Welcome to the 36th 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 and NFT flipper Pranksy teamed up with NIFTEX to release $COZOM, a fractional investment opportunity in CryptoPunk #3831, a rare zombie and masked punk …

  Pranksy @pranksyNFT

  Just to emphasise how amazing #NFTs are, i've just partnered with @NIFTEXdotcom to convert my COVID-19 @larvalabs #cryptopunks Zombie into 10,000 shards valued at .01 each, grab some today for your share of one of the coolest punks in existence $COZOM niftex.com/launches/detai…

  

  September 25th 2020

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• Art marketplace SuperRare has now seen its artist surpass $2 million in sales to date.

• Auctions on programmable art platform Async Art have brought in +300 ETH in sales so far in September.

• Artist Trevor Jones sold Cubist Satoshi #14 of 21 editions for 14.21 ETH on NFT marketplace OpenSea. Jones also just sold “Binance, Bull and Rocket” for 42 ETH.

• Artist Sarah Zucker sold “Fountain of Calm” on SuperRare for 7.21 ETH …

  Sarah Zucker @thesarahshow

  SOLD 🌊Fountain of Calm🌊 @TokenAngels put an end to the bid war, picking up this *artist's reserve* token on @SuperRare_co for my list price of 7.21 ETH! SO so happy to see it go to such a monumental collection. #CryptoArt has truly changed my life. superrare.co/artwork-v2/fou…

  

  September 26th 2020

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• NFT on-ramp and educational project Grow Your Base teamed up with NIFTEX to release GYB, the first-ever fractionalized cryptoart bundle. The sharded collection features pieces from artists like Josie Bellini, Pranksy, Goldweard, Osinachi, PR1MAL CYPHER, and more.

• Morgan Creek Digital, a high-profile crypto investment firm, announced they were “investing heavily in digital art” and accordingly revealed their commissioned piece “The Innovator’s Dinner” from artist FEWOCiOUS.

• Crypto investment firm BlockTower Capital also announced plans to invest $10 million into the NFT sector in the coming months.

• Decentraland held a “Crypto Art Gallery Meetup Event” on Sept. 26th, featuring artists like Yonat Vaks, Alotta Money, Stina Jones, and more.

• NFT marketplace OpenSea has integrated support for WalletConnect, an open protocol for connecting dapps to wallets.

• The black cryptoartists group ONE / OFF purchased 22 land parcels in the Cryptovoxels Tokyo island “with [the] intention of establishing a black arts district. “

• The LAO launched FLAMINGO DAO, an investment fund for NFT collectibles.

• A 20 ETH bid has been placed on artist Coldie’s Pranksyland bundle.

• Collector William Savas snagged Coldie’s “Warren Buffet - Decentral Eyes - Variant 04” 1/1 piece on Nifty Gateway.

• Avastars now supports $UNI, $WIPC, and $RARI payments on OpenSea.

• Artist Pak is interested in $MEME.

• Meme Protocol’s Andre Cronje Common $MEME card has sold out.

• Here, I’m plugging MetaFactory: an “entertainment and culture studio” for all things DeFi and NFTs …

  MetaFactory @TheMetaFactory

  We’re building a MetaVerse entertainment and culture studio from the future. Sitting at the intersection of DAO, DeFi, and NFTs to make the cyberpunk future of your childhood dreams a reality. Stay tuned for more 👀 In the meantime: shop.metafactory.ai

  

  September 22nd 2020

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🕹️ Blockchain Games

• Axie Infinity NFTs have seen +1,326 ETH (~$500,000) in volume this week.

• Ethereum analytics project Nansen has released a free Axie Infinity data dashboard. Dune Analytics also has a new slate of Axie Infinity data.

• Crypto research firm Delphi Digital purchased 5 Mystic Axies for 473.5 ETH (~$159,000)

• Founder Cryptokitty #8 just sold for 48 ETH.

• There’s a new wrapper mechanism for turning Gen0 CryptoKitties into ERC-20 tokens.

• $COIN, the token of the Coin Artist ecosystem, is now tradable on Uniswap alongside the launch of a new $COIN Farm campaign.

♦️♦️ DeFi News

• The total value locked (TVL) in DeFi reached +$11B for the first time this week.

• Trustless tokenized bitcoin project tBTC relaunched.

• Set Protocol launched the USDAPY set, which lets you easily farm Uniswap’s UNI using an automated farming strategy.

• Lending protocol Aave is preparing to migrate its LEND token to AAVE.

📰Fresh Content

• “SR Interview with Collector: Tennessee Jed” - Tennessee Jed

• “How To Supercharge The Growth Of NFTs And Crypto” - Andrew Steinwold

• “How Dai Is Becoming the Currency of the NFT Digital Art and Culture Market” - Maker

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

Keep an 👁️ out for the 37th 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.

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