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Kresus Partners With Christie’s for Blockchain-Based Art Ownership Authentication

DIGIT — Wed, 02 Oct 2024 21:20:05 +0000

Kresus, a crypto wallet service, has partnered with the international art and luxury market provider Christie’s to offer blockchain-based certificates of ownership for an upcoming photography auction. The collaboration marks a new approach to securing and managing art provenance digitally. Christie’s Taps Kresus for Blockchain-Based Art Ownership Records In this partnership, Kresus explained it will […]

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MoonPay and Christie’s dip into AI-generated art with new ‘Web3 Tools’

DIGIT — Tue, 16 Jul 2024 15:00:00 +0000

More bridges between Web3 and generative AI are being built as the luxury art auctioneer Christie’s and MoonPay unveil a new art experience at the eighth Art + Tech Summit in a unique gamified event.

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Christie’s moves on-chain with NFT auction platform on Ethereum

DIGIT — Wed, 28 Sep 2022 01:44:03 +0000

The new marketplace allows the prestigious auction house to carry out auctions and sales on the Ethereum blockchain “from start to finish.”

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Jihan Wu-Backed Crypto Miner Bitdeer Acquires ‘Singapore’s Fort Knox’ for $28.4 Million

DIGIT — Sun, 25 Sep 2022 22:00:58 +0000

Sources have disclosed that the digital currency mining operation, Bitdeer Technologies, has purchased a high-security storage and display facility in Singapore called Le Freeport for $28.4 million. Bitdeer’s chairman, Jihan Wu, confirmed the vault acquisition via a text message following the reports that revealed the mining firm purchased Le Freeport. Bitdeer Purchases Maximum Security Vault […]

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Leading Auction House Christie’s Launches Web3 and Fintech Venture Arm

DIGIT — Tue, 19 Jul 2022 05:30:34 +0000

On Monday, Christie’s, the leading British auction house founded 256 years ago in 1766, announced the launch of a new venture fund called Christie’s Ventures. According to the announcement, the company’s venture arm plans to focus on “[Web3] innovation, art-related financial products and solutions, and technologies that enable seamless consumption of art.” Christie’s Ventures to […]

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Christie’s launches venture fund aimed at Web3 and blockchain investments

DIGIT — Mon, 18 Jul 2022 15:45:00 +0000

According to the auction company, its first investment will be in LayerZero Labs, a company developing solutions for enabling omnichain decentralized applications.

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Nifty News: Christie’s NFT expert to lead CryptoPunks, fake heiress launches NFT collection

DIGIT — Mon, 20 Jun 2022 06:13:55 +0000

Noah Davis, the NFT expert for the auction house Christie’s, said he’s not looking to change the plan for CryptoPunks when he leads the project and has invited holders to a one-on-one chat.

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Report: Luxury Fashion Retailer Farfetch to Accept Crypto Assets for Payments

DIGIT — Fri, 10 Jun 2022 21:00:32 +0000

The British-Portuguese luxury fashion retailer Farfetch said it will accept crypto assets soon thanks to a partnership with the German crypto platform Lunu. Farfetch will accept seven different crypto assets including bitcoin, ethereum, and binance coin, and the feature will be rolled out to select clients and then expanded to the general public. Luxury House […]

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Beeple’s Latest NFT ‘Human One’ Sells for $29M, Artist Plans to ‘Enhance the Displayed Artwork’ During His Lifetime

DIGIT — Thu, 09 Dec 2021 07:00:55 +0000

This year the American artist Michael Winkelmann, otherwise known as Beeple, made history when he sold his non-fungible token (NFT) artwork “Everydays” for $69.3 million on March 11. Beeple’s latest NFT called “Human One” is a life-sized NFT sculpture that sold for $29 million, and the artist will update the NFT during the course of […]

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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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