Gallery: CoinDesk Launches 'Expert Briefing' Series
Wallet numbers are "BS" as a way of measuring bitcoin adoption, according to Jeremy Allaire, founder of Circle, the bitcoin buying and storage firm pitched at consumers. Bitcoin wallets can be easily generated by automated means and for myriad reasons, so their numbers are a poor estimate of bitcoin's popularity, Allaire said during a panel discussion at CoinDesk's first Expert Briefing in London yesterday. Allaire was joined by Elliptic co-founder James Smith, who agreed that wallet figures are a problematic way of tracking the cryptocurrency's growth. Smith discussed his firm's efforts....
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Today, April 26th, 2021, the virtual gallery of OVR.ai was inaugurated to showcase artists working with non-fungible tokens (NFT) and beyond. Considering the hype around the NFT phenomenon this year and also given that the Coronavirus pandemic prevents most artists from exhibiting works in museums and participating in exhibitions, as well as also people from being able to visit art galleries, the company OVR decided to introduce a museum in its blockchain-based virtual world, allowing the top artists in the field to exhibit their NFTs. Starting today, it is possible to download the OVR app....
The Jonathan LeVine Gallery, a fine art gallery in New York City that already accepts bitcoin for online art purchases, has begun accepting Dash, a cryptocurrency formerly known as Darkcoin. The move builds on the establishment's reputation for being at the forefront of the cryptocurrency movement, so its clients have the best payment options available, according to Danielle Link, the gallery's spokesperson. "Accepting Dash will open us up to new markets, specifically to those who have cryptocurrency and are searching for places to spend it," Link told CCN. "It is also the wave of the....
It's no surprise that the Bitcoin community, with its constant stream of innovations and ideas, is filled with creative people. Lately, it seems that more & more artists are being drawn towards cryptocurrency - accepting Bitcoin as a payment method for their artwork, painting representations of the abstract ideas behind cryptocurrency, developing uses of blockchain technology to benefit the overall art world. Bitcoin and art are undoubtedly connected, and the exploration of this relationship is certainly a hot topic. And in early January, that intersection will be on display for all to see....
Changing the NFT industry from within requires a particular artistic vision. Gal Yosef, a self-taught artist active in 3D art and animation, has that vision. His upcoming Meta Eagle Club NFT collection is not just any collection and has the backing of renowned art gallery Eden Gallery. The Story of Gal Yosef As someone who […]
An art exhibit focused on money will take place in New York as part of the Partial Mystery Event series with a special focus on cryptocurrency. Emily Faber, founder of the Partial Mystery event series, started the exhibits in her apartment because she "had no idea how to find a gallery space in NYC." Getting ready for that first Partial Mystery entailed clearing out her apartment. "I cleared out all of my personal belongings, took everything off of my walls, and invited total strangers to come into my apartment & hang up their art," she recalled, speaking to CCN. "It was definitely a....