20 March 2026 | Weekly news roundup

[2:29] The Sandbox has announced standalone mobile battle royale game NEXT.

[2:47] The Sandbox's vision for mobile has never been strong. This is a new start.

[4:55] More important than the game itself, NEXT is a symbol of agency and urgency.

[6:50] You have to log into NEXT with your The Sandbox account. Some NFTs are interoperable.

[11:50] Wildcard's 100% community WC token goes live on Arbitrum on 26th March.

[15:33] The question is whether Wildcard can attract enough players to start the WC flywheel.

[17:23] AlphaTON has acquired 60% of Animoca's GAMEE Telegram gaming platform.

[24:07] Animoca has partnered with Ava Labs to push Avalanche in Asia and Middle East.

[28:40] Jon's been messing around with Stripe's AI agent-centric Tempo blockchain.

[32:50] He's also got Claude Code to automatically set his tactics in Soccerverse.

[37:38] What happens to games when AI agents can play them better than humans?