'Toxic Beast' /8 by XCOPY sells for 35 ETH ($63,775 USD) to DoubleB via a sale brokered by Eli Scheinman.
The artwork was minted in September, 2020 on Rarible. It was one of an eight mint, low edition count string on the platform within two months. Others included 'Gobble' and 'the fuck you looking at?'.
Artwork Description:
"Well well well...
it is what it is"
Via DoubleB:
"JPEGS are Dead... RIP XCOPY"
Wednesday, April 1:
'Pepe X' by Arsonic with The Memes by 6529: SZN11 begins, featuring a new model of selection via 6529 metric "TDH"
Monday, April 7 - Tuesday, April 8:
'BUSIEST' & 'BUSY' by James Merrill with Art Blocks
Happy April Fools Day! I played out the "I'm taking the day off" joke last year, so you're absolved this time around.
Mega line item day as The Memes by 6529 see another surge, with Ez Monet completing a full set and acquiring a 6529 Gradient.
The punk6529 explainer on TDH is well worth a read. The philosophical rubber is meeting the road within the 6529 ecosystem, and they deserve credit for pushing to actualize a massive vision.
Today Reported:
Sales thresholds of 3 ETH+ Collection, 0.25 ETH+ 1/1, 0.5 ETH+ 1/1/X, and 0.3 ETH+ Edition
Under Threshold...
...but interesting to me are two 'Squares' /196 by Martin Grasser with Art Blocks sales for 0.34 and 0.326 WETH.
Yesterday I welcomed Adrian Wilson and Nat Emodi to the Show in a wide ranging set of conversations on the Paintbox, Highlight, recontextualizing history, and the digital art market.
View the recording here.
The Sweet Sixteen has arrived! Place your votes here.
Tournament Refresher:
The North Star is simple. Remove price considerations and simply decide what art you love. The bracket is limited to Collections and Editions, and of course it is impossible to include even close to everything.
Credits To:
24 Hours of Art Collective member Ryland for spearheading this endeavor and Deconstruct for sprucing up a dark mode bracket graphic!
ART Every Day.
The 89th design of 2025 is a throwback to Beeple's entire first run of open editions in December, 2020 - BULL RUN, INTO THE ETHER, and INFECTED.
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