# DeFi Arts Intelligencer - Aug. 15th, 2020 *Author: William M. Peaster* *Published: Aug 15, 2020* *Source: https://www.bankless.com/defi-arts-intelligencer-aug-15th* --- 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](https://artsdefi.substack.com/). ๐Ÿ”ถ๐Ÿ”ท๐Ÿ”ถ๐Ÿ”ท๐Ÿ”ถ๐Ÿ”ท๐Ÿ”ถ๐Ÿ”ท๐Ÿ”ถ๐Ÿ”ท๐Ÿ”ถ๐Ÿ”ท๐Ÿ”ถ๐Ÿ”ท๐Ÿ”ถ๐Ÿ”ท๐Ÿ”ถ๐Ÿ”ท๐Ÿ”ถ๐Ÿ”ท๐Ÿ”ถ๐Ÿ”ท๐Ÿ”ถ๐Ÿ”ท๐Ÿ”ถ๐Ÿ”ท๐Ÿ”ถ --- #### ***For this dispatch*****:** ## ๐ŸŽจ** Digital Art & Collectibles** - Art platform **SuperRare **topped the NFT economy this week with [+$180,000](https://nonfungible.com/market/history) 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 โ€œ[Choose Your Own Adventure](https://async.art/art/master/0xb6dae651468e9593e4581705a09c10a76ac1e0c8-392)โ€ by artist **Coldie**. The pieceโ€™s Master promptly sold for 35 ETH to collector quick-witted-klee-1993. Layers and all, the auctions fetched [78.15 ETH](https://twitter.com/AsyncArt/status/1294745763067523073)! - **Coldie **also sold โ€œ[The Lost Vitalik - Decentral Eyes Genesis](https://superrare.co/artwork-v2/the-lost-vitalik---decentral-eyes-genesis-12380)โ€ for 20.24 ETH on SuperRare โ€ฆ > [](https://twitter.com/Coldie/status/1294330219218661377) - Artist **Osinachi **has two new pieces out on MakersPlace, โ€œ[Agbomma](https://makersplace.com/osinachi/agbomma-1-of-1-30842/)โ€ and โ€œ[Nwanyi-Sunday](https://makersplace.com/osinachi/nwanyi-sunday-4-of-10-30846/).โ€ These signature works are inspired by Igbo hairdressing traditions. - Generative art project **Avastars **rolled out [Scroll to Earn](https://twitter.com/AvaStarsNFT/status/1294347804291346432), in which users can consign Avastars to the newly created Global Feed and profit if other collectors buy them. - Renowned comic book artist **Josรฉ Delbo** sold โ€œ[The Battle Below Sea](https://makersplace.com/artic/the-battle-below-sea-1-of-1-30881/)โ€ to collector Arctic for 25 ETH on MakersPlace. - Interested in booking some ad space in **Cryptovoxels**? [Metaverse Billboards](https://metaverse-billboards.com/) has you covered. - **The Graph** just made it a whole lot easier to [query data about NFTs](https://twitter.com/graphprotocol/status/1293263188633542662) ๐Ÿ‘€ - Artist **XCOPY **sold [Layer tokens 11-30](https://twitter.com/AsyncArt/status/1293034800400314370) from โ€œThe Rabbleโ€ for 29.15 ETH on Async Art. - Artist **Pak **has now racked up over [584 ETH](https://twitter.com/SuperRare_co/status/1294314398639697921) in all-time sales on SuperRare. ## **๐Ÿ•น๏ธ Blockchain Games** - Ethereum trading card game **Gods Unchained** rolled out its [Direct Challenge mode](https://blog.godsunchained.com/2020/08/11/direct-challenge/). - Check out โ€œ[The Battle for HAUTclere](https://twitter.com/Chief_TDzzl/status/1294636388399407105),โ€ a BattleDAO competition that lets Axie Infinity players compete to [win shards](https://www.niftex.com/fullExchange/HAUT) of the legendary Hautclere Axie. *Note: the competition was [temporarily postponed](https://twitter.com/Chief_TDzzl/status/1294657457122414592).