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DeFi Arts Intelligencer - Nov. 7th, 2020
Welcome to the 42nd 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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The DeFi Arts Intelligencer has its next sponsor! Itβs Async Art. Ethereumβs premier programmable art movement and platform, Async Art centers around artistsβ 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 Johnsonβs masterful, just-released charity work βsΓ€-v(Ι-)rΙn-tΔ," which uses bitcoin donations to help black youth, and Trevor Jones + Alotta Money's much-anticipated Nov. 15th EthBoy art drop.
For this dispatch:
π¨ Digital Art & Collectibles
As one of Async Artβs first artist advocates, Iβm honored to start off by representing the talented and visionary artist BΓ₯rd Ionson. This week I wrote a profile of Ionson, βDistortion Genius,β in celebration of his newly minted Async Art masterpiece, βThe Gate.β Keep your πs open for a deeper review Iβll be publishing on the richly-layered work soon β¦
Remember how I mentioned artist Micah Johnsonβs ambitious new piece βsΓ€-v(Ι-)rΙn-tΔβ above? Collector Metapurse.eth placed a 175 ETH bid on the work this week! π₯
Now that we have President-Elect Biden, Beepleβs βCROSSROADβ piece (as dropped on Nifty Gateway last week) officially shifted into its βBiden winβ state β¦
Nigerian artist Osinachi launched a liquidity mining campaign around his new $OSINA personal token.
Illustrator Jose Delbo is holding 4 auctions on Nifty Gateway tonight, which you can watch along with live at the first NFT Auction House Show in Decentraland!
Artist FEWOCiOUS sold βMoment i Fell in Loveβ to collector Eric Young on Nifty Gateway for $25,000 β¦
NFT-collateralized loans platform NFTfi just saw its biggest loan yet in a 33 ETH Decentraland estate deal β¦
πΉοΈ Blockchain Games
The Metalympics are live! Be sure to catch next weekβs festivities if you missed Nov. 5thβs kick-off event β¦
The community of Ethereum βno-loss lottoβ savings game PoolTogether is currently voting on whether to increase the numbly of weekly winners.
Axie Infinityβs new AXS governance token is now live on Uniswap and Binance.
The latest installment of the Last Lunacian Axie Infinity tournament series started today, with players duking it out for AXS and Dai prizes β¦
β¦οΈβ¦οΈ DeFi News
PieDAO released its DEFI++ index, which is composed of a 70/30 split between the groupβs βlarge-capβ DEFI+L index and its βsmall-capβ DEFI+S index.
DeFi lending protocol Aave now has its own limited-edition land item up for grabs in the Axie Infinity universe β¦
Fractionalized NFT trading platform NIFTEX raised $500,000 in its first funding round.
π°Fresh Content
π° βHow to protect your Ethereum walletβ - me in Bankless
π° βTokenSmart Humpday Report #6: Beeple Brings the Boom to Nifty Gatewayβ - me for nft42
π° βDeFi Indexes Explainedβ - me in defiprime
Thanks for reading, and stay creative on- and off-chain!
Keep an ποΈ out for the 43rd issue of the DeFi Arts Intelligencer this time next week, too. Cheers βοΈ
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About DeFi Arts Intelligencer
The DeFi Arts Intelligencer is curated by me, William M. Peaster, a professional writer and editor whoβs been tracking the Ethereum and DeFi beats in recent years.
Iβm 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. Iβm 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. Tips also accepted at wmpeaster.eth. Thanks kindly!