DeFi Arts Intelligencer - May 30th, 2020
DeFi Arts Intelligencer - May 30th, 2020
Welcome to the 20th 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:
๐จย Digital Art & Collectibles
InfiNFT, a decentralized minting platform that hosts all metadata on-chain, launched today ๐ฅ
Artist Trevor Jones debuted on MakersPlace with โAll That Remains,โ a digital interpretation of the first piece Jones ever sold at his inaugural commercial solo exhibition. At press time, the workโs high bid was 14 ETH by moderats โฆ
Per NonFungible.com, the Cryptopunks market topped NFT Land again this week, with the OG crypto collectibles project having brought in over $133,000 USD in 7-day volume. Punk 6487 sold for 100 ETH in that span, for example.
Async Art unveiled a series of new usability updates to the platform and held a series of high-profile auctions this week, including for the initial Layer tokens of XCOPYโs signature โDOOM Partyโ piece โฆ
Cryptovoxels creator Ben Nolan gave a presentation during this weekโs WIP meeting โฆ
Nifty Gatewayโs Drop 5 was ๐ฅ, featuring major works by Kenny Scharf and Hackatao. The latterโs 1-of-1 โ Sibyllaโ piece sold for $5,700.
Artist Osinachi released two now pieces on SuperRare, โChild of the Spiritsโ and โGreen Bottleโ โฆ
NFT minting platform Mintbase transitioned to Arweave as its metadata solution provider.
Microsponsors, the peer-to-peer auction house for time, rolled out a new โFeatured Categoriesโ feature that allows users to easily browse service topics like โDeFiโ and โArt.โ
The ever-wise Jin offered us a peek into the future of virtual reality โฆ
DAOrecords is hosting a โMintTape Release Partyโ on June 6th and 7th.
๐น๏ธย Blockchain Games
Axie Infinity provided an update on how its Land system is maturing. The team detailed progress on collecting in-game resources, building structures, and the gameโs map editor.
Ethereum trading card game Gods Unchained unveiled new prize draws for its upcoming season.
โฆ๏ธโฆ๏ธย DeFi News
Meet Yiedl: a new DeFi project that lets you take out a โmortgageโ on your NFTs in non-custodial fashion.
Now live on the Ethereum mainnet, mStable is a new protocol for unifying stablecoin activities. The projectโs first offering, mUSD, will be backed by USDT, USDC, TUSD, and Dai.
Want to use your Uniswap Liquidity Provider (LP) tokens as collateral in DeFi? Now you can via lending project Aave.
The price of MKR, MakerDAOโs governance token, acutely surged some 50% amid the news the token was being added to Coinbase Pro.
DeFi lending platform Compound identified how it will be distributing the COMP governance token in the months ahead.
๐ฐFresh Content
โBehind the Art with Josie - Hackataoโ - Josie Bellini
โIntroducing What the Fracโ - Mick de Graaf
โThe Ghost Of Satoshi โ Issue No. 96โ - Ben DiFrancesco
โ[Special Interview] DeFi Dad, Ethereal Summitโ - matthew.cent.eth
๐๏ธExtra, Extra
When I first started diving into the cryptoart scene, the first pieces I fell in love with were from Jason Baileyโs SAMOGAN series. This week, I sold SAMOGAN #30 on SuperRareโs secondary market, and the coolest part is that Bailey instantly received a 10% royalty. I definitely think this is the future of art.
Thanks for reading, and stay creative on- and off-chain!
Keep an ๐๏ธ out for the 21st issue of theย DeFi Arts Intelligencerย this time next week, too. Cheers โ๏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 whoโs been tracking the Ethereum and Dai beats in recent years.
Iโm 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. Iโm 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.
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