Virtual land speculation: major land sales and price crashes (2017–2022)

1. Decentraland holds its Terraform land auction

   Dec 15, 2017Labels: Decentraland, Terraform Event

   • Coin Explorers
   • Coindar

2. Decentraland auction ends after extensions

   Dec 22, 2017Labels: Decentraland, Terraform Event

   • Coin Explorers

3. Second Decentraland LAND auction is announced

   Dec 10, 2018Labels: Decentraland, LAND auction

   • Status

4. Record Axie Infinity Genesis land estate sale

   Feb 8, 2021Labels: Axie Infinity, Genesis estate

   • Axie Blog

5. The Sandbox begins scheduled public LAND sales

   Feb 11, 2021Labels: The Sandbox, LAND sales

   • Sandbox Docs
   • Sandbox SEC

6. The Sandbox LAND sales accelerate during 2021 boom

   Apr 14, 2021Labels: The Sandbox, LAND market

   • Sandbox Docs
   • DappRadar

7. Facebook announces corporate rebrand to Meta

   Oct 28, 2021Labels: Facebook, Meta rebrand

   • CNBC
   • Axios

8. Tokens.com subsidiary buys Decentraland estate for $2.4M

   Nov 23, 2021Labels: Tokens com, Decentraland estate

   • BusinessWire
   • Reuters via PE

9. Metaverse land sales surge to weekly $100M+

   Nov 30, 2021Labels: The Sandbox, Decentraland

   • DappRadar

10. Otherside “Otherdeeds” land mint triggers Ethereum fee spike

    Apr 30, 2022Labels: Yuga Labs, Otherside Otherdeeds

    • DappRadar
    • Amy Castor

11. Metaverse land demand drops amid 2022 crypto downturn

    Sep 1, 2022Labels: Metaverse markets, 2022 downturn

    • DappRadar

12. Year-end 2022 data shows severe market contraction

    Dec 21, 2022Labels: Market contraction, Year-end 2022

    • The Block