Welcome to the 21st issue of theΒ DeFi Arts Intelligencer, your weekly source for key happenings around Ethereum art, collectibles, and games. SubscribeΒ here.
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For this dispatch:
π¨Β Digital Art & Collectibles
OpenSea has made it possible to embed NFTs within Cent posts. Right on!
Artist Josie Belliniβs βThis Is Americaβ poster went viral this week as protests against police brutality continued to sweep across the U.S.
Artist Osinachiβs βI Canβt Breatheβ sold for 8 ETH on SuperRare and a portion of the procceeds went to help support the Black Lives Matter movement.
Artist XCOPYβs piece βBROKENβ sold for 6.6 ETH, days after his βDOOM Partyβ piece on Async Art sold for 26 ETH β¦
Artists Skeenee and Pepe Designer have a new piece out on Async Art, βMindful Death.β
Ever wondered what a gender-neutral Avastar might look like? Wonder no more, thanks to the legendary Kai.
CryptoPunk 5002 sold for 49 ETH, and CryptoPunk 7458 sold for 56 ETH β¦
πΉοΈΒ Blockchain Games
Want a 1-on-1 Axie Infinity training lesson? The Axie.GG team has you covered.
Speaking of Axie Infinity, the project saw more than 200 ETH in trading volume around its NFTs on the week.
Ethereum trading card game Gods Unchained published its latest marketplace analysis.
Ethereum gaming world The Sandbox sold out its MoonSale within 3 minutes.
β¦οΈβ¦οΈΒ DeFi News
Ethereum now has over 100 million unique addresses!
Are you a user of Ethereumβs Tornado Cash privacy tool? Be mindful of your transaction practices β a new paper shows many Tornado users are exposing themselves through reckless behavior.
DeFiβs top lending dapp MakerDAO is considering whether to greenlight music royalties and supply chain invoices as approved collateral types in the Multi-Collateral Dai (MCD) system.
Looking for some alleviation from Ethereumβs recent gas price pains? Check out Loopring Pay, which is powered by zkRollup tech and can help you send ETH and tokens for free.
Dxdao is putting out a new predictions marketplace, Omen.
π°Fresh Content
βPortrait of an Artist as a Young Etherean: On Winning New Creators to Ethereumβ - moi
βDissecting Avastars Gen1 Series 1 Pt. 1β - moi
βzkRollup vs. Validium (StarkEx)β - Alex Gluchowski
βThe $WHALE Whitepaper V2β - WhaleShark
βA simple plan for repairing our society: we need new human rights, and this is how we get themβ - Vinay Gupta
βHow To Become A Successful Artistβ - Jason Bailey a.k.a Artnome
βSparking Creativityβ - Bryan Brinkman
ποΈExtra, Extra
Later this month, Iβm going to be rolling out a community calendar thatβll have all the key dates listed for notable NFT projects and artists. The idea is that this will be a resource to help folks easily keep up with the spaceβs biggest happenings on an ongoing basis.
This coming week, Iβm moving from Pensacola, FL, to outside of Seattle, WA. That said, Iβll be driving cross-country for a few days, so with being busy and all Iβm not going to publish the Intelligencer next Saturday. This is just a one-off occassion, and Iβll be back in the saddle for June 19th and evermore after that. Thanks kindly for your patience in the meantime!
Thanks for reading, and stay creative on- and off-chain!
Keep an ποΈ out for the 22nd 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, 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 atΒ @wmpeaster.
If you enjoy this newsletter and want to support it, feel free toΒ subscribeΒ or have a like-minded friend subscribe as well. I haveΒ NFT piecesΒ available for sale, too. Thanks kindly!
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