Top 5 News – AOTB July 2, 2018 Shoutout to this week's Sponsors: Ethereal and bitsonline.com 1. As of today, an unknown buyer purchases art work by Benjamin Katz called “Chasing Hearts/Northern Lights” from the Āto Gallery, an online gallery founded by Carrie Eldridge for 150 bitcoin – or the equivalent of more than $1.25 million at the time of the sale. https://news.artnet.com/market/ato-gallery-cryptocurrency-bitcoin-1297832 … … 2. May 22, 2018 Report called “The Art Market 2.0 – Blockchain and Financialisation in Visual Arts” by Duncan MacDonald-Korth, Vili Lehdonvirta and Eric T. Myer supported by the University of Oxford and The Alan Turing Institute was released recently. https://www.dacs.org.uk/DACSO/media/DACSDocs/Press%20releases/The-Art-Market-2-0-Blockchain-and-Financialisation-in-Visual-Arts-2018.pdf … … https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/08/arts/art-financialization-blockchain.html … … 3. June 12, 2018 article “Blockchain Art: The Market is Here and What You Need to Know” posted on Cultbytes written by Steven Buchko. http://cultbytes.com/all/blockchain-art-market-is-here/ … … 4. Article called “Artists as cryptofinanciers: welcome to the blockchain” by Ben Luke talks about Art Basel and the blockchain’s influence on the conference programming, including a group discussion by Simon Denny and quotes Ruth Catlow of Furtherfield and Ben Vickers, CTO of Serpentine Galleries in London. https://www.artbasel.com/news/artists-as-cryptofinanciers--welcome-to-the-blockchain … … 5. New to Me Department – Elastos! This organization has proposed to “adopt a flexible main chain and sidechain blockchain design structure” because Ethereum blockchains are made for “consensus-based record keeping, but lack computation speed or flexibility. They have an extensive schedule that might be worth checking out. Elastos Video Contest deadline is July 15. Fresco Art Award competition sponsored by FRESCO & Elastos with the theme of blockchain runs through August 22. https://medium.com/elastos/elastos-weekly-updates-08-june-2018-f9546f55c3fc … … White paper: https://www.elastos.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/White%20Papers/elastos_whitepaper_en.pdf?_t=1526235330 … … Twitter Handles: @DACSForArtists @oiioxford @turinginst @cryptoartcom @elastos.org @cultbytes @dennnnnnnnny @ViliLe @ato_gallery @MyCurioCards @furtherfield @robmyers @benvickers_ @jonas_lund @EddFornieles @yaoeo @bitsonline MeetUp: http://www.meetup.com/Art-on-the-Blockchain-Meetup/ … … Instagram: @aotb_podcast Twitter: @AOBT_PODCAST Disclaimer – The AOTB podcast is not a recommendation or endorsement for any of businesses or services mentioned. AOTB is not advising anyone to invest or rely upon any statements made during this podcast. It is intended for entertainment purposes only. The views are our own.
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