'April 21, 2021' by Matt Kane sells for 8 ETH | $34,481 USD.

The artwork is one of 42 in the 'Right Place & Right Time - Bitcoin Volatility Art' collection, each an artist curated "VLY Token" based on Bitcoin price volatility.

April 21st is given the following context:
"CNBC 21/Apr/2021 Guggenheim's Scott Minerd warns bitcoin could plunge 50% near term - 'things are very frothy'"

This is the second artwork in the collection to transact in a single week after a more than seven month period.

Poetry at MoMA:
Sasha Stiles and 'A LIVING POEM' host an opening celebration at MoMA in New York City, bringing the artist's generative language system and infinite text to the Museum. Sara Fitzmaurice calls it "a monumental leap forward for artists of the digital age".

Jack Wars:
Jack Butcher and Art Blocks announce 'Gas Wars', and it will be the second to last Art Blocks Curated release in the Art Blocks 500. The 500 artwork collection is split into two phases - single artwork auction 'Survive' and 499 artwork 'Simulate', ranging in price from $0 to $499, making it gas cost that will determine collectors.

Closer to Collab:
Artists Claire Silver and m0dest reveal and tease '< born to push back >', 87 co-created scenes and 2 original music and effects. The joint effort follows the two meeting at a NIN concert. "A nod to the crypto (native)" says Silver.

RareBirthday:
"The most rare pepe that has ever existed" turned 9 on 9/9 and many celebrate the anniversary of RAREPEPE "The Nakamoto Card" by anonymous artist Mike. "Happy 9s day to the grail of OG PFPs" says Coldie.

[L] ‘RE:build’ by Jason Seife: 1 WETH
Minted in April of 2021 with SuperRare, the 1/1 artwork is the 2nd of the artist’s “genesis trilogy”. Both the 1st and 2nd are acquired on secondary market for a total of 2 WETH from collector C34nft, a stark contrast with their original acquisitions for a massive 99.776 ETH from collector 888.

[M] ‘Grifter #503’ by XCOPY: 17.01 WETH
One of the 1/1/666 ‘Grifters’ collection, it was originally minted in December of 2021 with since defunct platform Async Art, as it debuted its generative brand Async Blueprints. Each artwork sold for 0.25 ETH to raffle winners.

[R] ‘Player’ by Sam Spratt: 3.75 WETH
This edition of 256 was the gateway to the artist’s Monument Game alongside platform and studio Nifty Gateway. Originally minted for 3.33 ETH ($5,554 USD at the time), each edition had a participant observation written into its metadata.