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DeFi Arts Intelligencer - Sept. 19th, 2020

William M. Peaster
Sep 19, 2020
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Welcome to the 35th issue of theย DeFi Arts Intelligencer, your weekly source for key happenings around Ethereum art, collectibles, games, finance, and more. Subscribeย here.

๐Ÿ”ถ๐Ÿ”ท๐Ÿ”ถ๐Ÿ”ท๐Ÿ”ถ๐Ÿ”ท๐Ÿ”ถ๐Ÿ”ท๐Ÿ”ถ๐Ÿ”ท๐Ÿ”ถ๐Ÿ”ท๐Ÿ”ถ๐Ÿ”ท๐Ÿ”ถ๐Ÿ”ท๐Ÿ”ถ๐Ÿ”ท๐Ÿ”ถ๐Ÿ”ท๐Ÿ”ถ๐Ÿ”ท๐Ÿ”ถ๐Ÿ”ท๐Ÿ”ถ๐Ÿ”ท๐Ÿ”ถ


For this dispatch:

๐ŸŽจย Digital Art & Collectibles

  • Artist Matt Kane sold "Right Place & Right Time" to collector TokenAngels for a record-setting 262 ETH on programmable art platform Async Art. The artist and collector have partnered together in what has all the makings of a very creative, very promising venture โ€ฆ

    Twitter avatar for @AsyncArt
    Async Art @AsyncArt
    ๐Ÿ”ฅNEW SALE RECORD๐Ÿ”ฅ 1/4 "Right Place & Right Time" by @MattKaneArtist sold for 262 ETH to @TokenAngels! Highest #Cryptoart #NFT sale of the most complex #AsyncArt with 400+ lines of code, 24 hand-crafted Layers, & 100+ hours of labor, this is the #McLaren of #ProgrammableArt
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    5:04 AM โˆ™ Sep 18, 2020
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  • NFT marketplace OpenSea added Uniswapโ€™s new UNI token as a payment option.

  • OG NFT project CryptoPunks topped the NFT market this week, bringing in 7-day volume of +$272,000 per NonFungible.com.

  • Artist Olive Allen minted โ€œIt Doesnโ€™t Have to Make Senseโ€ this week, her first piece on art platform SuperRare.

  • NFT dev studio nft42, creators of Avastars, InfiNFT, TokenSmart, and the Metalympics, released their first community update.

  • The โ€œWasp Riderโ€ collection by Artist Metageist will be among the first NFTs eligible for Cargo Gem staking on the new Cargo marketplace.

  • DJ and music producer 3LAU is launching the โ€œSSX3LAUโ€ collection on Nifty Gateway on October 5th.

  • Decentraland DAO has arrived! Now the virtual worldโ€™s community will play a pivotal role in steering the projectโ€™s path going forward.

  • Speaking of DAOs, DAO-islands are coming to virtual world Cryptovoxels. Hell yeah!

  • Art marketplace Known Origin rebuilt its website with a focus on optimizing UX.

  • The โ€œTerminusโ€ collection by the artist Pak sold for 138.5 ETH on MakersPlace โ€ฆ

    Twitter avatar for @makersplaceco
    MakersPlace @makersplaceco
    ๐Ÿ”ฅ SOLD OUT! After 5+ hours of battling between giants @etyoung @WhaleShark_Pro #motoko #mamentum, @muratpak's Terminus collection sold for a record-breaking 138.5ETH (~$53.5K)!! Congratulations to everyone. Read about Pak ๐Ÿ‘‡ rare.makersplace.com/2020/09/16/defโ€ฆ โšช๏ธ makersplace.com/pak/terminus/
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    6:15 PM โˆ™ Sep 19, 2020
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๐Ÿ•น๏ธย Blockchain Games

  • Ethereum trading card game Gods Unchained has implemented some optimizations to its Weekend Ranked matchmaking events.

  • Courtesy of SLP farming, many Axie Infinity players benefited from Uniswapโ€™s UNI airdrop. It pays to play, baby!

  • Global fantasy football game Sorare highlighted soraredata.com, a rising community project that helps Sorare players make informed decisions.

  • Minecraft NFTs? Theyโ€™re coming to the market via a partnership between Coincheck and Enjin.