* - No-loss savings game **PoolTogether **now has more than [10,000 unique addresses](https://twitter.com/DeFi_Dad/status/1293245540583403520/photo/1) participating in its weekly and daily pools. - Aaveโ€™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! > [](https://twitter.com/ljxie/status/1294669874736717824) - **$SAND**, the native token of Ethereum gaming platform [The Sandbox](https://twitter.com/TheSandboxGame/status/1294354059344969728), is now trading on Binance. ## **โ™ฆ๏ธโ™ฆ๏ธ DeFi News** - Per *[DeFi Pulse](https://defipulse.com/)*, lending protocol **Aave **is now the second-largest DeFi dapp with more than $1 billion in assets under management. - Trading protocol **Uniswap **is the largest 30-day consumer of gas on Ethereum right now, according to *[ETH Gas Station](https://ethgasstation.info/)*. - The total supply of the **Dai stablecoin** is now over [450 million](https://twitter.com/nanexcool/status/1292700671683235840). - Interesting DeFi history nugget: Async Art founder **Conlan Rios** created the โ€œgalloping unicornโ€ Uniswap gif โ€ฆ > [](https://twitter.com/mikedemarais/status/1294592546539286528) ## ๐Ÿ“ฐFresh Content - โ€œ[Fly With Us: Traditional Painting Supercharged](https://editorial.superrare.co/2020/08/14/fly-with-us-traditional-painting-supercharged/)โ€ - Reinhard Schmid - โ€œ[Can CryptoArt Really Change the World?](https://medium.com/knownorigin/can-cryptoart-really-change-the-world-54f26a4f2821)โ€ - David Moore ## **๐Ÿ–Œ๏ธExtra, Extra** - By random drawing, the 4 winners of the *DeFi Arts Intelligencer*โ€™s [$WHALE-WHALES giveaway](https://beta.cent.co/+uirbnf) are as follows: **[Akkrin](https://twitter.com/AkkrinCA)** - **[Begood](https://twitter.com/nponette)** - **[CryptozNewb](https://twitter.com/Cryptoz_Newb)** - **[bergleeuw](https://twitter.com/bergleeuw62)** Congratulations! Iโ€™ll have your $WHALE over soon! Lastly, be sure to check out the [new structure](https://beta.cent.co/+kt5j92) of the $WHALE community, and keep up with the *Intelligencer *so you donโ€™t miss future giveaways! ## **Thanks for reading, and stay creative on- and off-chain!** Keep an ๐Ÿ‘๏ธ out for the 31st issue of the ***DeFi Arts Intelligencer*** this time next week, too. Cheers โœŒ๏ธ ๐Ÿ”ถ๐Ÿ”ท๐Ÿ”ถ๐Ÿ”ท๐Ÿ”ถ๐Ÿ”ท๐Ÿ”ถ๐Ÿ”ท๐Ÿ”ถ๐Ÿ”ท๐Ÿ”ถ๐Ÿ”ท๐Ÿ”ถ๐Ÿ”ท๐Ÿ”ถ๐Ÿ”ท๐Ÿ”ถ๐Ÿ”ท๐Ÿ”ถ๐Ÿ”ท๐Ÿ”ถ๐Ÿ”ท๐Ÿ”ถ๐Ÿ”ท๐Ÿ”ถ๐Ÿ”ท๐Ÿ”ถ --- ### **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 whoโ€™s been tracking the Ethereum and DeFi beats in recent years. Iโ€™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. Iโ€™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). If you enjoy this newsletter and want to support it, feel free to [subscribe](https://artsdefi.substack.com/) or have a like-minded friend subscribe as well. I have collected [NFTs](https://superrare.co/wmpeaster) open for offers, too, as well as my own [art NFTs](https://opensea.io/assets/willam-m-peaster-art?search=%7B%22stringTraits%22%3A%5B%7B%22name%22%3A%22artist%20name%22%2C%22values%22%3A%5B%22William%20M.%20Peaster%22%5D%7D%5D%7D) available on OpenSea. 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