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DeFi Arts Intelligencer - Jan. 25th, 2020

Welcome to the 2nd issue of theΒ DeFi Arts Intelligencer, your weekly source for key happenings around blockchain art, collectibles, and games. SubscribeΒ here.
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For this dispatch:
π¨Β Digital Art & Collectibles
Popular NFT artists XCOPY and Coldie sold their first collaboration, βDystoPunk 3D,β for 40 ETH.
Art writer Jason Bailey took proceeds from his recent 75 ETH sale of βAI Generated Nude Portrait 1β by artist Robbie Barrat and created 165 micro-loans through Kiva.
The OpenSea marketplace embraced the dark side β¦ night mode that is.
Decentralized music streaming platform Audius is now live in the iOS app store.
Fashion derivatives? Thanks Ethereum!
πΉοΈΒ Blockchain Games
Weekly βno-lossβ lottery PoolTogether broke through 1,600 users and a 1,000 Dai prize pot for the first time.
The first five cards of the βArtists Seriesβ from the Marble Cards game sold for 36.88 ETH.
Re: the recent Marble Cards community controversy, Ep. 30 of Wizards of Dapps is an informative entry point.
NFT supply policies? Check.
MetaGame is rising.
β¦οΈβ¦οΈΒ DeFi News
Signal DAO was rolled out; the project will allow entrepreneurs to propose projects and receiving funding accordingly.
On-chain liquidity provider Kyber Network eclipsed $500 million USD in total transaction volume.
Tokenize traders: Set Protocol has launched its βSet Social Tradingβ on Ethereum.
CherrySwap V2 arrived: an automatic DeFi market maker offering interest rate swaps.
Welcome Rho, another automated market maker effort related to on-chain interest rate swaps. More fixed interest rates in DeFi, anyone?
Is StablePay cooler than Venmo? Oh yeah.
DigixDAO is dissolving.
Reuben Bramanathan, one of the cryptoeconomyβs most respected lawyers, has unveiled a personal token.
Plant some trees through DeFi, will ya! rTrees has you covered.
Uniswap now offers more than 2,000 token markets.
π°Fresh Reads
βHow to tokenize yourselfβ - from Ryan Sean Adams
βOur Network: Issue #5β - from Spencer Noon
βNew Doesnβt Necessarily Mean Betterβ - from Camila Russo
βExpectations of launching your own Moloch DAOβ - Peter βpet3rpanβ
βThe Year in Ethereum 2019β - Josh Stark & Evan Van Ness
βThe Power of Permissionless Protocolsβ - from Ben DiFrancesco
ποΈExtra, Extra
I sold my first NFT art for 0.1 ETH, yippee! β€οΈ Cubism.
Thanks for reading, and stay creative on- and off-chain!
Keep an ποΈ out for the 3rd issue of theΒ DeFi Arts IntelligencerΒ this time next week, too. Cheers βοΈ
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About DeFi Arts Intelligencer
TheΒ DeFi Arts IntelligencerΒ is curated by me,Β William M. Peaster, a professional writer and editor whoβs been tracking the Ethereum and Dai beats in recent years.
Iβm 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. Iβm 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 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.
This particular newsletter is a labor of love, but if you enjoy the work and want to support it, feel free toΒ subscribe, have a like-minded friend subscribe as well, or buy some of my crypto art on OpenSea. Thanks kindly!
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