โ™ฆ๏ธโ™ฆ๏ธย DeFi News

  • This week was all about Uniswap, so I just wanted to share some of my favorite UNI-themed art from the week โ€ฆ

    Twitter avatar for @sven_eberwein
    SvenEberwein @sven_eberwein
    $UNI for everyone! Thanks for the Stimulus @UniswapProtocol! #NFT on @SuperRare_co superrare.co/artwork-v2/uniโ€ฆ
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    10:55 PM โˆ™ Sep 17, 2020
    21Likes5Retweets
    Twitter avatar for @neurocolor
    neurocolor ็ฅž็ตŒ่‰ฒ @neurocolor
    ใƒฆใƒ‹ใƒผ wave 400 *Following the UNIcorn (...price graph)* Commemorative piece about the Uniswap governance token release. 1/1 via @SuperRare_co ๐Ÿฆ„ superrare.co/artwork-v2/%E3โ€ฆ โ€” @UniswapProtocol #NFT #CryptoArt #RareDigitalArt #DeFi $UNI #Nifty #nifties #nfts #vaporwave #ethereum
    Image
    5:27 PM โˆ™ Sep 18, 2020
    109Likes35Retweets
    Twitter avatar for @dhtenshi
    Diego Rodriguez @dhtenshi
    Long time no see... "UNISWAP DeFi KING" is up for grabs as a 1/1 #NFT @UniswapProtocol Thanks for the $UNI, such a blessing to my family. Congrats on the launch!! Now accepting offers on @opensea opensea.io/assets/0x22adcโ€ฆ #cryptoart #ethereum #defi $eth $btc
    Image
    8:29 PM โˆ™ Sep 18, 2020
    176Likes26Retweets
    Twitter avatar for @ItsMeRileigh
    BitRileyโšก๏ธ(Neon) @ItsMeRileigh
    ๐“ค๐“ท๐“ฒ ๐“’๐“ช๐“ผ๐“ผ๐“ฎ๐“ฝ๐“ฝ๐“ฎ | Series 1 - Card 15 @Cryptables x @ItsMeRileigh 10/10 app.rarible.com/token/0xd07dc4โ€ฆ on @rariblecom #NFT #NFTs #digitalart #cryptoart #art #uniswap $uni #uni #ERC1155 @UniswapProtocol @haydenadams $rari #defi #crypto
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    7:00 PM โˆ™ Sep 18, 2020
    37Likes2Retweets
    Twitter avatar for @StellarMirage
    ๐š‚๐š๐šŽ๐š•๐š•๐šŠ๐š› ๐™ผ๐š’๐š›๐šŠ๐š๐šŽ @StellarMirage
    "๐™ท๐š’๐š๐š‘ ๐š˜๐š— ๐š„๐™ฝ๐™ธ" ฮž ๐š๐šŠ๐šœ ๐š™๐š›๐š’๐šŒ๐šŽ ๐šž๐š™ ๐š๐š˜ ๐Ÿบ๐Ÿธ๐Ÿถ ๐š๐š‘๐šŠ๐š—๐š”๐šœ ๐š๐š˜ ๐š„๐™ฝ๐™ธ. ๐™ฐ๐šŸ๐šŠ๐š’๐š•๐šŠ๐š‹๐š•๐šŽ ๐š˜๐š— @rariblecom app.rarible.com/stellarmirage #nft #nfts #raredigitalart #cryptoart #art #nifty #nifties #collectible #rarible #crypto #ethereum #uniswap $eth $uni $rari
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    12:23 AM โˆ™ Sep 18, 2020
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๐Ÿ“ฐFresh Content

  • โ€œSuperRare Art Market Weekly Report 15โ€ - An Rong

  • โ€œNew Funding Methods and Markets for NFTsโ€ - Andrew Steinwold

๐Ÿ–Œ๏ธExtra, Extra

  • I accepted applicants to my $WHALE mini-grants campaign over the last week: validator.eth and ejthek. Both will be receiving 400 $WHALE (+$5,000 at current prices)

  • validator.eth, a.k.a. the ENS Fairy, altruistically gifts ENS .eth domains and subdomains to rightful owners and runs ensportal.com. The $WHALE mini-grant will help him continue his awesome ENS work.

  • ejthek is an artist who plans to use their mini-grant to help fund a new weekly art and artist review publication.

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

Keep an ๐Ÿ‘๏ธ out for the 36th issue of theย DeFi Arts Intelligencerย this time next week, too. Cheers โœŒ๏ธ

๐Ÿ”ถ๐Ÿ”ท๐Ÿ”ถ๐Ÿ”ท๐Ÿ”ถ๐Ÿ”ท๐Ÿ”ถ๐Ÿ”ท๐Ÿ”ถ๐Ÿ”ท๐Ÿ”ถ๐Ÿ”ท๐Ÿ”ถ๐Ÿ”ท๐Ÿ”ถ๐Ÿ”ท๐Ÿ”ถ๐Ÿ”ท๐Ÿ”ถ๐Ÿ”ท๐Ÿ”ถ๐Ÿ”ท๐Ÿ”ถ๐Ÿ”ท๐Ÿ”ถ๐Ÿ”ท๐Ÿ”ถ


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 DeFi beats in recent years.

Iโ€™m 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. 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 haveย collectedย NFTsย open for offers, too, as well as my ownย art NFTsย available. Tips also accepted at wmpeaster.eth. Thanks kindly!

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DragoNate
Sep 20, 2020

Where even was the Google doc application form to apply for your mini-grant?

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