# Metaverse Weekly Wrap-Up: Aug 21–27 By [OneLand](https://paragraph.com/@oneland) · 2023-08-28 --- _Market Data | Market News | Sales & Mints | Events & Contests | Twitter Spaces & Project Streams | Project Updates_ * * * **💹 Market Data** ================== [_Stake your TheSandbox LAND & earn 2.94%\* APY. Stake your $SAND & earn 9.65%\* APY_](https://oneland.world/#/defi) _(\*8.28.2023)_ [7-day data](https://oneland.world/#/main) shows VRE market cap for the 10 projects on [OneLand](https://oneland.world/#/main) up 3.78% to 701,716 ETH (or +2.07% to $1.163 billion), surpassing the 700k ETH mark for the first time since June. That was in contrast to [total NFT cap](https://nftgo.io/analytics/market-overview), which fell by 3%. Meanwhile, $ETH fell slightly, by 1.64% to $1,657.44. ![Meta Rankings (7D)](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/764bcd47a17cf3dd594e06e919b414359657ca1e51e4f8a160ca692e6ccfc66b.png) Meta Rankings (7D) Not sure why Tuesday, but that was the day [Decentraland](https://oneland.world/#/main/decentraland?selectkey=tradeAnalytics), [Otherside](https://oneland.world/#/main/otherside?selectkey=tradeAnalytics), [HYTOPIA](https://oneland.world/#/main/topia?selectkey=tradeAnalytics) & [Voxels](https://oneland.world/#/main/cryptovoxel?selectkey=tradeAnalytics) all picked up top weekly sales. [Decentraland](https://oneland.world/#/main/decentraland?selectkey=tradeAnalytics)’s was extra special, as an [Estate](https://etherscan.io/tx/0x532eda2aaa1abaa6d40dd9ad8cb7cde5c837a871f9ae2797bc411502aeb2d301) swapped hands for 21.71 ETH, its highest price sale since January. ![Top Weekly Performer By Average Price / Metaverse Heat Indez (7D)](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/4bbc2f59bc8d43d4089bf9827a0a7d7d1670ccdf7ddec905396633758e68e098.png) Top Weekly Performer By Average Price / Metaverse Heat Indez (7D) 24k ETH of the rise in land caps came from [Decentraland](https://oneland.world/#/main/decentraland?selectkey=basicInfo), its LANDs cap powering 16.38% north to 171,409 ETH, leaving [The Sandbox](https://oneland.world/#/main/sandbox?selectkey=basicInfo) in its wake, 38% lower. Trade volume skyrocketed 360% from the week prior, even though sales were actually down, the average LAND price witnessing an even bigger rise, +437%. The OG metaverse project’s big week on the LAND metrics front follows a huge amount of recent moves on the dev & community fronts. This month alone, [Decentraland](https://oneland.world/#/main/decentraland?selectkey=basicInfo) went live with smart wearables, updated their funding system and launched an in-world camera, while running a 4-week Emotes Festival (see **Events & Contests**, below). July was also a big month, as they brought in custom animations, AI NPCs, exportable avatars & more. ![Trade Plots (7D) — Decentraland](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/aa60758f70d922eb2b7ddad892b044a4fec7141902531784cba20de1fd83444f.png) Trade Plots (7D) — Decentraland [HYTOPIA](https://oneland.world/#/main/topia?selectkey=basicInfo)’s token $TOPIA (+55.8%) rode a wild journey northwards, disparate to any previous price movement since its launch 2.5 months back, though hardly shocking occurring as it did on the back of their chain’s testnet faucet going live (see **Project Updates**, below). As for land parcels in the Minecraft metaverse, they recorded their highest volume (+129%) and sales count (+80.6%) in several months, all pushing land cap into positive territory by a solid 12.7% at 14,584 ETH. * * * **🗞️ Market News** =================== [https://metanews.com/wikileaks-founder-julian-assange-to-address-political-rally-in-metaverse/](https://metanews.com/wikileaks-founder-julian-assange-to-address-political-rally-in-metaverse/) [https://forum.apecoin.com/t/an-apecoin-run-royalty-enforced-opensea-replacement/17879?utm\_source=substack&utm\_medium=email](https://forum.apecoin.com/t/an-apecoin-run-royalty-enforced-opensea-replacement/17879?