DeFi Arts Intelligencer - Nov. 14th, 2020
DeFi Arts Intelligencer - Nov. 14th, 2020
Welcome to the 43rd issue of theย DeFi Arts Intelligencer, your weekly source for key happenings around Ethereum art, collectibles, games, finance, and more. Subscribeย here.
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The DeFi Arts Intelligencer has its next sponsor! Itโsย Async Art. Ethereumโs premier programmable art movement and platform, Async Art centers around artistsโ Master tokens and Layer tokens, the latter of which can be used by collectors to collaboratively affect the appearance of the former. This month Async Art has two major events to watch: Micah Johnsonโs masterful, just-released charity work โsรค-v(ษ-)rษn-tฤ," which uses bitcoin donations to help black youth, and Trevor Jones + Alotta Money's much-anticipated Nov. 15th EthBoy art drop.
For this dispatch:
๐จย Digital Art & Collectibles
Get your calendars out: artistย Bรฅrd Ionson is auctioning โThe Gateโ on Async Art on Nov. 21st. Be sure to check out my new review of the piece, โTranscendence in โThe Gate,โโ to get a feel for why itโs so special ๐ฅ
Collector DANNY purchased the ape CryptoPunk #2924 for 150 ETH (beating out the legendary Pranskyโs 100 ETH bid). Itโs the โnew #2 all time top sale in eth, #1 in USDโ for CryptoPunks per creators Larva Labs โฆ
Micah Johnsonโs latest Async Art pieceย โsรค-v(ษ-)rษn-tฤโ sold for a whopping 250 ETH this week ๐ฅ
NFT marketplace Rarible launched full support for music and video NFTs.
Grammy-winning musician RACโs second collab with Reisinger Andres sold for 16 ETH to Pabloย Rodriguez-Fraile of the Museum of Crypto Art (MโCโณ) โฆ
Cryptoart marketplace MakersPlace is holding a Comics extravaganza next week โฆ
Cryptoart marketplace KnownOrigin is now home to more than 550 artists! Onward and upward ๐
NFT minting platform and marketplace Cargo launched a Discord server. Come on in!
๐น๏ธ Blockchain Games
Ethereum gaming platform The Sandbox ran into problems this week with the projectโs latest LAND sale.
Axie Infinityโs new governance token, AXS, has risen from $0.12 per token to $0.52 per token over the last 9 days.
Speaking of Axie Infinity, the game now has over 10,000 daily active users (DAU). Impressive!
โฆ๏ธโฆ๏ธ DeFi News
Synthetic assets project Synthetix is considering a delegated governance model.
Alameda Research and Pantera Capital purchased BAL directly from Balancer Labsโs treasury.
Upstart DeFi risk management protocol UNION announced a $3.9 million private funding round.
๐ฐFresh Content
๐ฅ โBeeple: Behind the Art with Josie #32โ - Josie Bellini
๐ฐ โHow To Easily Get NonFungible Token (NFT) Market Exposureโ - Andrew Steinwold, Zima Red
๐ฐ โTokenSmart NFT Humpday Report #7: NIFTEX, or the Rise of the Shardsโ - me, nft42
Thanks for reading, and stay creative on- and off-chain!
Keep an ๐๏ธ out for the 44th 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 DeFi beats in recent years.
Iโm passionate about art and a DeFi/NFT 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.
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.
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