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Art-focused NFT marketplace MakersPlace have announced that they will host an exhibition at the inaugural Miami Digital Art Fair, held on December 3. Curated by MakersPlace Senior Director & Curator Jessica Marinaro, the exhibition will present new works by a trio of celebrated visual artists: Yoshi Sodeoka, Ivona Tau, and Rob Dixon (known as Radix). The Miami Digital Art Fair is a brand-new event for 2024. It will be held at the BeyBey Miami on December 3 – just a week prior to, and a mile away from, the globally-recognised Art Basel Miami. What will the MakersPlace exhibition include? Following…

Gaming-optimised blockchain Oasys and turnkey marketplace solution RaribleX have partnered to create Bazaar, an all-new multi-chain NFT marketplace. Built to support the growing number of Oasys-powered blockchain games, Bazaar will service games built on Oasys and other blockchains in their partner network, and includes support for primary drops, royalty enforcement, niche blockchains and more. The marketplace is now live, and supports NFT trading for games such as TomoOne and SingSing. What is Bazaar? Bazaar is a multi-chain NFT marketplace that currently supports the Oasys and Saakuru blockchains. Alongside supporting NFT trades from those blockchains, the platform also includes support for…

Ethereum-based NFT collection Rare Apepes has revealed a playable demo for their inaugural game title, RAK 3022. RAK 3022, a browser-based 2D hack-n-slash title, sees players dive into the world of Rare Apepes for the first time, playing as Bounty Hunter NUBI on a quest to recover fragments of a lost artifact. The game is free to play right on PC right now, with both keyboard and controller inputs supported. What is Rare Apepes? Rare Apepes is a 10,000-piece NFT collection on Ethereum, minted in March 2022. Paying homage to both Bored Ape Yacht Club and Rare Pepe, the collection…

Superman, an iconic work by celebrated American visual artist Andy Warhol in 1981, is to be the centrepiece of a new ‘gamified art experience’ on the Base blockchain. Involving art-based web3 platform LiveArt, and NFT marketplace Rarible, the experience will see participants have the chance to unlock fractional ownership of Warhol’s iconic piece, alongside both physical collectibles, digital collectibles, and other exclusive rewards. Further details are set to be revealed by the parties involved over the coming weeks. What is Andy Warhol’s Superman? Created in 1981, Superman is a silkscreen work depicting Clark Kent in one of his signature poses,…

Popular NFT collection Pudgy Penguins have announced that they will be holding an exclusive Pengu Party event at Art Basel Miami 2024. Held on December 5 from 7-11PM at FunDimension in Miami, the event – created in partnership with ZKsync, Abstract and Pudgy Pop – will feature “great vibes, delicious food, and an amazing arcade experience.” Tickets are free to all, with first priority going to holders of Pudgy Penguins and Lil Pudgys NFTs. What will the Pengu Party feature? This isn’t Pudgy Penguins’ first foray into in-person events. Previous experiences – including at past Art Basel Miami events -…

Popular NFT collection Deadfellaz has announced that Season 4 of their Infected art series will arrive on November 27. Available from 22:00 EST/03:00 UTC, this is the fourth edition of their annual art event, which sees Deadfellaz partner with a host of aspiring NFT artists to create collaborative NFT art, with 100% of the profits going directly to the artists involved. 20 artists have been confirmed for Infected Season 4, including the likes of Ilya Kazakov, Aoife O’Dwyer, and Gremplin. What is Deadfellaz Infected? Deadfellaz Infected is an annual art event that sees the collection partner with a wide array…

Web3 PVP strategy title Gangs of Metacade has entered Series 2, offering a $10,000 USD prize pool to its players. This new series – ran in partnership with SuperVerse – introduces fresh challenges, including the debut of AI-driven gameplay features and vast token prizes, with players able to get their hands on the illusive $SUPER token. Series 2 of Gangs of Metacade aims to build on the success of Series 1 – which saw over 700,000 $MCADE tokens distributed to an invite-only playerbase – by vastly expanding both the number of players, and the prizes on offer. What is Gangs…

Justin Sun, the founder of the TRON ecosystem, has purchased Maurizio Cattelan’s controversial 2019 artwork Comedian for $6.24 million USD via a Sotheby’s auction. The art, which is simply a fresh banana affixed to a wall with duct tape, initially drew significant attention upon debut at Art Basel Miami in 2019, with two editions being sold for $120,000 USD each, and a third donated to the Guggenheim Museum. In a bizarre post on X, Sun has offered the piece to Elon Musk, in the hopes that it is “[taped] to the body of a SpaceX rocket, and [sent] to both…

Prolific NFT artist XCOPY is set to join the Art Blocks ecosystem with the release of his ICNX collection on November 21. Produced using Art Blocks Engine – a code-based generative art platform – the ICNX collection features 500 animated pixel-based NFTs in XCOPY’s eccentric style. Each ICXN NFT is available to mint at the price of 0.42 ETH each. Public minting opened at 18 UTC on November 21, with pieces selling very quickly. As of writing, over half of the available NFTs have now sold. Who is XCOPY? XCOPY is a pseudonymous London-based digital artist. Combining dystopian aesthetics with…

Popular Telegram-based gaming platform Notcoin have announced Not Pixel Battle, an art-based tournament to be held within their Not Pixel tap-to-earn game. Running until November 30, the tournaments sees players paint pixels on a shared digital canvas – similar to Reddit’s r/place or Bored Ape Yacht Club’s THE BATHROOM – with various communities competing against one another through a series of elimination rounds. The victors of Not Pixel Battle will be awarded with a “Golden Pixel” prize – with top players receiving an allocation of the game’s soon-to-launch $PX token. What is the Not Pixel Battle tournament? Not Pixel Battle…