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DeFi Arts Intelligencer - Feb. 15th, 2020

William M. Peaster
Feb 16, 2020
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Welcome to the 5th 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

  • Art duo Hackataoโ€™s new series, โ€œThe Whale,โ€ sold out in hours for right under 17 ETH.

  • SuperRare artist Pak sold โ€œRubikโ€™s Miseryโ€ to WhaleShark for 25.75 ETH ๐Ÿณ

  • Are you an artist that wants to launch a gallery in Cryptovoxels? The aforementioned art collector and patron WhaleShark has offered rent-free CV parcels for yearlong leases to those interested.

    Twitter avatar for @WhaleShark_Pro
    WhaleShark.Pro @WhaleShark_Pro
    Many new artists have joined the space over the last 2 months and I wanted to reiterate my offer to provide rent-free @cryptovoxels parcels for 12 months for those looking to build a gallery. Only catch is you need to build and maintain. Please retweet. Reply if interested!โ™ฅ๏ธ
    8:30 AM โˆ™ Feb 15, 2020
    95Likes59Retweets
  • Speaking of Cryptovoxels, its world is having its first charity auction on February 29th.

  • Osinachi has a beautiful new piece, โ€œThe Thinker Gets Flowers,โ€ out.

    Twitter avatar for @Prince_Jacon
    Osinachi ๐ŸŽจ @Prince_Jacon
    Now live on @SuperRare_co : 'The Thinker Gets Flowers'. The Thinker gets what is supposed to be a surprise โ€“ a bouquet of flowers. But is he impressed? superrare.co/artwork-v2/theโ€ฆ #nft #eth #ankara #flowers #osinachi #rose #thethinker #Valentines
    Image
    10:19 AM โˆ™ Feb 12, 2020
    20Likes2Retweets
  • Piano Power, the 2nd album from the virtual Algorithmic Jazz Alliance group, has been released and with it a handful of commemorative NFTs to celebrate.

  • OpenSea hosted an epic ETHDenver 2020 Art Gallery Auction.

  • Cryptoart market rising: to date SuperRare pieces have generated 2,846 ETH in total volume (for a rise of 23% on the week), Known Originโ€™s pieces 83 ETH (up 360% on the week), and MakersPlaceโ€™s pieces 181 ETH (up 8 percent on the week). Per OpenSea, these platformsโ€™ current average sales prices are 0.73 ETH, 0.32 ETH, and 0.21 ETH respectively.

  • According to NFT tracker site NonFungible, the projects with the most trade volume this week were Decentraland ($635k), The Sandbox ($181k), Gods Unchained ($76k), Cryptovoxels ($44k), and SuperRare ($37k).

  • Mintbase now has 300 markets.

  • The NFT space a leading indicator of crypto trends? Dapper Labsโ€™s Brian Flynn thinks so.

  • Decentraland has a new naming system thatโ€™s integrated with the Ethereum Name Service (ENS).

  • The Avastar project is off to a hot start.

  • Madrid-based Belgian artist Skeenee, creator of the $SKULL personal token, put out an awesome new series ๐Ÿ’€

    Twitter avatar for @skeenee_art
    Skeenee.eth | CryptoArt & Tattoo @skeenee_art
    The binaryRefinery() series is mostly going to be a $SKULL exclusive available on @opensea : opensea.io/assets/binaryrโ€ฆ Prices will start at 5000 $SKULL and will triple on each sale! 2 have already sold, tx guys!๐Ÿ‘Š Buy some $SKULL & grab a cheap NFT! @tryrollhq #cryptoart #ganF
    Image
    6:42 PM โˆ™ Feb 12, 2020
    26Likes6Retweets

๐Ÿ•น๏ธย Blockchain Games

  • Meet MetaClan: the first eSports DAO.

  • Gamers competing for rare digital items that gain, or are good for, Dai prizes? Itโ€™s on the horizon!

