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DeFi Arts Intelligencer - Sept. 19th, 2020

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DeFi Arts Intelligencer - Sept. 19th, 2020

William M. Peaster
Sep 19, 2020
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Welcome to the 35th 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 Matt Kane sold "Right Place & Right Time" to collector TokenAngels for a record-setting 262 ETH on programmable art platform Async Art. The artist and collector have partnered together in what has all the makings of a very creative, very promising venture …

    Twitter avatar for @AsyncArt
    Async Art @AsyncArt
    🔥NEW SALE RECORD🔥 1/4 "Right Place & Right Time" by @MattKaneArtist sold for 262 ETH to @TokenAngels! Highest #Cryptoart #NFT sale of the most complex #AsyncArt with 400+ lines of code, 24 hand-crafted Layers, & 100+ hours of labor, this is the #McLaren of #ProgrammableArt
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    5:04 AM ∙ Sep 18, 2020
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  • NFT marketplace OpenSea added Uniswap’s new UNI token as a payment option.

  • OG NFT project CryptoPunks topped the NFT market this week, bringing in 7-day volume of +$272,000 per NonFungible.com.

  • Artist Olive Allen minted “It Doesn’t Have to Make Sense” this week, her first piece on art platform SuperRare.

  • NFT dev studio nft42, creators of Avastars, InfiNFT, TokenSmart, and the Metalympics, released their first community update.

  • The “Wasp Rider” collection by Artist Metageist will be among the first NFTs eligible for Cargo Gem staking on the new Cargo marketplace.

  • DJ and music producer 3LAU is launching the “SSX3LAU” collection on Nifty Gateway on October 5th.

  • Decentraland DAO has arrived! Now the virtual world’s community will play a pivotal role in steering the project’s path going forward.

  • Speaking of DAOs, DAO-islands are coming to virtual world Cryptovoxels. Hell yeah!

  • Art marketplace Known Origin rebuilt its website with a focus on optimizing UX.

  • The “Terminus” collection by the artist Pak sold for 138.5 ETH on MakersPlace …

    Twitter avatar for @makersplaceco
    MakersPlace @makersplaceco
    🔥 SOLD OUT! After 5+ hours of battling between giants @etyoung @WhaleShark_Pro #motoko #mamentum, @muratpak's Terminus collection sold for a record-breaking 138.5ETH (~$53.5K)!! Congratulations to everyone. Read about Pak 👇 rare.makersplace.com/2020/09/16/def… ⚪️ makersplace.com/pak/terminus/
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    6:15 PM ∙ Sep 19, 2020
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🕹️ Blockchain Games

  • Ethereum trading card game Gods Unchained has implemented some optimizations to its Weekend Ranked matchmaking events.

  • Courtesy of SLP farming, many Axie Infinity players benefited from Uniswap’s UNI airdrop. It pays to play, baby!

  • Global fantasy football game Sorare highlighted soraredata.com, a rising community project that helps Sorare players make informed decisions.

  • Minecraft NFTs? They’re coming to the market via a partnership between Coincheck and Enjin.

♦️♦️ DeFi News

  • This week was all about Uniswap, so I just wanted to share some of my favorite UNI-themed art from the week …

    Twitter avatar for @sven_eberwein
    SvenEberwein @sven_eberwein
    $UNI for everyone! Thanks for the Stimulus @UniswapProtocol! #NFT on @SuperRare_co superrare.co/artwork-v2/uni…
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    10:55 PM ∙ Sep 17, 2020
    21Likes5Retweets
    Twitter avatar for @neurocolor
    neurocolor 神経色 @neurocolor
    ユニー wave 400 *Following the UNIcorn (...price graph)* Commemorative piece about the Uniswap governance token release. 1/1 via @SuperRare_co 🦄 superrare.co/artwork-v2/%E3… — @UniswapProtocol #NFT #CryptoArt #RareDigitalArt #DeFi $UNI #Nifty #nifties #nfts #vaporwave #ethereum
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    5:27 PM ∙ Sep 18, 2020
    109Likes35Retweets
    Twitter avatar for @dhtenshi
    Diego Rodriguez @dhtenshi
    Long time no see... "UNISWAP DeFi KING" is up for grabs as a 1/1 #NFT @UniswapProtocol Thanks for the $UNI, such a blessing to my family. Congrats on the launch!! Now accepting offers on @opensea opensea.io/assets/0x22adc… #cryptoart #ethereum #defi $eth $btc
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    8:29 PM ∙ Sep 18, 2020
    176Likes26Retweets
    Twitter avatar for @ItsMeRileigh
    BitRiley⚡️(Neon) @ItsMeRileigh
    𝓤𝓷𝓲 𝓒𝓪𝓼𝓼𝓮𝓽𝓽𝓮 | Series 1 - Card 15 @Cryptables x @ItsMeRileigh 10/10 app.rarible.com/token/0xd07dc4… on @rariblecom #NFT #NFTs #digitalart #cryptoart #art #uniswap $uni #uni #ERC1155 @UniswapProtocol @haydenadams $rari #defi #crypto
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    7:00 PM ∙ Sep 18, 2020
    37Likes2Retweets
    Twitter avatar for @StellarMirage
    𝚂𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚕𝚊𝚛 𝙼𝚒𝚛𝚊𝚐𝚎 @StellarMirage
    "𝙷𝚒𝚐𝚑 𝚘𝚗 𝚄𝙽𝙸" Ξ 𝚐𝚊𝚜 𝚙𝚛𝚒𝚌𝚎 𝚞𝚙 𝚝𝚘 𝟺𝟸𝟶 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚔𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚄𝙽𝙸. 𝙰𝚟𝚊𝚒𝚕𝚊𝚋𝚕𝚎 𝚘𝚗 @rariblecom app.rarible.com/stellarmirage #nft #nfts #raredigitalart #cryptoart #art #nifty #nifties #collectible #rarible #crypto #ethereum #uniswap $eth $uni $rari
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    12:23 AM ∙ Sep 18, 2020
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📰Fresh Content

  • “SuperRare Art Market Weekly Report 15” - An Rong

  • “New Funding Methods and Markets for NFTs” - Andrew Steinwold

🖌️Extra, Extra

  • I accepted applicants to my $WHALE mini-grants campaign over the last week: validator.eth and ejthek. Both will be receiving 400 $WHALE (+$5,000 at current prices)

  • validator.eth, a.k.a. the ENS Fairy, altruistically gifts ENS .eth domains and subdomains to rightful owners and runs ensportal.com. The $WHALE mini-grant will help him continue his awesome ENS work.

  • ejthek is an artist who plans to use their mini-grant to help fund a new weekly art and artist review publication.

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

Keep an 👁️ out for the 36th 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. Tips also accepted at wmpeaster.eth. Thanks kindly!

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