference in Singapore.

A total of 15% of the token supply is set to be airdropped to Meteora’s users.

Meteora co-lead 0xSoju further proposed a 3% airdrop to JUP stakers.

User activities on the Meteora platform from 2024 up till June 30 2025 is considered for MET’s Token Generation Event (TGE).

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