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Metaverse Platform The Sandbox Cuts 50% Staff, Restructures as Animoca Brands Take Control

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Metaverse platform The Sandbox is undergoing a sweeping restructuring that will see more than half of its roughly 250 employees laid off, according to a report from French crypto outlet The Big Whale. The move comes alongside a leadership shake-up in which co-founders Arthur Madrid and Sebastien Borget have been sidelined from executive roles. Their responsibilities are now being overseen by Yat Siu, CEO of Animoca Brands, The Sandbox’s majority…

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The pioneer of the metavers The Sandbox saw a strategic big bang. More than half of the employees – about 250 people at the beginning of the year – have just been dismissed, while its two founders, Arthur Madrid and Sébastien Borget, are withdrawing from management. Madrid becomes non-executive president, Borget keeps an ambassador role, and it is Robby Yung, managing director of Animoca Brands, the main shareholder, who takes over the operation…

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Crypto Briefing broke the news in on Thursday, August 28, 2025.
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