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Sotheby’s to Bring Down the Hammer in Ethereum on 2 Iconic Banksy Paintings

DIGIT — Thu, 11 Nov 2021 22:30:04 +0000

Sotheby’s, the British-founded American luxury auction house, has announced the company will be selling Banksy works for real-time bids in ethereum at “The Now Evening Auction” on November 18. While the upcoming auction will have pieces from highly acclaimed artists such as Mark Bradford and Yoshitomo Nara, Banksy’s “Love in the Air” and “Trolley Hunters” […]

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NFT whale ‘Pranksy’ pranked by fake Banksy for 97.7 ETH

DIGIT — Wed, 01 Sep 2021 06:00:12 +0000

NFT collector Pranksy has been refunded the 100 Ether he spent on a digital artwork fraudulently claiming to have been composed by popular artist, Banksy.

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Breaking NFTs to Pieces: These 4 Projects Are Fractionalizing Grimes, Banksy, Cryptopunk NFTs

DIGIT — Fri, 30 Jul 2021 21:30:34 +0000

While non-fungible token (NFT) collectibles have been all the rage, a few projects have been developing the concept of fractionalized NFTs so investors without deep pockets can purchase shares of an expensive collectible. On Thursday, the firm Otis revealed that people can invest in an NFT created by the world-famous Canadian musician and record producer […]

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Asian Auction House Phillips Will Accept Crypto at Auction for a Physical Piece of Banksy Art

DIGIT — Sat, 08 May 2021 20:00:50 +0000

The well-known Phillips Auction House has announced the company plans to accept cryptocurrency for the first time in a physical art auction set for June 7-8. Phillips will be auctioning a world-famous piece of artwork called the “Laugh Now Panel” created by the anonymous street artist Banksy. ‘Laugh Now’- Phillips to Accept Cryptocurrency at a […]

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Burned Banksy NFT Sale Captures Close to $400K, Critics Claim Buyers Are ‘Morons’

DIGIT — Mon, 08 Mar 2021 15:30:25 +0000

On March 3, a group of anonymous art enthusiasts decided to burn an original Banksy screenprint worth roughly £70,000 or around $95,000 USD, and then turned it into a non-fungible token (NFT) asset. The art now exists as an NFT and was auctioned for 228.69 ethereum or $394k using today’s ether exchange rates. However, not […]

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NFT representing incinerated Banksy painting fetches nearly $400k

DIGIT — Mon, 08 Mar 2021 03:07:36 +0000

A tokenized version of a destroyed Banksy painting sold for nearly $400,000 on NFT marketplace OpenSea.

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A Group of Crypto Proponents Burned an Original Banksy ‘Morons’ Print and Turned It Into an NFT

DIGIT — Thu, 04 Mar 2021 16:16:19 +0000

Original artwork crafted by the pseudonymous England-based street artist and political activist Banksy has been burned in order to turn the art into a non-fungible token (NFT). The screenprint was one of only 500 made and was authenticated by Banksy’s verification company Pest Control. The burning was a symbolic message of turning a rare piece […]

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Cryptocurrencies Have Spawned an Eclectic Underground Art Movement

DIGIT — Mon, 04 Feb 2019 19:10:43 +0000

What do the art and cryptocurrency worlds have in common? Among other things, the love of the conceptual, evoking of the emotions and the tendency to confuse admirers. Over the past century, we have seen cubism, starting in the early 1900s, which opened the doors for art movements like surrealism, abstract, impressionism and pop art. We are now […]

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A Bitcoin Rat Is Occupying Wall Street

DIGIT — Thu, 11 Oct 2018 02:20:13 +0000

Ten years after the financial crisis of 2008, an artist known as Nelson Saiers has placed his latest artwork across the street from the New York Federal Reserve building in the financial district. The piece is a giant sized and menacing-looking inflatable rat covered in Bitcoin code. The former Wall Street hedge fund manager and […]

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