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DeFi Arts Intelligencer - August 22nd, 2020

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DeFi Arts Intelligencer - August 22nd, 2020

William M. Peaster
Aug 22, 2020
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DeFi Arts Intelligencer - August 22nd, 2020

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Welcome to the 31st issue of the DeFi Arts Intelligencer, your weekly source for key happenings around Ethereum art, collectibles, games, finance, and more. Subscribe here.

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For this dispatch:

๐ŸŽจ Digital Art & Collectibles

  • Artist XCOPY sold the Master token of โ€œThe Rabbleโ€ on Async Art for 32 ETH. Total sales for the pieceโ€™s Master and Layer tokens brought in +85 ETH โ€ฆ

    Twitter avatar for @SergueiV
    powerSurgeโšก๏ธ @SergueiV
    Master layer of โ€œThe Rabbleโ€ by @XCOPYART is topping #crypto #art sals for today. Sold for $14,000 (32 eth) on @AsyncArt to @TokenAngels
    Image
    8:58 PM โˆ™ Aug 17, 2020
  • Speaking of Async Art, artists on the platform are going beast mode: 6 artists brought in +197 ETH across 100 Master and Layer token sales last weekend.

  • Acclaimed comic book artist Josรฉ Delbo is collaborating with artist PR1MAL CYPHER on a new MakersPlace piece โ€ฆ

    Twitter avatar for @Jose_Delbo
    Jose Delbo @Jose_Delbo
    I am very excited to announce my next drop on @makersplaceco including a collaboration with @primal_cypher! Coming 8/27! rare.makersplace.com/2020/08/21/upcโ€ฆ Featuring this guy:
    Image
    Twitter avatar for @makersplaceco
    MakersPlace @makersplaceco
    ๐Ÿ”ฅUPCOMING DROPS Get ready for the latest from comic legend @Jose_Delbo including a collab w/ @primal_cypher! The battle against COVID continues, this time in the darkness of the night, in the big city Take a peek๐Ÿ‘‡ https://t.co/LSnoYY6GcY Learn more๐Ÿ‘‡ https://t.co/nCsUfqABCM https://t.co/yeAhoh7Ffw
    4:55 AM โˆ™ Aug 22, 2020
    52Likes13Retweets
  • Art platform SuperRare is holding a 3D VR exhibit dubbed #Atlantis in VRChat, featuring artists like Metageist, Scobot, VRRosie, Trippyogi, and more.

  • Artist etiene sold โ€œHow to Disappear Completelyโ€ on SuperRare for 5 ETH โ€ฆ

    Twitter avatar for @etienecrauss
    etiene @etienecrauss
    'How To Disappear Completely' NOW AVAILABLE ON @SuperRare_co๐Ÿ’Ž superrare.co/artwork-v2/howโ€ฆ
    Image
    10:48 PM โˆ™ Aug 14, 2020
    242Likes49Retweets
  • On the heels of starting a $WHALE liquidity mining program, the collector WhaleShark also started an โ€œNFT miningโ€ campaign.

  • Generative on-chain art project Avastars is issuing a native token that will be required for minting Replicants, which are synthetic Avastars that can only be created by melding previous Primes.

  • When you buy an Avastar, you own the license to its image. Artist duo Hackatao once again this week showed how this dynamic can be creatively used โ€ฆ

    Twitter avatar for @Hackatao
    Hackatao @Hackatao
    We are pleased to announce the first @AvaStarsNFT on @SuperRare_co "I don't tell anyone" superrare.co/artwork-v2/i-dโ€ฆ #Cryptoart #Avastars #Nfts @j1mmyeth
    Image
    12:42 PM โˆ™ Aug 18, 2020
    88Likes16Retweets
  • New NFT minting project Cargo introduced Cargo Gems, a new utility token for the platform.

  • Artists XCOPY, Perry Copper, and Yonat Vaks had NFT drops on Nifty Gateway this week.

