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Sotheby's Second 3AC NFT Auction Includes Landmark Dmitri Cherniak Work

"The Goose" by the generative artist was purchased by 3AC co-founders Su Zhu and Kyle Davies in August 2021 for about $5.8 million.

Dmitri Cherniak's Ringers #879 "The Goose" (Sotheby's)

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Sotheby's Auctions Part of 3AC's Rare NFT Collection, Bringing In $2.4 Million

The highest-priced NFTs from Part 1 of the Grails collection are Fidenza #725 and Autoglyph #187.

NFTs from Sotheby's Grails Part 1. L: Autoglyph #187, R: Fidenza #725. (Larva Labs/Art Blocks, modified by CoinDesk)

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Alibaba Says ‘Open Sesame’ to Web3

The Chinese tech giant is releasing a metaverse launchpad. Plus, Sports Illustrated announces an NFT ticketing platform.

XCOPY "Departed" and "Right Click Save Guy" (Sotheby's Metaverse, modified by CoinDesk)

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Sotheby's Head of Digital Art on NFT Royalties, Market Sentiment

Sotheby’s head of digital art and NFTs, Michael Bouhanna, weighs in on the debate surrounding NFT royalties, which are defined as payments to the original creator for every secondary sale of the digital asset. Plus, Bouhanna discusses launching the art auction house's specially curated, peer-to-peer secondary marketplace amid an NFT winter.

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Sotheby's Launches On-Chain Secondary NFT Marketplace

Sotheby’s Metaverse will now offer a curated, peer-to-peer marketplace via the Ethereum and Polygon networks.

XCOPY "Departed" and "Right Click Save Guy" (Sotheby's Metaverse, modified by CoinDesk)

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Sotheby's Auctioning Rare NFTs From 3AC's Seized Collection

The auction house said that Three Arrows Capital's Grails collection includes "some of the most significant digital artworks ever assembled."

Dmitri Cherniak, Ringers #879 (The Golden Goose)

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Sotheby's Relaunches Glitch Digital Art Sale After Representation Backlash

The "Glitch: Beyond Binary" art sale is a reboot of last month's "Glitch-ism" auction and features a more diverse roster of artists.

"Chimera" by Marta Timmer. (Sotheby's)

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Sotheby’s Holding Meme-Inspired NFT Auction Featuring Beeple

The auction inspired by the popular subreddit “Oddly Satisfying” will feature works from artists Anyma, Beeple and Luis Ponce.

(Josh Pierce/Sotheby's)

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Sotheby’s and UnicornDAO Host International Womens’ Day Art Auction

A portion of the proceeds from the auction will be donated to organizations like Planned Parenthood to support women’s reproductive rights.

(Michele Pred)

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Neal Stephenson Says AI-Generated ChatGPT Is ‘Simply Not Interesting’

The author, who coined the term "metaverse" in his science-fiction novel “Snow Crash,” says the algorithm-based tool doesn't resonate the way a book written by a real person does.

Neal Stephenson, the writer who came up with the terms "metaverse" and "avatar," seen here in 2016  (Steve Jennings/Getty Images for TechCrunch)

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