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DeFi Arts Intelligencer - Aug. 15th, 2020

Welcome to the 30th issue of the DeFi Arts Intelligencer, your weekly source for key happenings around Ethereum art, collectibles, games, finance, and more. Subscribe here. πŸ”ΆπŸ”·πŸ”ΆπŸ”·πŸ”ΆπŸ”·πŸ”ΆπŸ”·πŸ”ΆπŸ”·πŸ”ΆπŸ”·πŸ”ΆπŸ”·πŸ”ΆπŸ”·πŸ”ΆπŸ”·πŸ”ΆπŸ”·πŸ”ΆπŸ”·πŸ”ΆπŸ”·πŸ”ΆπŸ”·πŸ”Ά For this dispatch: 🎨 Digital Art & Collectibles * Art platform SuperRare topped the NFT economy this week with +$180,000 in 7-day volume. More than 8,000 artworks have now been collected through the dapp. * On Async Art, Master and Layer token auctions kicked off
William M. Peaster William M. Peaster Aug 15, 20203 min read
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Welcome to the 30th 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

  • Art platform SuperRare topped the NFT economy this week with +$180,000 in 7-day volume. More than 8,000 artworks have now been collected through the dapp.

  • On Async Art, Master and Layer token auctions kicked off for β€œChoose Your Own Adventure” by artist Coldie. The piece’s Master promptly sold for 35 ETH to collector quick-witted-klee-1993. Layers and all, the auctions fetched 78.15 ETH!

  • Coldie also sold β€œThe Lost Vitalik - Decentral Eyes Genesis” for 20.24 ETH on SuperRare …

  • Artist Osinachi has two new pieces out on MakersPlace, β€œAgbomma” and β€œNwanyi-Sunday.” These signature works are inspired by Igbo hairdressing traditions.

  • Generative art project Avastars rolled out Scroll to Earn, in which users can consign Avastars to the newly created Global Feed and profit if other collectors buy them.

  • Renowned comic book artist JosΓ© Delbo sold β€œThe Battle Below Sea” to collector Arctic for 25 ETH on MakersPlace.

  • Interested in booking some ad space in Cryptovoxels? Metaverse Billboards has you covered.

  • The Graph just made it a whole lot easier to query data about NFTs πŸ‘€

  • Artist XCOPY sold Layer tokens 11-30 from β€œThe Rabble” for 29.15 ETH on Async Art.

  • Artist Pak has now racked up over 584 ETH in all-time sales on SuperRare.

πŸ•ΉοΈ Blockchain Games

  • Ethereum trading card game Gods Unchained rolled out its Direct Challenge mode.
  • Check out β€œThe Battle for HAUTclere,” a BattleDAO competition that lets Axie Infinity players compete to win shards of the legendary Hautclere Axie. Note: the competition was temporarily postponed.
  • No-loss savings game PoolTogether now has more than 10,000 unique addresses participating in its weekly and daily pools.
  • Aave’s Aavegotchi project is a really interesting up-and-comer at the crossroads of DeFi, NFTs, and gaming. Look for similar melds to follow in its wake!
  • $SAND, the native token of Ethereum gaming platform The Sandbox, is now trading on Binance.

♦️♦️ DeFi News

  • Per DeFi Pulse, lending protocol Aave is now the second-largest DeFi dapp with more than $1 billion in assets under management.

  • Trading protocol Uniswap is the largest 30-day consumer of gas on Ethereum right now, according to ETH Gas Station.

  • The total supply of the Dai stablecoin is now over 450 million.

  • Interesting DeFi history nugget: Async Art founder Conlan Rios created the β€œgalloping unicorn” Uniswap gif …

πŸ“°Fresh Content

πŸ–ŒοΈExtra, Extra

  • By random drawing, the 4 winners of the DeFi Arts Intelligencer’s $WHALE-WHALES giveaway are as follows:

    1. Akkrin

    2. Begood

    3. CryptozNewb

    4. bergleeuw

    Congratulations! I’ll have your $WHALE over soon!

    Lastly, be sure to check out the new structure of the $WHALE community, and keep up with the Intelligencer so you don’t miss future giveaways!

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

Keep an πŸ‘οΈ out for the 31st 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 [email protected] or on Telegram at @wmpeaster.

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