  • Actor and entrepreneur Ashton Kutcher auctioned off an NFT art piece for charity via Cryptograph.

  • The Coinbase Wallet team gave NFT marketplace OpenSea a shoutout this week. Respect!

  • Virtual world Cryptovoxels is becoming more beautiful with each passing day โ€ฆ

    Twitter avatar for @cryptovoxels
    Cryptovoxels @cryptovoxels
    Niiiiice.
    Image
    2:06 AM โˆ™ Aug 21, 2020
    32Likes3Retweets

๐Ÿ•น๏ธ Blockchain Games

  • Some of the best players of Gods Unchained, the biggest Ethereum trading card game, are going head to head in a showmatch on August 23rd.

  • Virtual game world Decentraland is getting ready to kick off its Game Jam festivities, starting September 1st.

  • The โ€œBattle for Hautclereโ€ Axie Infinity tournament began today. The prize pool is composed of 1,000 HAUT, which are fractional shards of the legendary Hautclere Axie ๐Ÿ’Ž

  • Fantasy soccer game Sorare rolled out a new league structure for its Gaming Arena. The game also topped weekly volume in the NFT economy with +$143,000 in sales.

โ™ฆ๏ธโ™ฆ๏ธ DeFi News

  • Aave and Curve became the 2nd and 3rd DeFi protocols to reach $1 billion in crypto assets under management.

  • The treasury of the yearn.finance yield aggregator project has reached $500,000.

  • Decentralized exchange dYdX is embracing StarkWareโ€™s Layer-2 scaling solution, StarkEx.

  • Decentralized exchange 1inch announced its 1INCH token and an associated liquidity mining campaign.

  • $WHALE became the first social money to reach a market cap of $10 million.

๐Ÿ“ฐFresh Content

  • โ€œNon-Fungible Tokens Directly Touch Upon Innate Pieces Of Human Natureโ€ - Andrew Steinwold

  • โ€œWhat is โ€˜wash tradingโ€™ and why is it negative for non-fungible tokens?โ€ - dafky2000 via NonFunbile

  • โ€œLo, the Lore of Avastars: How Humanity Took Hold of the Stars!โ€ - me

  • โ€œTo Infinity, and Beyond! Inside the Arrival of InfiNFT in NFTLandโ€ - me

  • โ€œToken-Curated Communitiesโ€ - me

  • โ€œElastic Supply Tokens Explainedโ€ - me

  • โ€œdefiprime Post #4โ€ - me

๐Ÿ–Œ๏ธExtra, Extra

  • Check out the Intelligencerโ€™s new meet-and-greet build in Cryptovoxels!

  • I collected the piece โ€œHIROSHIMAโ€ from the artist Eburgami this week for 0.6 ETH. Iโ€™ve always been a pained student of that episode in history. I think Eburgami brilliantly conveyed so many complex elements around the bombing in truly signature and minimalistic fashion. What an NFT โ€ฆ sometimes art hurts, you know?

    Twitter avatar for @eburgami
    Eburgami @eburgami
    HIROSHIMA - Aug. 6, 1945. Little Boy. Tokenized on @SuperRare_co : superrare.co/artwork-v2/hirโ€ฆ #hiroshima #digitalarts #cryptoartbuyer #cryptoart #contemporaryart #minimal #japanart #tokyoolympics #JAPANSINKS2020 #nowar @MuseumModernArt @MOCDA_ @VMDArt @MuseumofCrypto
    Image
    6:43 PM โˆ™ Aug 20, 2020
    6Likes1Retweet

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

Keep an ๐Ÿ‘๏ธ out for the 32nd issue of the DeFi Arts Intelligencer 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

The DeFi Arts Intelligencer is curated by me, 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 at @wmpeaster.

If you enjoy this newsletter and want to support it, feel free to subscribe or have a like-minded friend subscribe as well. I have collected NFTs open for offers, too, as well as my own art NFTs available on OpenSea. Tips also accepted at wmpeaster.eth. Thanks kindly!

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