Tag: Beeple
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Popular 10KTF NFT Project Checks For Sanctioned Addresses
NFT Contract Consults Chainalysis’ On-Chain Sanctions Oracle
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Meebits or Bored Apes? NFT Rivalry Pits Commerce vs Community
Rival fandoms abound in pop culture. Marvel vs DC Comics. Pokemon vs. Digimon. So it was only a matter of time before NFT artists and fans divided into two camps. Enter Bored Ape Yacht Club vs. Meebits, two projects that embody the contrasting creeds within the NFT movement, perhaps fated to become natural adversaries. Meebits […]
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Sotheby’s NFT Auction Fires Up Duel with Christie’s in Digital Art
Art snobs may loathe NFTs, deeming them bastardizations of a lineage defined by Da Vinci, Michelangelo, Picasso and Rothko. But don’t tell that to the auctioneers at Christie’s and Sotheby’s. Beginning last Thursday, Sotheby’s has been conducting a weeklong auction of the “Natively Digital: A Curated NFT Sale” collection. It’s a diverse selection of non-fungible […]
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The Betrayal of Cashing Out
After a New Yorker profile on Beeple revealed that the NFT-megastar converted $53M worth of ETH into USD from the sale of his record-breaking “Everydays: The First 5000 Days,” some members of the crypto community seemed to feel betrayed. Betrayal “Beeple rugged us like a 2017 ICO scam,” said EthHub co-founder Anthony Sassano in a […]
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Beeple’s NFT “Everydays” Sells for $69M in Christie’s Auction
A 21,069 x 21,069 pixels jpg file attached to an Ethereum token sold today for $69M in ETH at Christie’s, the world’s oldest fine art auctioneer. Of course, we’re talking about Beeple’s “Everydays: The First 5,000 Days.” The sale was not only a record for an NFT; it was also the third-most expensive work from […]
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The Beeple Bonanza Unpacked With Trevor Jones
$777,777.77 was the highest bid for a piece from Beeple’s entire 2020 collection. The whole catalogue went for $3.5 Million. Trevor Jones breaks down the Beeple bonanza and later shares his ambitious project for the upcoming year involving 20 artists. And guess who’s involved…