Animoca Brands raises $2.5 million for The Sandbox blockchain gaming platform

Animoca Brands has raised $2.5 million in funding for The Sandbox blockchain gaming platform. Animoca’s Pixowl division is remaking The Sandbox as a blockchain-enabled game, with user-generated content that players can buy and sell with real digital ownership, thanks to the blockchain, or a transparent and secure decentralized ledger.

Animoca Brands and its subsidiary Pixowl said that they raised the money to create a sandbox world where players can create their own virtual experiences.