Art of the Deal

Cobie owns the day, as the ‘up only television season pass’ is acquired by Coinbase for $25,000,000 USDC via Manifold.
The chain of events described in four tweets:
May 7th, 2025:
“OK I am no longer the decision maker on if Up Only returns. The power is now stored within this NFT that I just minted. When the NFT is burned, the podcast will restart. Until then, please leave me alone.” - Cobie
October 20, 2025:
Time to burn it?
— #Coinbase 🛡️ (#@coinbase)
11:38 PM • Oct 20, 2025
October 20, 2025:
“Just burnt the NFT. Your move.” - Brian Armstrong, Coinbase CEO
October 20, 2025:
Not only will Cobie and Ledger Status now bring back the Up Only podcast for 8 episodes…
“Bringing back Up Only was just the warm up” said Coinbase, breaking a second acquisition hours later. Cobie’s onchain capital raising platform Echo is also acquired for approximately $375M, “comprised of a mix of cash and stock”. Details here.
Art Market Highlights

Ringers Lead:
The high sale of the day is ‘Ringers #843’ by Dmitri Cherniak for 10.5 WETH from pudgybearwhale via Gondi.
Eng Additions:
Delronde adds two artworks to the Eng.Art collection, a “personal love letter to computers, to code, to the layers of abstraction and invisible engineering that underpins modern life.:
‘The Harvest #13’ by Per Kristian Stoveland - 1 of 18 Nostromo Palettes in the 400 artwork January 2023 Art Blocks collection - is acquired for 2.15 ETH.
‘Pre-Process #100’ - part of the 120 artwork November 2022 Art Blocks collection - by Casey REAS is acquired for 2.09 ETH.
The First Like:
An edition of the iconically named ‘first like’ by die with the most likes is collected for 6,942 XTZ ($4,179 USD) by CoachPete. Minted in April 2022, the 10 editions were originally sold for between 55 to 80 XTZ, or $168 to $245 USD.
Artworks of the Day

ART of Destiny
Everyday #292 of 2025
Every day Justin Wetch and Roger Dickerman create an ARTwork.
This one is based on October 19th Highlights from Osinachi.
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