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2021-11-04 17:41:40 ​​CryptoPunk 7557 sold for ~4,5ETH

CryptoPunk 7557, one of 55 Tiara Punks, was sold for 4.444 ETH ($19,400) with an expensive mistake: a sale was 95% below the current floor price.

The cheapest “Tiara Punk” is priced at 350 ETH ($1.5 million). The last sale of a CryptoPunk with a tiara was for 196.69 ETH ($843,000).

According to the listing history, the previous owner last put it up for sale for 8,888 ETH ($31 million). That suggests the price was supposed to be 4,444 ETH ($19 million) instead of 4.444 ETH — note the comma instead of the period.

The punk has subsequently been put up for sale by the new owner, who is asking ETH 325 ($1.4 million), which is still the lowest price for punk with a tiara. Open / Comment

2021-11-03 18:00:48 ​​Pulp Fiction NFTs

Quentin Tarantino will sell seven never-before-seen clips from Pulp Fiction as Secret NFTs build on Secret Network, a blockchain that focuses on privacy.

Secret NFTs are a new asset class of NFTs, enhanced with privacy and access control features to create hidden content and experiences. Each NFT contains one or more previously unknown secrets of a specific iconic scene from Pulp Fiction viewable only by the owner of the NFT.

The secret content will include the uncut first handwritten scripts of Pulp Fiction and exclusive custom commentary from Tarantino, revealing secrets about the film and its creator. The owner of the NFT would decide to share it with anyone or keep it a secret.

The initial auctions will occur on OpenSea though Tarantino plans to sell a seventh NFT at a formal auction house (like Christie’s or Sotheby’s), so maybe we hear more news from Sotheby's Metaverse soon.

Join waitlist here
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2021-11-03 13:43:59 ​​News Update in Short

Cool Cats NFT on Times Square | Cool Cats
Chinese tech giants Ant Group, Tencent, JD.com are likely working to appease regulators | CoinDesk

Big brands joining metaverse:

◆AWS (Amazon) is looking for a “Principal Digital Assets Specialist” who deals with crypto, stablecoins, NFTs, and central bank digital currencies. | LinkedIn
◆Nike is looking for a virtual material designer and applying for Virtual Trademarks for the Metaverse | Hypebeast

SoftBank leads $93 million investment in NFT gaming firm the Sandbox | Reuters

Sfermion Raises $100M NFT Fund Aimed at Accelerating the Emergence of the Metaverse | Businesswire

Crypto anons buy 2,000 lb tungsten cube NFT for $250,000 (and why) | The Block Open / Comment

2021-11-02 15:39:42 ​​Project 3333

Project 3333 is a NFT project of 3,333 unique artworks celebrating Japanese Culture and Art. The artist behind the project works under pseudonym Hisoka Gaka (密か画家).

Hisoka~ desires to express his art in its purest form, away from bias tied to his real identity: he/she/they can be one of the greatest artists in the world or just a housekeeper. With this question, one can see if the art is enough to give you the answer and to elevate this project to the recognition it truly deserves.

The Artist has picked various references from Japanese history and has created an hommage collection. AI algorithm splits each of the artist's attributes into various components, which are then selected randomly to create concoctions, each one a unique NFT portraying the artist's work.

Drop Details:
Exclusive Presale: 333 NFTs per 0,15 ETH | 15 November
Presale 1: 1000 NFTs per 0,15 ETH | 17 November
Presale 2: 1000 NFTs per 0,2 ETH | 19 November
Public Sale: 1000 NFTs per 0,25 ETH | TBA

To get into presale you need to join Discord and follow instructions in the announcement channel (basically be an active member of a community)

Website
Twitter
Whitepaper Open / Comment

2021-11-01 18:39:50 ​​Smoochies NFT: the Maetherial Collection

Smoochies NFT is a successful collection first released back in April 2021 on Ethereum by rising digital star Andreas Ivan.

An online auction of the new Mætherial Collection presents 16 UNIQUE Smoochies available for bidding, each coming from a particular area within the ethereum metaverse.

And as usual, here are our reasons to tell you about the collection:
◆ The first edition, the 6x6 collection, has been sold out for 62ETH, but has been actively growing at the secondary market
◆ Ivan promised to create only 100 of the main NFT series "Smoochies" in his life.
◆ Each of 16 Smoochies got physical prints, one of which is given to the highest bidder (the others were sold during the exhibition in HK).
◆Unlike computer-generated NFT avatars, each Smoochie was created by Andreas and has a name, a story, and a background, bringing the artist's feelings & reflections of the world beyond the algorithm.

