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DeFi Arts Intelligencer - May 2nd, 2020

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DeFi Arts Intelligencer - May 2nd, 2020

William M. Peaster
May 3, 2020
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DeFi Arts Intelligencer - May 2nd, 2020

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Welcome to the 16th 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

  • Cryptoart platform SuperRare released a big update that makes its marketplace system even more user-friendly. The platformโ€™s โ€œArtist Stimulus Packageโ€ campaign also concluded with 25 ETH raised.

  • Collector WhaleShark is launching a social currency, $WHALE, with help from the Roll and NonFungible.com teams. The token will be underpinned by the rare cryptoart and digital collectibles held in โ€œThe Vault.โ€

  • Avastars is running a meme competition through May 3rd. The generative art projectโ€™s also now on Product Hunt.

  • Virtual world Cryptovoxels has islands incoming.

  • NFT maestro Pranksy is turning their 35 Cryptovoxels plots, dubbed Pranksyland, into a cryptoart hub in collaboration with artists in the ecosystem.

  • Artist Alotta Money is auctioning โ€œThe Voxel Hotelโ€ on OpenSea.

  • Artist Osinachi listed a new piece, โ€œTennis Player,โ€ on MakersPlace ...

    Twitter avatar for @Prince_Jacon
    Osinachi ๐ŸŽจ @Prince_Jacon
    'Tennis Player'. Fun fact about this piece on @makersplaceco: I was my own model. So, it's kind of a self-portrait. Current bid is 3.2ฮž from #codeinecups @temo_ka. Reserve price is 5.8ฮž at which point the 24-hour countdown starts. makersplace.com/osinachi/tenniโ€ฆ
    Image
    6:07 PM โˆ™ May 2, 2020
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  • In a new update, NFT marketplace Nifty Gateway noted around 70 percent of its buyers to date have been โ€œnew to the NFT space.โ€

  • Check out InfiNFT, a new token minting platform aimed at securing NFTs in perpetuity.

  • Artist Twisted Vacancyโ€™s piece โ€œMotel for Cosmic Debrisโ€ saw a secondary sale on SuperRare for 7.4 ETH โ€ฆ

    Twitter avatar for @SergueiV
    powerSurgeโšก๏ธ @SergueiV
    Top #cryptoart sale of the day is โ€œMotel for cosmic debrisโ€ by @twistedvacancy Sold for $1500 (7.4 eth) on @SuperRare_co
    Image
    9:06 PM โˆ™ May 2, 2020
  • The upstart PixelChain project is approaching the milestone of 2,000 mints.

  • Decentralized fashion label MetaFactory held a sudden death 24-hour auction for its final two membership slots.

๐Ÿ•น๏ธย Blockchain Games

  • MetaClan DAO launched on the Ethereum mainnet.

  • The Gods Unchained team analyzed recent top-selling GU cards across the Genesis and Core sets.

  • Axie Infinityโ€™s Season 4 concluded on May 2nd.

โ™ฆ๏ธโ™ฆ๏ธย DeFi News

  • Bitcoin-pegged Ethereum token tBTC started its public roll out.

  • The LAO, a decentralized venture fund thatโ€™s a combination of a DAO and a Delaware-based LLC, went live.ย 

  • Meet Gnosis Safe apps, an easy way for Gnosis Safe multi-sig users to interact with Ethereum dapps.

  • The Decentraland community has applied to have the MANA token approved as collateral within MakerDAOโ€™s Multi-Collateral Dai (MCD) system. Separately, Maker stakeholders voted to add the bitcoin-pegged WBTC token to MCD on May 1st.

  • DeFi synthetic assets projectย UMA Protocolย listed 2% of the total supply of its $UMA tokenย on the Uniswap decentralized exchange. The tokenโ€™s early price action caused some controversy.

  • DeFi lending dapp Compound now supports the Tether (USDT) stablecoin.

  • Ethereum privacy project Tornado.cash began its Trusted Setup Ceremony.

  • The ENS name crypto.eth sold for 60 ETH on OpenSea.

๐Ÿ“ฐFresh Content

  • โ€œThoughts on Virtual Eventsโ€ - matthew.cent.eth

  • โ€œNFT Art - Secondary Sale Valuationโ€ - Andrew Steinwold

  • โ€œAsync Artist Spotlight: Osinachiโ€ - Async Art

  • โ€œrhyolight galleryโ€ - Alan Smale a.k.a. Puffin

  • โ€œCan Machine Learning Predict the Price of Art at Auction?โ€ - Jason Bailey

  • โ€œBuilding on Ethereum in 2020โ€ - Austin Griffith

  • โ€œHow to Make Your Own DeFi Protocol Without Writing a Smart Contractโ€ - Authereum

๐Ÿ–Œ๏ธExtra, Extra

  • I have a couple new pieces up on OpenSea โœŒ๏ธ

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

Keep an ๐Ÿ‘๏ธ out for the 17th 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.

If you enjoy this newsletter and want to support it, feel free toย subscribeย or have a like-minded friend subscribe as well. I have NFT pieces available on OpenSea, too. Thanks kindly!


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