Three Gaming Tokens – SAND, AXS, and MANA – Just Defied Crypto Market Decline

Source: CryptoNewsNet Original Title: Three Gaming Tokens – SAND, AXS, and MANA – Just Defied Crypto Market Decline Original Link: Three gaming tokens are defying the ongoing decline across the global crypto market. These are SAND, AXS, and MANA, noting a surge between 6-15% as the article is being written. The current downswings in the crypto market are rooted in the rising uncertainty in international trade – likely to be more complicated after the Bank of Japan (BoJ) hints at hiking its rates.

Gaming Tokens on the Rise

The Sandbox (SAND) is up by 7.55% over the last 24 hours, now trading at $0.1468. The value is also up by 25.35% in the last 7 days, though it has retraced by almost 1.94%. Nevertheless, it is defying market momentum with an upswing along with Axie Infinity (AXS) and Decentraland (MANA).

AXS has recorded the highest surge in 24 hours and 7 days, up by 15.77% and 110.55% respectively. It is now trading at $2.02 with a slight slip of 0.83% in the last 1 hour. MANA has made decent gains to $0.1593, up by 6.76% in 24 hours and 10.86% in 7 days.

Notably, other gaming tokens like RENDER and FLOKI have shed 5.08% and 0.47% in 24 hours, respectively.

Global Crypto Market Loses Momentum

The global crypto market has lost its momentum with BTC and ETH testing critical resistance levels of $90k and $3k, respectively. BNB and SOL are attempting to reclaim highs, but they continue to be pulled back by losses over 24 hours and 7 days. BNB is listed at $913.16, and SOL is at $129.13.

The struggle of the crypto market is also evident in a decline of 1.90% in its market cap along with a shift to 42 points in the FG Index. The meme crypto segment does not have a lot of winners either, with DOGE and SHIB down by 9.74% and 8.86% over the last 7 days, respectively.

Will BoJ Increase Volatility?

Volatility in the crypto market depends on multiple factors; however, some attention is on the Bank of Japan. It has hinted at the possibility of raising rates following yen depreciation. According to reports, Japan’s Chief Economist at JPMorgan Securities noted that the BoJ has maintained a cautious stance on hiking rates consecutively, though recent yen depreciation may prompt a change.

Notably, the BoJ raised interest rates to 0.75% in December last year, making it the highest in 30 years. A decision is likely to be announced on January 23, 2026, at 03:30-04:30 GMT.