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DeFi Arts Intelligencer - Apr. 25th, 2020

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DeFi Arts Intelligencer - Apr. 25th, 2020

William M. Peaster
Apr 26, 2020
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DeFi Arts Intelligencer - Apr. 25th, 2020

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Welcome to the 15th issue of theย DeFi Arts Intelligencer, your weekly source for key happenings around blockchain art, collectibles, and games. Subscribeย here.

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For this dispatch:

๐ŸŽจย Digital Art & Collectibles

  • Avastars launched this week. Have you got your scroll on yet?

  • Artist Trevor Jones made crypto history this week. Jones sold his pieces โ€œThe Bearโ€ and โ€œThe Bullโ€ on KnownOrigin for 90 ETH collectively. The 55.55 ETH spent for โ€œThe Bullโ€ NFT was more than the sales price of the original physical artwork, a first in the cryptoeconomy.

    Twitter avatar for @trevorjonesart
    Trevor Jones ๐ŸŽจ @trevorjonesart
    What a night! 55 ETH for the Bull. 90 ETH for The Bull & The Bear! Thank you so much @Moderats & @basileus_eth for fighting so hard for my artwork. I know this will be an important moment in history for #cryptoart. So happy to have been a part of it. Feeling bit overwhelmed. ๐Ÿ˜ณโค๏ธ
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    8:07 PM โˆ™ Apr 25, 2020
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  • Welcome to the new Cent: the Ethereum-powered social network has relaunched with a fresh new look and system.

  • Pixel art Ethereum dapp PixelChain made its public debut on April 20th.

  • KnownOriginโ€™s gallery opened in Cryptovoxels.

  • The Async Art masterwork of Pakโ€™s โ€œThe Tribeโ€ sold for 17.5 ETH to collector MetaKovan โ€ฆ

    Twitter avatar for @MetaKovan
    MetaKovan @MetaKovan
    "The Tribe", an intricate piece with 29 layers and countless possibilities. Thanks @muratpak for an incredible job on this piece. async.art/art/master/0x6โ€ฆ
    Image
    Twitter avatar for @AsyncArt
    Async Art @AsyncArt
    SOLD The Master of The Tribe for 17.5 ETH. Congrats @MetaKovan for winning this monument in time.
    4:57 PM โˆ™ Apr 18, 2020
    50Likes6Retweets
  • Cryptoart platform SuperRare held its 2nd birthday bash in Cryptovoxels on April 24th. As part of the festivities, the platform held an โ€œArtist Stimulus Packageโ€ auction to help SR artists amid the ongoing economic downturn. Artist and collector Artnome kicked off the auction by putting up the acclaimed โ€œLockupโ€ by cryptoartist XCOPY for sale.

  • This week, the first Async Art secondary sale occurred when collector Basileus sold Osinachiโ€™s โ€œ4th Manโ€ for 1.18 ETH โ€ฆ

    Twitter avatar for @basileus_eth
    basileus.eth @basileus_eth
    Wow, just had my first sale, the 4th Man, from Choose the Man You Will Become by @Prince_Jacon on @AsyncArt for 1.18ฮž
    async.art4th Man by Osinachi | async artArt has evolved.
    1:47 AM โˆ™ Apr 24, 2020
    45Likes7Retweets
  • Cryptoartist Josie Bellini is starting a new live stream chat dubbed โ€œBehind the Artโ€ thatโ€™s set to drop on Wednesdays and Thursdays.

  • Official lease agreements are starting to kick off in virtual world Cryptovoxels.

  • The MetaFactory genesis auction concluded. The groupโ€™s 40 inaugural members will help steer the decentralized fashion brand for years to come.

  • Somnium Space reached 4,000 ETH in trade volume on decentralized marketplace OpenSea.

  • You can now dig down two voxels deep in Cryptovoxels!

  • Artist Osinachi has โ€œA Taxi Driver on a Sundayโ€ still available on Rarible for collectors.

๐Ÿ•น๏ธย Blockchain Games

  • Ethereum no-loss savings game PoolTogether released Pods, a new tool that will allow users to group their tickets together for better chances at winning the dappโ€™s weekly Dai prize pool.

  • Gods Unchained 0.22 upgrade launched with over โ€œ100+ bug fixes.โ€

  • The Season 4 of Axie Infinity is off to a hot start โ€ฆ

    Twitter avatar for @AxieGg
    Axiegg @AxieGg
    WOW this is by far the most active season in @AxieInfinity to date! It has only been a few days and we are above 1600!! Impressive and great job everyone time to catch up!
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    8:30 PM โˆ™ Apr 24, 2020
    21Likes3Retweets

โ™ฆ๏ธโ™ฆ๏ธย DeFi News

  • Dharma rolled out Social Payments, which allows users to send Dai stablecoin payments to anyone on Twitter โ€ฆ

Twitter avatar for @Dharma_HQ
Dharma @Dharma_HQ
1/ Introducing Social Payments ๐Ÿ’ธ๐Ÿฆ๐Ÿ“ฒ โ€“ a Twitter-native financial ecosystem. Today, you can send USD to any Twitter handle, regardless of where that person lives โ€” even if they donโ€™t have a Dharma account. Now *every* Twitter handle accepts (and earns interest on!) payments.
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9:44 PM โˆ™ Apr 21, 2020
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  • The attacker of the Chinese DeFi platform dForce returned the $25 million in crypto they stole from dForceโ€™s Lendf.Me lending dapp.

  • U.S. crypto exchange powerhouse Coinbase launched the Coinbase Price Oracle for use by DeFi projects.

  • Synthetic on-chain assets project UMA is going for an Initial Uniswap Listing on April 29th.

  • Decentralized exchange dYdX rolled out a Perpetual Contracts Markets service, with the first offering being a bitcoin swap product.

๐Ÿ“ฐFresh Content

  • โ€œComputers Do Not Make Art, People Doโ€ - Aaron Hertzmann

  • โ€œPast, present, and future. An exploration of Axie Infinityโ€™s adventureโ€ - Owl

  • โ€œNFT Proof-of-Work Art Edition - April 2020โ€ - Andrew Steinwold

  • โ€œSeb & Nathan, The Sandboxโ€ - You Deserve a Drinยข

Thanks for reading, and stay creative on- and off-chain!

Keep an ๐Ÿ‘๏ธ out for the 16th issue of theย DeFi Arts Intelligencerย this time next week, too. Cheers โœŒ๏ธ

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About DeFi Arts Intelligencer

Theย DeFi Arts Intelligencerย is curated by me,ย William M. Peaster, a professional writer and editor whoโ€™s been tracking the Ethereum and Dai beats in recent years.

Iโ€™m passionate about art and a DeFi optimist, so putting together this newsletter is both fun and informative for me. I hope others may find the content helpful, too. But be mindful, the information herein should not be construed as investment advice. Iโ€™m not a financial adviser, and these are my opinions. Always take care to seriously consider the various layers of risk you face in participating in the still-maturing cryptoeconomy.

If you have a DeFi tip or lead, questions or comments, or would be interested in commissioning me for a writing gig, you can ping me at wmpeaster@gmail.com or on Telegram atย @wmpeaster.

If you enjoy this newsletter and want to support it, feel free toย subscribeย or have a like-minded friend subscribe as well. Donations accepted atย writer.gimmethe.eth, too. Thanks kindly!


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