According to @santimentfeed, 2025 saw repeated letdowns after news-fueled optimism, and its 12-month review maps the biggest events to market reactions for traders. Source: Santiment Insights, Jan 6, 2026. The analysis emphasizes that whale activity and crowd sentiment led price direction throughout the year, making large-holder flows and sentiment inflections critical signals around major headlines. Source: Santiment Insights. For trading use, the review compiles event-driven volatility patterns and instances where whale accumulation or distribution and sentiment shifts aligned with subsequent moves, offering a framework for timing entries and managing risk. Source: Santiment Insights.

According to @borgetsebastien, The Sandbox called 2025 a milestone year with two Alpha Seasons, major platform updates, new content, new partnerships, and the announcement of The Sandbox 3.0, powered by SAND; source: x.com/borgetsebastien/status/2001910885313581489; x.com/TheSandboxGame/status/2001714117107691740. The team also highlighted expanded creator ownership, new Abilities and tools, support for community-led events, and bringing the ecosystem together both onchain and in real life; source: x.com/TheSandboxGame/status/2001714117107691740; tsbga.me/4j3KlwT. The post links to the 2025 Year in Review for full details, underscoring platform activity and utility centered on the SAND token within The Sandbox ecosystem; source: tsbga.me/4j3KlwT; x.com/borgetsebastien/status/2001910885313581489.