The Largest Group of CryptoPunks to Ever Come to Auction Will Be Offered at Sotheby’s. It Could Bring in $30 Million

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The Largest Group of CryptoPunks to Ever Come to Auction Will Be Offered at Sotheby’s. It Could Bring in $30 Million

The single-lot sale represents more than 1 percent of all CryptoPunks.

By Eileen Kinsella, Feb 8, 2022

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Crypto Investor and NFT Creator Pak on Why They Don’t Identify as an Artist, and Their Recent Collaboration With Julian Assange

Proceeds from the new NFT collection will go in part toward Assange's legal defense.

By Vivienne Chow, Feb 7, 2022

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Buzzfeed Exposed the Identities of Two Bored Ape Yacht Club Creators, Touching Off a Heated Debate About Pseudonymity in Crypto

Investors are circling the company behind the trendy collection of NFT avatars, which could be valued north of $4 billion.

By Taylor Dafoe, Feb 7, 2022

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After Pushback From the Picasso Estate, the Artist’s Great-Grandson’s NFT Sale Is… a Bit of a Flop

Buyers may be more interested in the NFTs' links to John Legend and Nas than the blue-chip master.

By Sarah Cascone, Feb 7, 2022

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Julian Assange and Crypto-Artist Pak Are Working on a Top Secret NFT Collaboration

The two-part sale will include a single-edition NFT and a "dynamic," open-edition NFT meant to draw in a larger pool of collectors.

By Sarah Cascone, Feb 2, 2022

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Picasso’s Granddaughter and Her DJ Son Want to Mint 1,010 NFTs Based on the Artist’s Work. The Rest of the Family Is Not Having It

John Legend and Nas had even made a song about the bowl. Really!

By Sarah Cascone, Jan 27, 2022

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Which Celebrities Have NFTs as Profile Pics? Here Are 21 of the Most Unexpected, From Ozzy Osbourne to Shonda Rhimes

Celebrities are really leaning into NFT PFPs.

By Caroline Goldstein, Jan 27, 2022

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‘Idols Are Dead’: TRON Founder Justin Sun on the Opportunities That Crypto Art Presents for His Rising Generation

Artnet NFT's Jiayin Chen spoke to the billionaire entrepreneur about his engagement with the art world, and his thoughts on the future.

By Jiayin Chen & Artnet NFT in Partnership With APENFT Foundation, Jan 24, 2022

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Two Tech Executives Are Opening an NFT Museum in Seattle to Give Decentralized Art a Centralized Home

Digital collectibles will be displayed on a series of custom-designed screens.

By Taylor Dafoe, Jan 14, 2022

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Wikipedia Editors Have Voted Not to Classify NFTs as Art, Sparking Outrage in the Crypto Community

The editors chose not to include Beeple and Pak on the free encyclopedia’s list of the most expensive art sales by living artists.

By Artnet News, Jan 13, 2022

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‘All My Apes Gone’: An Art Dealer’s Despondent Tweet About the Theft of His NFTs Went Viral… and Has Now Become an NFT

The stolen trove was worth an estimated $2.2 million. The NFT of the tweet is going for a lot less.

By Eileen Kinsella, Jan 5, 2022

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After Raising Another $300 Million in Funding, NFT Marketplace OpenSea Is Now Valued at an Extraordinary $13.3 Billion

Founded just four year ago, OpenSea is now a darling of venture capitalists looking for big returns on investment.

By Taylor Dafoe, Jan 5, 2022

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A New NFT Venture Has an Innovative Idea: Make Buyers Prove They Know Something About an Artist Before They Bid

Xin Li-Cohen, dubbed Christie's 'secret weapon,' is co-founder of TR Lab. Artists including Cai Guo Qiang are on board.

By Eileen Kinsella, Jan 4, 2022

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The 10 Most Expensive NFT Artworks of 2021, From Beeple’s $69 Million ‘Everydays’ to XCOPY’s $3.8 Million Portrait of ‘Some Asshole’

By some measure, the artist Pak could top this list, as his latest offering, "The Merge," was sold in 266,445 shares for $91.8 million.

By Sarah Cascone, Dec 27, 2021

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Meet Michael Ugwu, Tim Kang, B, and the Other Crypto Standouts Joining the New Artnet NFT Advisory Committee

As Artnet Auctions launches its debut NFT sale "ArtNFT," meet the industry leaders serving on our advisory board.

By Artnet NFT, Dec 17, 2021