    Twitter avatar for @r_ross_campbell
    Ross Campbell @r_ross_campbell
    ICYMI, โ€˜Charged Particlesโ€™ = one of my favorite Token experiments atm - for example, this code could allow gamers to compete and win rare digital items that accrue interest through DSR (โ€˜chargeโ€™) / can be burned for $DAI Loot โšก๏ธ๐Ÿ’ธV
    Twitter avatar for @robsecord
    robsecord.eth @robsecord
    Wish I were at #ETHDenver right with all of you but I'm still hacking away at home! New landing page up, thoughts? #ChargedParticles https://t.co/9U8Tk2AJyI
    1:01 PM โˆ™ Feb 15, 2020
    11Likes3Retweets
  • The team behind the no-loss lotto game PoolTogether clarified how winners are selected.

  • Morrigan, Goddess of Death, is on sale for 10 ETH. Itโ€™s the first mystic bird in Axie Infinity. Could be a good snag for the upcoming Leeky Cup ๐Ÿ‘€

  • Using the DeFiZap projectโ€™s newest tool, users can easily become Uniswap liquidity providers for Axie Infinityโ€™s Small Love Potions (SLP).

โ™ฆ๏ธโ™ฆ๏ธย DeFi News

  • The Ethereum browser wallet Metamask crossed 1 million users.

  • tBTC, a trustless ERC20 version of bitcoin, is live on Ethereumโ€™s Ropsten testnet.

  • A governance-minimized alternative to the Dai, Meta, has been proposed.

  • The opyn project now offers insurance for deposits on Compound.

  • Want to create Ethereum-powered React apps? Sablierโ€™s Paul Berg has you covered.

  • Decentralized exchange Uniswap is shooting for the stars โ€ฆ

    Twitter avatar for @haydenzadams
    Hayden Adams ๐Ÿฆ„ @haydenzadams
    2019: Uniswap V1 proved AMMs can compete with traditional exchanges 2020: Uniswap V2 will prove AMMs can do things traditional exchanges cannot 2021: Uniswap V3 will face slippage and capital efficiency head on to prove AMMs can outcompete traditional exchanges on all fronts
    7:39 PM โˆ™ Feb 14, 2020
    267Likes46Retweets
  • MetaCartel Ventures, a community investment DAO, launched with support for an initial set of tokens, including MetaGameโ€™s $SEED, Axie Infinityโ€™s Small Love Potions (SLP), and personal tokens like $MAGIC and $PEW.

  • The new Authereum platform is bringing DeFi toward mainstream audiences.

  • An assailant executed a sophisticated market manipulation attack on the decentralized trading platform Fulcrum, apparently making off with some $350k in profit. The backers of Fulcrum are conducting a post-mortem and have said usersโ€™ funds are safe.

๐Ÿ“ฐFresh Reads

  • โ€œArt for Spaceโ€ - Massimo Franceschet

  • โ€œOut of Left (Brained) Field #5: How I Buy My Artโ€ - WhaleShark

  • โ€œMeet Osinachi, The Cryptoartist Fronting The Tokenized Artwork Movement In Africaโ€ - Collins Badewa

  • โ€œTokens, Gaming, and Forking Gardensโ€ - Mareen Glรคske

  • โ€œCrypto memes and adoptionโ€ - Linda Xie

  • โ€œOptimistic Virtual Machine Alphaโ€ - Optimism PBC

  • โ€œSuperRare Art Releaseโ€ - Micah Johnson

๐Ÿ–Œ๏ธExtra, Extra

  • Three cryptoart collectionโ€™s I admired this week: WhaleSharkโ€™s, Platoโ€™s, and First Editionโ€™s. Worth checking out if you havenโ€™t before ๐Ÿ”ฅ

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

Keep an ๐Ÿ‘๏ธ out for the 6th 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.

This particular newsletter is a labor of love, but if you enjoy the work and want to support it, feel free toย subscribe, have a like-minded friend subscribe as well, or buy some ofย my crypto artย on OpenSea! Thanks kindly!


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๐Ÿ–Œ๏ธThings I tokenized on OpenSea this week๐Ÿ–Œ๏ธ

Daiku #1

Two ponds split like eyes
A crane walks between the gaze
Rain ripples the stare

Sweet Pup

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