# DeFi Arts Intelligencer - Oct. 31st, 2020 *Author: William M. Peaster* *Published: Oct 31, 2020* *Source: https://www.bankless.com/de/defi-arts-intelligencer-oct-31st* --- 🎃 ***Happy Halloween!*** 🎃 Welcome to the 41st issue of the ***DeFi Arts Intelligencer***, your weekly source for key happenings around Ethereum art, collectibles, games, finance, and more. Subscribe [here](https://artsdefi.substack.com/). 🔶🔷🔶🔷🔶🔷🔶🔷🔶🔷🔶🔷🔶🔷🔶🔷🔶🔷🔶🔷🔶🔷🔶🔷🔶🔷🔶 --- ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/e4/b7/e4b77544-5a37-4f0b-8824-8440aa348476/content/images/public/images/3c68b771-facb-4ae5-a8e0-f5a55e3d6adb_1600x300.png)The DeFi Arts Intelligencer has its first sponsor! It’s your boy [Digital](https://twitter.com/ConnieDigital). Digital is an extremely talented creator that tokenizes his art and music. He’s an early legend in Ethereum’s culture scene, so be sure to check out his website [Danky.Art](https://danky.art/) and sign up for his newsletter where he gives updates on his journey of being a digital artist leveraging Ethereum. Sign up here — **[Digital Newsletter](https://www.conniedigital.com/join)**. --- #### ***For this dispatch*****:** ## 🎨** Digital Art & Collectibles** - Acclaimed artist **beeple **absolutely stormed Nifty Gateway on Friday, selling out his non-auction NFT drops in one second flat … > [](https://twitter.com/ivgalleryla/status/1322600347530002433) - Artist **Micah Johnson** unveiled “sä-v(ə-)rən-tē,” a powerful programmable Async Art piece that’s about taking hold of your dreams and self-empowerment through tools like bitcoin … > [](https://twitter.com/AsyncArt/status/1321853019672047618) - **Artnome **donated “[Take a Seat](https://superrare.co/artwork-v2/take-a-seat-6850)” by Nigerian artist **Osinachi **to a SuperRare charity auction, with 100% of the proceeds earmarked for the End SARS movement seeking to end police brutality in Nigeria. The piece sold to collector Eric Young for [5 ETH](https://twitter.com/SuperRare_co/status/1321920770008879105) … > [](https://twitter.com/SuperRare_co/status/1321836132842299393) - **Foundation **just launched its [first NFT collection](https://foundation.app/blog/get-in-on-foundations-first-nft-collection), spanning pieces from 25 contemporary artists … > [](https://twitter.com/withFND/status/1321467376131579906) - Featuring music from DJ Lucy Snake, the **Halloween Week Costume Party** just kicked off in [Decentraland’s Vegas Plaza](https://twitter.com/decentraland/status/1322608505153593346) … > [](https://twitter.com/decentraland/status/1322608505153593346) ## **🕹️ Blockchain Games** - **Axie Infinity** stole the show this week with the announcement of [Axie Infinity Shards (AXS)](https://nft.substack.com/p/tokensmart-nft-humpday-report-5-axie), the coming governance token of the Ethereum’s most widely played game. - Speaking of Axie Infinity, crypto research firm Delphi Digital — which helped design the AXS token — just published its “[Why We Spent $159k On Digital Battle Pets](https://www.delphidigital.io/reports/why-we-spent-159k-on-digital-battle-pets-2/)” report. - No-loss lottery savings game **PoolTogether** saw its first V3 system winner take home $1,600 in Dai, as well as +25 other tokens and 5 NFTs … > [](https://twitter.com/PoolTogether_/status/1322262211277062145) - Global fantasy soccer game **Sorare **and **OpenSea **teamed up on auctions for [27 “Liquid Dream” special cards](https://twitter.com/opensea/status/1321845498987180036). ## **♦️♦️ DeFi News** - Lending protocol **Aave **is [handing off governance](https://medium.com/aave/aave-admin-key-handover-3e09e603d348) to the project’s community. - DeFi project **Harvest Finance** (which automatically generates yield for users) got [blitzed by an attacker](https://decrypt.co/46303/harvest-finance-issue-100000-bounty-on-hacker) this week for millions of dollars’ worth of tokens. It’s another reminder to us all: be cautious in this space and never invest more than you can afford to lose in any crypto venture. - **Roll**, the social money startup built on Ethereum, successfully raised another windfall of [$1 million](https://medium.com/roll-protocol/were-bringing-a-new-type-of-capital-to-creators-7879bf2715b5) from investors. - **Rai**, a sounder and more simplistic alternative to the Dai stablecoin, is [on the verge of arriving](https://medium.com/reflexer-labs/introducing-proto-rai-c4cf1f013ef) in DeFi. ## 📰Fresh Content - 📰 “[DAI vs. ETH - Should Non-Fungible Token Markets Adopt Stablecoins?](https://andrewsteinwold.substack.com/p/dai-vs-eth-should-non-fungible-token)” - Andrew Steinwold / *Zima Re*d - 📺 “[Non-Fungible Token Value Drivers](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKC1lZ7TtDs)” - Andrew Steinwold / *Zima Re*d - 📰 “[He Let Strangers Raid His Private Wallet for Art](https://thedefiant.io/he-let-strangers-raid-his-private-wallet-for-art/)” - Camila Russo / *The Defiant* ## **Thanks for reading, and stay creative on- and off-chain!** Keep an 👁️ out for the 42nd issue of the ***DeFi Arts Intelligencer*** this time next week, too. Cheers ✌️ 🔶🔷🔶🔷🔶🔷🔶🔷🔶🔷🔶🔷🔶🔷🔶🔷🔶🔷🔶🔷🔶🔷🔶🔷🔶🔷🔶 --- ### **About DeFi Arts Intelligencer** The ***DeFi Arts Intelligencer*** is curated by me, [William M. Peaster](https://wmpea.github.io/portfolio/), 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](https://web.telegram.org/#/im?p=@wmpeaster). 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