29 August 2025 | Weekly news roundup

Jon Jordan and Jenny Jordan talk through the week's news including:

• [0:38] What's going on at The Sandbox? Co-founders shifted? Job cuts? Memecoins?
• [0:52] Animoca's Robby Yung will be the new CEO as Animoca exerts more control over the project.
• [1:30] To a degree, the news is only "big" because its The Sandbox, which everyone knows.
• [3:25] Animoca is annoyed because it wanted to announce the restructure and new vision in the
• [4:10] Things have been going very slowly at The Sandbox. Change was needed.
• [7:19] Despite these changes, The Sandbox will still have nine offices globally.
• [10:40] From the outside, it looks like The Sandbox has suffered from a lack of strategy.
• [12:13] The Sandbox will be announcing a "big new project" a couple of months.
• [13:34] This project seems to be about expanding the scope of the SAND token.
• [17:51] Jon's wild rumor. A SAND treasury company? Fronted by Barron Trump? Stranger things...
• [19:12] Mobile game Pudgy Party is out today with a Steal a Brainrot collab.
• [22:10] It's a cute battle royale game with lots of customization and light combat options.
• [23:01] The concept is Mythical does the game, Pudgy Penguins brings the marketing.
• [28:42] The Axie Infinity Constitution has been revealed. You can vote from 1 September.