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email) [https://nft.news/immutable-and-polygon-labs-unveil-scaling-solution/?utm\_source=www.norugnews.com&utm\_medium=newsletter&utm\_campaign=donald-trump-holds-up-to-500k-in-crypto](https://nft.news/immutable-and-polygon-labs-unveil-scaling-solution/?utm_source=www.norugnews.com&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=donald-trump-holds-up-to-500k-in-crypto) [https://www.politico.eu/article/china-beijing-designing-metaverse-proposal-social-credit-system-un-itu/?utm\_source=substack&utm\_medium=email](https://www.politico.eu/article/china-beijing-designing-metaverse-proposal-social-credit-system-un-itu/?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email) [https://link.sbstck.com/redirect/3bbf2456-1956-4444-83e3-4a1e7d23b372?j=eyJ1IjoiMW40ZGhyIn0.UX0c442-0bO6rnbGvxP3k53QE658zvIIEborFwuqUmc](https://link.sbstck.com/redirect/3bbf2456-1956-4444-83e3-4a1e7d23b372?j=eyJ1IjoiMW40ZGhyIn0.UX0c442-0bO6rnbGvxP3k53QE658zvIIEborFwuqUmc) * * * **🌄 Sales & Mints** ==================== **THE SANDBOX — 8.22**: [Allow List](https://t.co/LP3VVYL06G) opened for Agorians Avatars — from French artist [Agoria](https://agoria.dev/), feat. automatic appearances that transform the avatars to reflect the IRL time of day. The avatars come as a precursor to the [One Life Two Bodies](https://sandboxgame.medium.com/embrace-self-transcendence-with-dynamic-agorians-avatars-b91ce4a7b12c) journey. [https://sandboxgame.medium.com/embrace-self-transcendence-with-dynamic-agorians-avatars-b91ce4a7b12c?source=post\_page-----1689af0e20f3--------------------------------](https://sandboxgame.medium.com/embrace-self-transcendence-with-dynamic-agorians-avatars-b91ce4a7b12c?source=post_page-----1689af0e20f3--------------------------------) **8.24–9.4:** [TurkishVerse](https://sandboxgame.medium.com/introducing-turkishverse-grab-your-slice-of-the-digital-crossroad-bfe519dbe1d1) LAND Sale went live, with 433 LANDs up for sale in the new TSB neighbourhood celebrating Turkish culture and history. [More details](https://sandboxgame.medium.com/introducing-turkishverse-grab-your-slice-of-the-digital-crossroad-bfe519dbe1d1). [![]({{DOMAIN}}/editor/youtube/play.png)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MW5bGHe1cp4) * * * **🎪 Events & Contests🏅** ========================== **WEOM — 8.24:** Spiritual 3D virtual world WEOM launched its [ALPHA 2.0 Playtest](https://twitter.com/weomxyz/status/1694716707443769483?s=20). Meditate by the Gratitude Tree, nurture a pet Omling, enter the Arcade zone & win a $100 Amazon gift card for your efforts. [![]({{DOMAIN}}/editor/youtube/play.png)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KiJKWs2_Xw8) **DECENTRALAND — 8.23:** Decentraland launches regular 90min [“All-Hands” sessions](https://discord.com/channels/932843567934750800/940870931805515827/1143923375694164132) (replacing the traditional AMAs) feat. strategic & dev updates, partnerships & other important announcements, and 30min of AMA. ![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/7eba38a096b8b309ff4c2290778d9ee9380399fc2df1a6659191faee4644ef87.png) **Till 9.7:** The DCL [All About Emotes Festival](https://decentraland.org/blog/announcements/all-about-emotes-a-month-of-exploration-empowerment-and-experimentation) continues with its range of events incl. Twitter Spaces, workshops, parties, & the All About Emotes [contest](https://decentraland.org/blog/announcements/all-about-emotes-a-month-of-exploration-empowerment-and-experimentation) which kicked off Friday & runs till Sep 5. (See **Twitter Spaces & Project Streams**, below, to tune in to this week’s Emotes Twitter Space.) **WORLDWIDE WEBB — 