Welcome to the 39th 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

• This week’s 7-day volume toppers among collectibles projects per NonFungible: SuperRare (~$394k), MakersPlace ($271k), CryptoPunks ($173k), CryptoKitties ($77k), and Avastars ($44k).

• Artists Jose Delbo and Trevor Jones made +540 ETH in sales in their latest Batman-themed collab drops on MakersPlace. The highest single-edition sale was a whopping 302.5 ETH (~$111k) for “Genesis” 🎉

• Acclaimed songwriter and music producer Boys Noize released P̷̖̟͉̼͗̅̄̅̇͋̌V̷N̶X̷, the artist’s first NFT on SuperRare. The piece’s standing high bid is 7.5 ETH …

  Boys Noize @boysnoize

  P̷̖̟͉̼͗̅̄̅̇͋̌V̷N̶X̷ A new digital audio/video NFT project with @SusBoy911 Only 1/1 available. The first one is up now exclusive @SuperRare_co bit.ly/3iZjHog

  October 15th 2020

  33 Retweets146 Likes

• Avastars Gen1 Series 2 ended, and Series 3 kicked off. What’re you waiting for, get to scrolling!

• The WIP Season 3 premiered on Thursday, featuring guests Skeenee, pet3rpan, Jake Brukhman, and more.

• This week’s Decentraland Fashion Show 2.0 featured 15 collections from talented metaverse creators. We also just saw NFT marketplace Rarible launch its gallery in Decentraland …

  Fede Molina @federicomolina

  One of the busiest days for @decentraland so far, 1500 decentralites have RSVP'ed for @rariblecom's Gallery Opening!

  October 14th 2020

  19 Retweets109 Likes

• Nifty Gateway has drops lined up from amazing cryptoartists this week, including works by Goldweard and Giant Swan on Oct. 19th. and by Metageist on Oct. 22nd.

• NFT marketplace OpenSea has introduced a new category functionality for sectors like art, virtual worlds, trading cards, and more.

• Rarible held its first community call on Thursday.

• Cargo’s Gems arrived, and with it the token’s unique NFT staking model. The project’s already seen more than 840,000 Gems staked in Cargo NFTs.

• Matt McKegg put on another epic synth performance in Cryptovoxels …

  Matt McKegg 🧪💥 @NOISEISSUES

  Live-streaming synth noodles in VR for the next hour or so. Join me in the metaverse with your web browser: cryptovoxels.com/play?coords=E@… Matt McKegg @MattMcKeggLive-streaming synth noodles in VR for the next hour or so. Join me in the metaverse with your web browser: https://www.cryptovoxels.com/play?coords=E@58E,27Spscp.tv

  October 13th 2020

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• Bluekirby.eth came to DeFi + NFTs, saw, conquered, scammed, and then maybe returned again? If you’re as confused as everyone else about the episode, be sure to check my new TokenSmart Humpday Post primer on the saga.

🕹️ Blockchain Games

• Season 12 of the Axie Infinity PvP Arena is now live.

• According to State of the Dapps, Axie Infinity is currently the fifth most-used Ethereum dapp with over 1,100 daily active users.

• Italian artist duo Hackatao and a team of collaborators designed Hack the Tao, a game created through The Sandbox’s Game Maker engine.

• WhaleShark’s eSports apparel brand E1337 commissioned artist Daniel Ignacio to create a series of Cyberpunk-inspired pieces to commemorate the enterprise’s launch.

• Ethereum global fantasty football game Sorare has partnered with fan engagement project Socios. The tldr? Stake fan tokens to earn the chance to win rare Sorare cards.

• CryptoMotors teased two awesome-looking new maps …

  CryptoMotors | CryptoMotors.eth @CryptoMotors_io

  The alpha version of our STAT game will feature two maps: #Sunpeak and #Breachfall, each with its own track layout and terrain conditions 🏞 If you want to take the victory home, you'll have to choose your racing car wisely! Learn more about tracks here: beta.cent.co/Cryptomotors/+…

  October 16th 2020

  7 Retweets21 Likes

♦️♦️ DeFi News

• Tokenized bitcoin project WBTC was listed on Coinbase Pro.

• Popular charts service TradingView has added support for Uniswap, DeFi’s reigning trading protocol.

• Speaking of Uniswap and ERC-20 bitcoin, there’s now ~29,000 tokenized bitcoin — roughly 0.15% of the entire BTC supply — sitting in Uniswap liquidity pools presently.

• I just showed Bankless readers how to migrate their LEND to AAVE for Safety Module staking. In other words, defend Aave to earn AAVE!

• The smart contract specialists at OpenZeppelin and Quantstamp are booked up for the foreseeable future as the ongoing DeFi boom has the space’s few auditors in huge demand.

• Heath Tarbert, Chairman of the U.S. CFTC, said of DeFi this week:

  “The whole idea of DeFi really is, number one, it’s obviously revolutionary, and I think at the end of the day could lead to a massive disintermediation of the financial system and the traditional players.”

📰Fresh Content

• 🎶“Pranksy Part 1 - How He Made Half A Million Dollars Trading NFTs” - Andrew Steinwold with Zima Red

• 🎶“Pranksy Part 2 - How He Made Half A Million Dollars Trading NFTs” - Andrew Steinwold with Zima Red

• 📰“Non-Fungible Token (NFT) Farming” - Andrew Steinwold with Zima Red

• 📰“Weekly Top 10 Picks” - SuperRare’s An Loremi

• 📰“Top 10 NFT sales of the week, October 4th – 11th” - OpenSea’s Hamish Barnes

• 📺“Behind the Screens with Ann Ahoy” - KnownOrigin

• 🎶“[Special Interview] Katy Arrington, Crypto Artist” - The Matthew and Rizzle Show

• 🎶“EP45: OpenSea with Devi Finzer 2020 Edition” - Wizard of Dapps

  Matty @DCLBlogger

  Like an NFT project? 1. Join the discord + ask q's 2. Read articles/project blogs/watch vids 3. look at sales history + current sales volume 4. Analyse team + community members 5. Is growth consistent or just hype? 6. Experience the project/play 7. Still obsessed? Good sign :)

  October 13th 2020

  18 Retweets109 Likes

🖌️Extra, Extra

• SuperRare is looking to hire a full stack engineer …

  SuperRare 💎 @SuperRare_co

  We are hiring! Seeking a passionate full stack engineer to join our global team 💎 👉👉👉 superrare.breezy.hr/p/a8031e38a850…Senior Full Stack Engineer at SuperRare 💎<h1>About SuperRare</h1> <p>SuperRare is a well-funded and fast-moving startup on a mission to reinvent the art market for the digital generation. Our platform is a social marketplace for cutting edge digital/3D/VR creators and a new generation of natively-digital art collectors. We’ve built a vibra…superrare.breezy.hr

  October 14th 2020

  9 Retweets42 Likes

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

Keep an 👁️ out for the 40th 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.

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