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DeFi Arts Intelligencer - Sept. 12th, 2020

William M. Peaster
Sep 12, 2020
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DeFi Arts Intelligencer - Sept. 12th, 2020

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Welcome to the 34th 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

  • ERC-2309 became an Ethereum token standard this week. The standard lets creators use a single transaction to mint as many NFTs as they want.

  • The price floor for CryptoPunks have been drifting upward across NFT marketplaces this week on the heels of collector, creator, and prolific NFT trader Pranksy listing wrapped CryptoPunks on Rarible …

    Twitter avatar for @pixls_dot_eth
    Pixls @pixls_dot_eth
    What a day for #cryptopunksfloorhistory. We were at 1 $ETH 12 hours ago. Then out of nowhere: wrapped punks (@arkgalleryDAO), and @pranksyNFT ate up the floor and then sold a bunch on @rariblecom. Floors: 1.38 on @larvalabs / 1.45 on @rariblecom / 2.07 on @opensea, or 199 $WHALE
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    6:32 PM βˆ™ Sep 11, 2020
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  • The artist Pak almost immediately sold out all 7 of their Nifty Gateway drops this week, and artist Twisted Vacancy had a great week on the NG marketplace too.

  • Programmable art platform Async Art unveiled its V2 system, which is jam-packed with new features and optimizations.

  • Art marketplace SuperRare hosted its first Generative & AI Art Week, and with it a series of panels and talks featuring noted folks like Artnome, Helena Sarin, and more.

  • Artist Coldie sold β€œGANdinsky - Obscured by Clouds” on SuperRare for 9 ETH.

  • Artist Javier Arres sold β€œThe Fantastic Coffee” machine to collector WhaleShark for 13 ETH on art platform MakersPlace.

  • Missed The WIP Meetup in Cryptovoxels on Thursday? No worries, I published a WIP intro and recap piece in ETHwriter this week.

  • Blockchain investment firm CoinFund invested into Rarible.

  • Avastars mintings have taken on new importance, as collectors are going to be airdropped Replicant Tokens on a 1:1 basis with the Avastars they hold. These tokens will be the only way to mint synthetic Avastars in the future.

  • Virtual world Decentraland unveiled Smart Items in the Decentraland Builder. These items can be video streams, teleporters, and more.

  • New art marketplace Cargo has introduced Magic Minting, a gas-free NFT creation system.

  • Developer Andre Cronje has taken DeFi by storm this year with yEarn, a β€œDeFi made simple” yield aggregator protocol and beyond. As the DeFi and NFT sectors continue to intermingle, Cronje’s popularity is bleeding over into NFT collectibles, too …

    Twitter avatar for @opensea
    OpenSea @opensea
    πŸͺ„ Part of the magic of NFTs is their composability Here's a great bundle of @AndreCronjeTech-themed NFTs: consisting of: - An @ensdomains .dcl.eth @decentraland subdomain - Two limited edition @DontBuyMeme cards Up for sale on OpenSea for 30 ETH opensea.io/bundles/andre-…
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    9:23 PM βˆ™ Sep 10, 2020
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πŸ•ΉοΈ Blockchain Games

  • Crypto exchange Binance purchased +4,000 LAND parcels from The Sandbox, a gaming world built on Ethereum.

  • Ethereum trading card game Gods Unchained launched its new Trial of the Gods expansion set.

  • The Whaxie Smackathon kicked off, a tournament for Axie Infinity players to compete for $WHALE prizes and more.

  • Cargo has added support for Axie Infinity assets.

  • No-loss Ethereum savings game PoolTogether has distributed over $30,000 in prizes to date πŸŽ‰

    Twitter avatar for @PoolTogether_
    PoolTogether @PoolTogether_
    New milestone: $30,000 in prizes awarded πŸ“ˆ and no one has lost! Congrats all the small 🐠 and the 🐳 who have won so far! The best is yet to come.
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    7:23 PM βˆ™ Sep 11, 2020
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♦️♦️ DeFi News

  • In the first week of September, trading protocol Uniswap generated more revenue than it did in the entirety of August 2020, which was already a record revenue month for the exchange.

  • Rarible rolled out native support for yEarn’s yInsurance products, which are DeFi insurance policies tokenized as NFTs.

  • Venture DAO group The LAO invested in Aavegotchi, Aave’s DeFi-powered NFTs project.

  • NFT lending project Rocket completed its Loan Wave 1, and in the process returned 6% on ETH to members within 7 months.

  • Grammy award-winning recording artist RAC has discovered Audius, a decentralized music streaming app financially empowering artists on Ethereum.

πŸ“°Fresh Content

  • β€œA ROI Guide to Cryptoart” - matthew.cent.eth

  • β€œMatty DCL Blogger - The OG NFT Trader - Zima Red Ep. 33” - Andrew Steinwold

  • β€œHow Africa's Foremost Crypto Artist Is Changing The Way We Perceive Masculinity” - Lydia Ume

  • β€œMetaCartel: Separating the Wheat from the Chaff” - Peter Pan

  • β€œBlockchain, Creativity, and Arts Intertwine” - Sasha Shilina

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

Keep an πŸ‘οΈ out for the 35th 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!

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