Drop details:
Date: 8-12 November
Place: Poly Auction House
Lots: 16 "Smoochies" NFT works, 11 special edition NFT works by other artists, a total of 27 NFTs (view catalogue)
Smoochies website
Twitter
A deep review by the Value in Chinese. Open / Comment

2021-10-31 17:10:59 ​​Atomic zombie’s has finally resolved technical issues they had and openned the mint on their official website. We wrote about them in this post

The cost of a Zombie is 10 Koii (which might be obtained only via active use of Koii ecosystem) or 0.02 ETH (without gwei). Currently a Zombie will cost you ~$170 including ETH gaz fee. Open / Comment

2021-10-31 13:00:21 ​​Character Club: Ed Marawinski First Edition Drop

Character Club is a new community of digital NFT characters on Ethereum created by Firma Pro, co-founded by baseball legend Wade Boggs. The Club will release NFT characters designed by a series of emerging and award-winning artists, each with a unique style.

The first Club's drop features the artwork of award-winning illustrator & cartoonist, Ed Murawinski. It will consist of 15 hand-drawn digital characters, including the first digital artwork created by Murawinski in 2009.

The First Edition NFT will give the holder priority access to future Enhanced Edition NFTs drops (upgraded artwork, animation, sound effects, and unlock real-world benefits) and the ability to unlock Special Edition NFTs (by burning First Editions) when released.

Drop Details:
Date: November 2nd, 1PM PST | 4PM EDT | 8 PM UTC
Place: OpenSea
Quantity: 750 in total, each of 15 characters is limited to 50 individually numbered NFT’s.

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2021-10-30 22:16:59 ​​Weekend Reading

We didn't forget about your weekend reading list. This week it is tied to our last piece of news

To listen:
The Economist Podcast "Money Talks"
◆ Is the future non-fungible?" (29 min) | link
◆ Alice in De-Fi Land (31 min) | link

To read:
◆ The promise and perils of DeFi | The Economist, 18 Sept 2021
◆ Why Did Someone Pay $560,000 for a Picture of My Column? | NYT
◆ Bring a newspaper to the moon? NASA said no, LBJ said no. Astronaut Alan Shepard said yes | USA Today
◆ We’ll all be joining crypto DAOs soon enough | Fortune
◆ As the NFT Market Explodes Again, Artists Fend Off Old Art-World Power Structures | Times
◆ Teen Artists Are Making Millions on NFTs. How Are They Doing It? |Times Open / Comment

2021-10-30 17:28:10 ​​NFT Big Sales: 'DeFi Rabbit Hole' by The Economist

The Economist has sold 1/1 DeFi Rabbit Hole NFT representing cover of its USA issue (18 September 2021) for 99.9 ETH (~$419k at the time of the sell).

The magazine cover image is an adaptation of illustrator Sir John Tenniel’s original Alice in Wonderland drawing, revised by digital artist Justin Metz.

The Economist will retain a 10% royalty stake in the digital piece, with proceeds from today’s sale and all future sales going to the Economist Educational Foundation, an independent charity.

Other world-known newspapers that entered the NFT world are The New York Times, which recently sold an NFT of a column for $562k, USA Today with their newspaper delivered to the moon, Fortune with their LE of digital NFT magazines and $1.3M sales, Assosiated Press with their sales on OpenSea and Binance NFT Marketplace, and TIME, which has already many NFT ventures with their TimePieces project.

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2021-10-30 14:49:09 ​​News Update in Short

Adobe’s Behance adds support for NFTs and paid subscriptions | TechCrunch

a16z Invests in Community DAO Friends with Benefits (FWB) | a16z

Coinbase hits number 1 spot on Apple's US App Store | The Block

Facebook teaser on NFT & Metaverse plans | Axios

CryptoPunk 9998 was bought for $532M, The sale, however, was illegitimate as the owner bought it for themselves | Lavra labs & BNN Bloomberg

Ethereum:
◆Price soars to new all-time high | CoinMaerketCap
◆The amount of ETH burned daily sets new records | Ultra Sound Money Open / Comment