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.

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20 February 2026 Weekly news roundup is an episode from Blockchain Gaming World by jon jordan.

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