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DeFi Arts Intelligencer - Apr. 4th, 2020
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DeFi Arts Intelligencer - Apr. 4th, 2020

William M. Peaster
Apr 5, 2020
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Welcome to the 12th issue of the DeFi Arts Intelligencer, your weekly source for key happenings around blockchain art, collectibles, and games. Subscribe here.

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For this dispatch:

๐ŸŽจ Digital Art & Collectibles

  • SuperRare enjoyed its 2nd birthday ๐ŸŽˆ๐ŸŽ‰ Job well done to their team, theyโ€™ve fostered a vibrant community in short order, and Iโ€™ve personally had a blast using their platform. Cheers to many more birthdays to come!

  • โ€œA Forever Feeling,โ€ the first collaboration between cryptoartists Pak and Sarah Zucker, sold for 3.2 ETH on SuperRare.

  • After a week of successful layer sales on โ€œChoose the Man You Will Become,โ€ Osinachiโ€™s master work goes on sale on Async Art on Sunday, April 5th, at 9AM PST.

  • Cryptovoxels has v.3.25.0 out.

  • โ€œTransitionsโ€ Master, the first collaboration between cryptoartists Giant Swan and Frenetik Void, sold for 25 ETH to Basileus. The layer pieces went to collectors Metakovan, Basileus, and cryptoartist Josie.

  • TokenSmart has a new NFT art minting platform in the works. Down with the cause? Check out TokenSmartโ€™s Gitcoin Grants page here.

  • NonFungible.com listed art platform MakersPlace on its NFT marketplace tracker dashboard.

  • Avastars highlighted a few giveaways this week, one of which led to an awesome meme competition around the signature Avastar #63 owned by collector and patron WhaleShark.

  • Collector Basileus bought โ€œThe Bitcoin Angelโ€ from artist Trevor Jones for 25 ETH โ€ฆ

    Twitter avatar for @trevorjonesartTrevor Jones ๐ŸŽจ @trevorjonesart
    ๐Ÿ‘€ I woke up to a divine 25 ETH bid on my Bitcoin Angel #NFT by @basileus_eth! I'll accept the final bid tomorrow, March 30th, 10 pm BST (PDT 2 pm). ๐Ÿ‘ผ
    superrare.co/artwork-v2/theโ€ฆ Highest bid at time wins & must stand clear for 5 min. #getoutartshow #cryptoarYs
    Image

    March 29th 2020

    12 Retweets65 Likes
  • Nifty Gatewayโ€™s Drop 2 of digital collectibles sold out in rapid fashion.

  • The Brooklyn Collection is coming to BlockCities on April 13th.

  • Bullionix, a mix of crypto, gold, and art, arrived on NFT marketplace OpenSea.

  • XCOPY has an awesome new piece, WFH_DEATH, out on SuperRare:

    Twitter avatar for @XCOPYARTXCOPY ๐Ÿด @XCOPYART
    WFH_Death @SuperRare_co ๐Ÿ’Ž
    superrare.co/artwork-v2/wfhโ€ฆo
    Image

    April 4th 2020

    15 Retweets41 Likes

๐Ÿ•น๏ธ Blockchain Games

  • Axie Infinity further optimized its marketplace. The gameโ€™s Alpha Season 3 is live, too.

  • How much moola can you make playing Axie Infinity for 8 hours straight? Cloudwhite Ventures has you covered.

  • OpenSea just listed Gods Unchained collectibles.

  • Gaming-centric virtual world The Sandbox quickly sold out its third LAND presale, raising $440,000.

  • The Atari โ€œtheme park-like universeโ€ coming to The Sandbox is looking like itโ€™s going to be great fun โ€ฆ

    Twitter avatar for @TheSandboxGameThe Sandbox @TheSandboxGame
    The Sandbox metaverse will feature an @atari theme park-like universe with a variety of their game titles that youโ€™ll be able to jump into and play with others! While our artists are working at it, what would you like to encounter in the Atari experiences? #Blockchain
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    April 4th 2020

    9 Retweets38 Likes

โ™ฆ๏ธโ™ฆ๏ธ DeFi News

  • The Maker Foundation, which guides DeFiโ€™s leading dapp Maker as well as the popular Dai stablecoin, is moving toward its dissolution. In its stead, a community-run DAO is set to take over its responsibilities.

  • Ethereum privacy tool Tornado.cash is on a fast track to being fully non-custodial.

  • Coinbase keeps going in on DeFi: the top U.S. crypto exchangeโ€™s USDC Bootstrap Fund just invested $1 million USDC of liquidity into decentralized exchange Uniswap and another 100,000 USDC into the sponsored pool of no-loss Ethereum lotto game PoolTogether.

  • The market cap of the USDC stablecoin hit $700 million for the first time.

  • Augur, one of Ethereumโ€™s premier predictions marketplaces, is getting ready to roll out its optimized V2 system soon.

  • Ethereum real estate project RealT has now racked up more than $1 million in sales.

๐Ÿ“ฐFresh Content

  • โ€œEnabling Greater Liquidity For Limited Edition Goods (Digital & Physical)โ€ - Andrew Steinwold

  • โ€œCent WIP Virtual Meetups: A Short Historyโ€ - matthew.cent.eth

  • โ€œHow to Buy Land on Cryptovoxelsโ€ - Lenara Verle

  • โ€œWhere I See NFT Space Goingโ€ - Jake Brukhman

  • โ€œThe Future of Collectibles Is Digitalโ€ - Ryoma Ito

  • โ€œPrepare for Takeoff!โ€ - MetaClan

๐Ÿ–Œ๏ธExtra, Extra

  • I bought โ€œarchaic principlesโ€ from artist sisirist on MakersPlace. I adore their work and think itโ€™s sublime โ€ฆ

  • I bought โ€œKangpinโ€ from artist El Santero on SuperRare. I think itโ€™s pretty transcendent โ€ฆ

  • Upon hearing of my pup being sick, an unprompted El Santero sent me another piece on SuperRare, โ€œActivity Creeper,โ€ to cheer me up (shown below). The generosity totally blew me away, and Iโ€™ll never forget it. The good news is pup is doing great now, but I wanted to take this prime opportunity to highlight not only El Santeroโ€™s great talent but also their very kind spirit. Cheers friend โ€ฆ

  • I bought the โ€œ8th Manโ€ layer from Osinachiโ€™s Async Art masterpiece, โ€œChoose the Man You Will Become.โ€ I was drawn to this particular layer because of the powerful symbolic implications of the figure facing away from the viewer โ€ฆ

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

Keep an ๐Ÿ‘๏ธ out for the 13th issue of the DeFi Arts Intelligencer this time next week, too. Cheers โœŒ๏ธ

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About DeFi Arts Intelligencer

The DeFi Arts Intelligencer is curated by me, 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 at @wmpeaster.

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


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