Bizarre: piece of virtual land adjacent to Snoop Dogg’s villa sold
Popular American rapper Snoop Dogg previously revealed that he is building a villa in Sandbox. A piece of virtual land adjacent to this has been sold for quite a bit of money.
Snoop Dogg revealed in late September that he had acquired land in the blockchain-based virtual metaverse The Sandbox. He has plans to recreate his mansion. On December 2, The Sandbox held a “Snoopverse Land Sale”. Participants can use this to buy land adjacent to the virtual estate of the famous hip-hop star. Someone would love to be the rapper’s online neighbor and bought a plot of virtual land for $450K in Ethereum. That is almost four tons in euros.
Virtual land adjacent to Snoop Dogg’s villa
Snoop has been a supporter of cryptocurrency for quite some time now. He previously revealed that he was a non-fungible token (NFT) whale. With the name “Cozomo de’ Medici”. In late September, Snoop partnered up with The Sandbox. This is a gaming ecosystem where people can create, share and monetize NFTs and gaming experiences on the Ethereum (ETH) network.
The Sandbox blog post that was published explains that lots in the “Snoopverse” would go on sale at 1:00 PM on December 2. 122 plots are for sale and 67 premium plots are for sale with a bundle of three exclusive NFTs. A total of three small estates are available on Opensea, The Sandbox announced on Thursday. Until now, the plot of land called “Wave 1 – 3×3 Estate S [12,-75]sold for 71,000 SAND or approximately $450K at the time of settlement.
New neighbor/ wife
The Sandbox team notes that in order to cash in on the estate next to Snoop’s, the winner of the auction must first write to The Sandbox. And should receive instructions on how to transfer this token to the team. “The Sandbox team will transfer ownership of the estate to him/her in return,” the company explains in the sale description.
In terms of market sales, The Sandbox had the largest seven-day sales metric last week. So a good week with 4,433 sales worth $70 million.
