Welcome to the 33rd 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:

🎨 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 jivinci’s “Girl With The Ethering” for 20 ETH on Async Art.

• Artist Carlos Marcial kicked off auctions via Async Art and OpenSea for “Art Is the Currency of the Infinite” …

  Async Art @AsyncArt

  "Art Is The Currency of the Infinite" is now available for bidding! Please note that we are using @opensea and $DAI [@MakerDAO] for this auction, check our pinned Tweet for Sat's schedule. Learn more about this beautiful #AsyncArt on @Cent: beta.cent.co/+ib96ss

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• NFT investor and entrepreneur Andrew Steinwold unveiled to the public Sfermion, a metaverse-native investment firm.

• i4 DAO’s first “Start with the Art” talk was awesome!

• Meet nifty.ink: a new platform for affordable NFT minting.

🕹️ 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.

♦️♦️ 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

• yEarn’s 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.

• It’s official: 1% of treasury inflows to Yam Finance going forward will be diverted to the funding pool of the Tech category of Gitcoin Grants.

📰Fresh Content

• “Fanny Lakoubay - The Crypto Art Movement - Zima Red ep 32'“ - Andrew Steinwold / Zima Red

• “Promising Ethereum Scaling Solution Fuel Hits New Heights” - me

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

Keep an 👁️ out for the 34th issue of the DeFi Arts Intelligencer this time next week, too. Cheers ✌️

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About DeFi Arts Intelligencer

The DeFi Arts Intelligencer is curated by me, William M. Peaster, a professional writer and editor who’s been tracking the Ethereum and DeFi beats in recent years.

I’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. I’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!