# DeFi Arts Intelligencer - Nov. 21st, 2020 *Author: William M. Peaster* *Published: Nov 21, 2020* *Source: https://www.bankless.com/defi-arts-intelligencer-nov-21st* --- Welcome to the 44th 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 --- ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/e4/b7/e4b77544-5a37-4f0b-8824-8440aa348476/content/images/public/images/33bece41-10eb-4d64-a6fb-149dd5c2f3b6_1440x270.png)The DeFi Arts Intelligencer has its next sponsor! Itโ€™s **[Async Art](https://async.art/)**. Ethereumโ€™s premier programmable art movement and platform, Async Art centers around artistsโ€™ Master tokens and Layer tokens, the latter of which can be used by collectors to collaboratively affect the appearance of the former. This weekend *alone *Async Art artists collectively fetched ~300 ETH at auctions โ€” itโ€™s a major platform to watch going forward accordingly! --- #### ***For this dispatch*****:** ## ๐ŸŽจ** Digital Art & Collectibles** - **Async Art **saw its USD sales record broken with โ€œ[Eth Boy](https://async.art/art/master/0xb6dae651468e9593e4581705a09c10a76ac1e0c8-807),โ€ a collaboration between acclaimed artists Trevor Jones and Alotta Money. The charming and programmable piece sold for a whopping 260 ETH, or ~$140,000 at current prices โ€ฆ > [](https://twitter.com/AsyncArt/status/1330266852996550658) - I helped the artist **Bรฅrd Ionson** create an advocacy campaign around his latest Async Art masterpiece, โ€œ[The Gate](https://async.art/art/master/0xb6dae651468e9593e4581705a09c10a76ac1e0c8-805).โ€ The piece sold for 8.2 ETH at auction today ๐Ÿฅ‚ โ€ฆ > [](https://twitter.com/BardIonson/status/1330229170861912067) - Secondary sales on leading Ethereum art platform **SuperRare **eclipsed the [$1 million mark](https://twitter.com/SuperRare_co/status/1328744852302000129) this week. Notably, royalties from SR secondary sales are automatically distributed to artists via smart contracts, a feature that has no analogue in the mainstream art world. - Illustrator **Josรฉ Delboโ€™s** comic [DEATH](https://makersplace.com/josedelbo/death-250-of-250-38849/) sold out of its 250 editions on art platform MakersPlace. - NFT loans platform **NFTfi** has facilitated $120,000 in loans to date โ€ฆ > [](https://twitter.com/masonnystrom/status/1329493065904566275) ## **๐Ÿ•น๏ธ Blockchain Games** - Ethereumโ€™s darling blockchain game, **Axie Infinity**, saw its team raise another [$860,000](https://axie.substack.com/p/axs-strategic-sale) through a strategic sale of the gameโ€™s new AXS governance tokens. - Talented chess player and popular Twitch chess streamer **Alexandra Bote**z is streaming a chess match with [Ethereum creator Vitalik Buterin](https://twitter.com/alexandravbotez/status/1328057879257989120) tomorrow, Nov. 21st. - Global fantasy football game **Sorare **had [$255,000](https://nonfungible.com/market/history/sorare?filter=nftTicker%3DSOR&filter=saleType%3D&length=10&sort=blockTimestamp%3Ddesc&start=0) in volume over the last 7 days! ## **โ™ฆ๏ธโ™ฆ๏ธ DeFi News** - The trading protocol **Uniswap **ended its first round of [UNI rewards](https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/84762/dex-uniswap-liquidity-mining-over). - The **total value locked (TVL) in the DeFi ecosystem** is at an all-time high of [$14.39 billion](https://defipulse.com/) right now. - An **attacker **swiped [$20 million](https://cointelegraph.com/news/pickle-in-a-pickle-as-attacker-swipes-20-million-in-evil-jar-exploit) worth of crypto from Pickle Finance using an โ€œevil jarโ€ exploit. ## ๐Ÿ“ฐFresh Content - ๐Ÿ“ฐ โ€œ[TokenSmart NFT Humpday Report #8: The Crypto Bulls Are Back ๐Ÿ‚๐Ÿ‚๐Ÿ‚](https://nft.substack.com/p/tokensmart-nft-humpday-report-8-the)โ€** **- me, for *nft42* ## **Thanks for reading, and stay creative on- and off-chain!** Keep an ๐Ÿ‘๏ธ out for the 45th 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 open for offers, too, as well as my own [art NFTs](https://app.rarible.com/items/onsale) available. Tips also accepted at wmpeaster.eth. Thanks kindly!