8.21:** Worldwide Webb [announced](https://twitter.com/Worldwide_WEB3/status/1693673735201620332?s=20) its early-access phase playtest will kick off 26 Sep for landholders and special handpicked players. **THE SANDBOX — 8.24:** D.OASIS City & Warrix Sport celebrate a decade of sports stories with [Rise of 10th Legend](https://sandboxgame.medium.com/d-oasis-city-and-warrix-sport-celebrate-a-decade-with-rise-of-the-10th-legend-in-the-sandbox-7fc4f4fa7d56). [![]({{DOMAIN}}/editor/youtube/play.png)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kQX1voDyQQ) **9.5–8:** [Korean Blockchain Week](https://sandboxgame.medium.com/the-sandbox-is-coming-to-korea-blockchain-week-with-an-exclusive-line-up-of-side-events-ec4c42042efa) is approaching. * * * **_🔈 Catch up on this week’s Twitter Spaces & Project Streams_** ================================================================= **DECENTRALAND:** [Creating Emotes Tips & Tricks](https://twitter.com/decentraland/status/1694348862750695660) / [All Hands AMA](https://twitter.com/decentraland/status/1694334182917300344) incl. Foundation & product updates **HYTOPIA:** [2023 HYTOPIA Update Video](https://twitter.com/iamarkdev/status/1694506416881766537?s=20) / [Gaming UGC | Open](https://twitter.com/HYTOPIAgg/status/1694817090312806717?s=20) **SOMNIUM SPACE LIVE:** [Music in the Metaverse](https://t.co/dfpo54IAHJ) **THE SANDBOX**: [Turkishverse — A Digital Cultural Crossroad](https://twitter.com/TheSandboxGame/status/1694993746381729936?s=20) **WEOM x YOGAPETZ x DIGIMONKZ:** [Wellness in Web3](https://twitter.com/weomxyz/status/1694215238500159841?s=20) \* _\* OneLand favourite_ * * * **🛠️ Project Updates** ======================= **AFRICARARE x UBUNTULAND — 8.22:** AFRICARARE launched [virtual conferencing](https://email.mannmade.co.za/africarare-meeting-room?ecid=ACsprvvvkQbsW118pXZ8bgW0DFQez03c4pV9rARBeGsQdEVVhOPXd1o3udbIuL_SCmE_VQLe6y5V&utm_campaign=Africarare+newsletters&utm_medium=email&_hsmi=271224581&utm_content=271224581&utm_source=hs_email) in the Metaverse. **TREEVERSE — 8.21:** Applications opened for [Endless Clouds’ Community Council](https://twitter.com/TheTreeverse/status/1693375610389680154?s=20) — play early dev builds & have a voice in development. **HYTOPIA — 8.23:** Hytopia chain’s [testnet faucet](https://faucet.hytopia.com/) went live. Players can now testnet $TOPIA tokens by grabbing some testnet tokens, adding the testnet to Metamask, then experience the speed of the [Hytopia chain](https://testnet.explorer.hytopia.com/). **DECENTRALAND — 8.25:** Decentraland introduces [single sign-ins to DCL dApps](https://twitter.com/decentraland/status/1695105729349263400?s=20). **WORLDWIDE WEBB — 8.25:** Worldwide Webb teased its upcoming [Rugbusterz Rumble](https://twitter.com/Worldwide_WEB3/status/1694364174573572312?s=20), feat. rotating challenges each week. The project will also host weekly streams in which they will reveal that week’s challenge, rules & prizes. To learn more, pen in Thu 31 Aug to catch their Rugbusterz Rumble stream. [![]({{DOMAIN}}/editor/youtube/play.png)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WD-0EVxcIr0) * * * [_OneLand_](http://oneland.world/) _is a MetaHub — providing metaverse data & analytics, a Land NFT marketplace, LandFi tools & Metaverse MediaHub. Our mission is to make it easy for you to discover, access, stay tuned to, research & invest in the metaverse projects you love most._ [https://oneland.world/?source=post\_page-----1689af0e20f3--------------------------------](https://oneland.world/?source=post_page-----1689af0e20f3--------------------------------) _Connect with us on_ [_Twitter_](https://twitter.com/OneLand_World) _&_ [_Discord_](https://discord.com/invite/dkS9NxQb3P)_._ --- *Originally published on [OneLand](https://paragraph.com/@oneland/metaverse-weekly-wrap-up-aug-21-27)*