DeFi Arts Intelligencer - Sept. 5th, 2020
Welcome to the 33rd 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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For this dispatch:
๐จย Digital Art & Collectibles
Artist Coldie became the first person to mint 100 pieces and collect 100 pieces on art platform SuperRare.
Collector Billy Whistler resold the Master token of jivinciโs โGirl With The Etheringโ for 20 ETH on Async Art.
Artist Carlos Marcial kicked off auctions via Async Art and OpenSea for โArt Is the Currency of the Infiniteโ โฆ
NFT investor and entrepreneur Andrew Steinwold unveiled to the public Sfermion, a metaverse-native investment firm.
i4 DAOโs first โStart with the Artโ talk was awesome!
Meet nifty.ink: a new platform for affordable NFT minting.
๐น๏ธย Blockchain Games
Ethereum trading card game Gods Unchained has two new prize draws: Shadow Draw and Mythic Draw.
Backed by Polyient Games, the Axie Infinity PGFK Palooza tournament kicked off on September 5th.
Ethereum gaming platform The Sandbox launched the Atari Token Competition, which runs between September 4th and September 17th.
โฆ๏ธโฆ๏ธย DeFi News
Trading protocol Uniswap 1) reached $10 billion in all time volume, 2) acutely overtook Coinbase in 24-hour volume, and 3) became the largest DeFi dapp this week.
Lending protocol Aave has now powered over $300 million in crypto-native flash loans
yEarnโs new yinsurance product allows users to take out NFT-based insurance for various DeFi activities.
yEarn also launched the yETH Vault this week. This DeFi tool lets users deposit ETH in order to steadily yield farm more ETH.
Itโs official: 1% of treasury inflows to Yam Finance going forward will be diverted to the funding pool of the Tech category of Gitcoin Grants.
๐ฐFresh Content
โFanny Lakoubay - The Crypto Art Movement - Zima Red ep 32'โ - Andrew Steinwold / Zima Red
โPromising Ethereum Scaling Solution Fuel Hits New Heightsโ - me
Thanks for reading, and stay creative on- and off-chain!
Keep an ๐๏ธ out for the 34th 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.
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