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Consensus Magazine

The Untold Story Behind Beeple's Historic NFT Sale: 'Token Supremacy' Excerpt

Author Zachary Small details the behind-the-scenes events that brought the digital artist and Christie's auction house together in the first chapter of their book.

(CoinDesk)

Markets

Influential Trader GCR Buys Original Dogwifhat Meme for $4M; WIF Rises

WIF prices surged in the past hour as X users discovered the trader now holds the original image.

The dogwifhat meme (Know your meme)

Web3

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)

Finance

Messaging App Telegram to Auction Usernames on TON Blockchain

Toncoin, the native coin of the TON blockchain, is up nearly 9% at $1.34.

(Shutterstock)

Finance

Mickey Mantle Baseball Card NFT Sells for $471K in OpenSea Auction

The NFT iteration of the coveted 1952 baseball card racked up a bidding war in the sale’s final hour, making it one of the priciest sports NFTs ever sold.

Mickey Mantle in 1968, around the time he retired from baseball. (Getty Images)

Finance

Sotheby’s to Accept BTC, ETH or USDC in Auction of Rare Black Diamond Called ‘The Enigma’

The auction house sold a diamond for $12.3 million in cryptocurrency last July. Now Sotheby’s is doubling down on its outreach to the crypto nouveau riche.

"The Enigma" black diamond (Sotheby's)

Tech

After Being Foiled by a Billionaire, ConstitutionDAO Faces Lingering Questions

What happens to $PEOPLE? Who got the doc? Where does ConstitutionDAO’s money go now? And what’s next?

(Alexi Rosenfeld/Getty Images)

Tech

ConstitutionDAO Outbid for First Printing of America’s Founding Document in Sotheby’s Auction

The group’s $40+ million in ETH wasn’t enough to seal the deal.

Jeff Graber took the subway from Brooklyn to get close to the action at Sotheby's. (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Finance

Banksy Paintings Sell for 3,093 ETH in Auction House First

Two paintings from contemporary artist Banksy sold for over $12 million in the first Sotheby’s sale denominated in ETH.

Sotheby's auction of Bansky art (Eli Tan/CoinDesk)

Tech

Acala Wins First Polkadot Parachain Auction, With $1.3B in DOT Committed

Parachain auctions saw almost $3.5 billion collected by 10 hopefuls, with Acala edging out Moonbeam for the first slot.

(Sofiya Levchenko/Unsplash)

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