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DeFi Arts Intelligencer - Jan. 18th, 2020

William M. Peaster
Jan 18, 2020
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DeFi Arts Intelligencer - Jan. 18th, 2020

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Welcome to the inaugural issue of the DeFi Arts Intelligencer, your weekly source for key happenings around blockchain art, collectibles, and games. Subscribe here.

๐Ÿ”ถ๐Ÿ”ท๐Ÿ”ถ๐Ÿ”ท๐Ÿ”ถ๐Ÿ”ท๐Ÿ”ถ๐Ÿ”ท๐Ÿ”ถ๐Ÿ”ท๐Ÿ”ถ๐Ÿ”ท๐Ÿ”ถ๐Ÿ”ท๐Ÿ”ถ๐Ÿ”ท๐Ÿ”ถ๐Ÿ”ท๐Ÿ”ถ๐Ÿ”ท๐Ÿ”ถ๐Ÿ”ท๐Ÿ”ถ๐Ÿ”ท๐Ÿ”ถ๐Ÿ”ท๐Ÿ”ถ


For this dispatch:

๐ŸŽจ Digital Art & Collectibles

  • Pseudonymous digital art collector CuriousNFTs bought โ€œAI Generated Nude Portrait 1โ€ by artist Robbie Barrat for 75 ETH from art writer Jason Bailey. The work is notable for being the first tokenized piece made available through the SuperRare marketplace.

  • In an ensuing follow-up, Jason Bailey confirmed he also received another two pieces of non-fungible token (NFT) art as part of the aforementioned deal.

    Twitter avatar for @artnome
    Jason Bailey @artnome
    @SuperRare_co @DrBeef_ @curiousnfts I should also add I received these two works by @travisleroy and @Prince_Jacon in addition to the $13K as a key part of the trade with @curiousnfts I'd wanted those two works and regretted not having them - really happy to have them in my collection!
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  • Decentraland is โ€œopening the gatesโ€ to the first metropolis of its Metaverse, Genesis City, on Feb. 20th, 2020.

  • Splinterlands cards started trading on the OpenSea marketplace.

  • The Binance โ€œExchange the Worldโ€ crypto-collectible just sold for 29.8 ETH.

๐Ÿ•น๏ธ Blockchain Games

  • DeFi giant MakerDAO sponsored an Axie Infinity tournament that was streamed on popular streaming platform Twitch โ€” is it the first of many such campaigns to come?

  • Ethereum social coordination game MetaGame has racked up some 10,000 Dai in matched donations amid the current Gitcoin open-source fundraising round.

โ™ฆ๏ธโ™ฆ๏ธ DeFi News

  • Rocket Bank has launched, a new decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) effort that will offer under-collateralized DeFi loans backed by NFT collectibles, e.g. CryptoKitties.

  • The first DeFi flash loan has occurred, courtesy of the new Aave lending protocol.

  • Liquidity on the Uniswap DEX is acutely booming.

  • Social currencies are starting to explode as services like Roll are on the rise.

  • The economic bandwidth of Ethereum is currently around $32 billion USD.

  • NBA player Spencer Dinwiddie is tokenizing his contract on Ethereum.

  • The Sacramento Kings are auctioning one of their starโ€™s jerseys through Ethereum.

๐Ÿ“ฐ Fresh Reads

  • โ€œWho is the Creatorโ€ by Trevor Jones

  • โ€œ2019 Year in Reviewโ€ by Jason Bailey

  • โ€œThe trillion dollar case for ETHโ€ by 0xLucas.eth

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

Keep an ๐Ÿ‘๏ธ out for the 2nd issue of the DeFi Arts Intelligencer this time next week, too. Cheers โœŒ๏ธ

๐Ÿ”ถ๐Ÿ”ท๐Ÿ”ถ๐Ÿ”ท๐Ÿ”ถ๐Ÿ”ท๐Ÿ”ถ๐Ÿ”ท๐Ÿ”ถ๐Ÿ”ท๐Ÿ”ถ๐Ÿ”ท๐Ÿ”ถ๐Ÿ”ท๐Ÿ”ถ๐Ÿ”ท๐Ÿ”ถ๐Ÿ”ท๐Ÿ”ถ๐Ÿ”ท๐Ÿ”ถ๐Ÿ”ท๐Ÿ”ถ๐Ÿ”ท๐Ÿ”ถ๐Ÿ”ท๐Ÿ”ถ


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. Always take care to seriously consider the various layers of risk you face in participating in the still-maturing cryptoeconomy.

If you have a news 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.

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

๐Ÿ”ถ๐Ÿ”ท๐Ÿ”ถ๐Ÿ”ท๐Ÿ”ถ๐Ÿ”ท๐Ÿ”ถ๐Ÿ”ท๐Ÿ”ถ๐Ÿ”ท๐Ÿ”ถ๐Ÿ”ท๐Ÿ”ถ๐Ÿ”ท๐Ÿ”ถ๐Ÿ”ท๐Ÿ”ถ๐Ÿ”ท๐Ÿ”ถ๐Ÿ”ท๐Ÿ”ถ๐Ÿ”ท๐Ÿ”ถ๐Ÿ”ท๐Ÿ”ถ๐Ÿ”ท๐Ÿ”ถ

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