Metaverse Economies: SAND and MANA as “World Currency” Tokens

Some Web3 gaming is less about one game and more about virtual worlds with user-generated content and land economies.

• SAND (The Sandbox) is described as the platform’s native currency/utility token and is used as a medium of exchange and for governance participation.
  
  
• MANA (Decentraland) is described as the utility token used to buy LAND and other goods like wearables/emotes.
  
  

Why these are popular in the future: virtual-world platforms can host events, social hubs, and creator economies; tokens become the settlement layer for commerce inside those worlds.