20 February 2026 | Weekly news roundup

The Sandbox Season 7 is going live, Gigaverse announces GIGABIT and Portal is rebooting.

• [0:38] The Sandbox Season 7 is going live on 25th February 2026.
• [2:22] For the first time, this isn't an Alpha Season. It's just called "Season 7".
• [5:26] There's a focus on community UGC, not the big brands, which will continue through 2026.
• [6:45] It looks like these UGC experiences will be more varied and interesting.
• [8:30] Some experiences will be available via web browser without logging into an account.
• [8:52] These changes show The Sandbox is trying to become more accessible and viral.
• [12:35] Animoca and Alibaba have announced genAI game-making platform AliBAE.
• [22:25] Portal is relaunching on 26th February, including the ability to trade web2 game accounts.
• [29:10] Gigaverse has announced its cleverly-designed fixed-value GIGABIT currency.
• [38:30] What's interesting how boring GIGABIT is as the risk element is baked into the
• [38:48] GIGABIT feels like it's been influenced by the Apptoken standard.