NFT Painting of Buterin in Harlequin Garb Sets Record in Weekend Crypto Art Sale

Ethereum Co-Founder Vitalik Buterin sets the record straight by saying he’s open to working with Dogecoin developers to improve the meme token. This could come in the form of a bridge between the two cryptocurrencies. Previously, Buterin criticized Elon Musk’s comments on making Dogecoin better than Bitcoin, saying it isn’t as easy as how he […]

A stunning recreation of Leonardo da Vinci's The Last Supper painting with a focus on bitcoin sold for big bucks on auction website eBay this weekend. Dubbed The Last Bitcoin Supper (above), the painting - which measures 140cm x 70cm - was created by French artist Youl, and has previously received a less-than-impressive reaction from the community. But now, well, fifty-eight bids brought the final price of the auction to a whopping $2,900 [see the auction here], payable in bitcoin, of course. The painting is complete with a number of interesting representations, namely in the center. What....

A painting depicting bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto sold for 35 BTC (roughly €10,000) at the most recent Inside Bitcoins Conference and Expo in Israel. Called 'The Eye of God', the work was created by local artist Xania Dorfman and bought by Yoshi Goto, a mining expert employed by bitcoin ASIC developer Bitmain. Goto got his first glimpse of the work when setting up his booth at the two-day conference, which ran from 19th to 20th October and included speakers such as Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin and bitcoin developer Peter Todd. “It was there, and it was tempting,” Goto said. “I....

Sotheby’s has now set the world record for the most expensive piece of jewelry sold for crypto last Friday. The global auction house had announced the intended sale earlier in the year of the 101.38-carat rare diamond. Sotheby’s had announced that the auction would be held with crypto as the buying currency. Stating that interested […]

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin recently discussed what he thinks about the recent Ethereum proof-of-work (PoW) fork topic that’s been finding its way into a number of conversations within the crypto community. Buterin remarked at the ETH-Seoul conference over the weekend, that he believes the people introducing the forked token concept are basically a “couple of outsiders” that “mostly just want to make a quick buck.” Vitalik Buterin Gives His Opinion on the Proposed Ethereum PoW Fork Idea A lot of people within the crypto community have....