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

The group known as ConstitutionDAO was outbid by an unknown buyer who submitted a $43.17 million bid at Sotheby’s auction house Thursday. When the gavel banged, a first edition copy of the U.S. Constitution, one of only 13 left in existence, was in new hands.

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ConstitutionDAO Raises Over $40M for Sotheby’s Auction, Plans to Issue Governance Token $PEOPLE

A longshot bid for a decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) to buy one of 13 original copies of the U.S. Constitution is looking increasingly like a lock. The group has now raised $40 million and counting, well above auction house Sotheby’s upper estimate of a $20 million price. It also plans to issue governance token "PEOPLE." The panel for "The Hash" discusses the latest in an ongoing story illuminating the power of DAOs.

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‘I Think We’re Doing This’: Inside One DAO’s $20M Plot to Purchase the US Constitution

What started as 10 internet friends is now an 8,000-strong Discord channel. Is this the new face of participatory democracy?

A rare copy of the U.S. Constitution could end up in the hands of a DAO. (Alexi Rosenfeld/Getty Images)

Finance

Sotheby’s to Allow Live Bidding in Ether for Works by Banksy

Auctioneer Oliver Barker will be fielding real-time bids for the famed street artist’s “Trolley Hunters” and “Love Is In The Air.”

‘CryptoPunk’ NFT Sells for $11.8M at Sotheby’s

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Sotheby’s to Allow Live Bidding in Ether for Works by Banksy

Sotheby's will allow live bidding in ether in an upcoming virtual exhibition Nov. 18 to be held at its "headquarters" in Decentraland. Auctioneer Oliver Barker will be fielding real-time bids for street artist Banksy's "Trolley Hunters" and "Love Is In The Air" (2006). "The Hash" hosts discuss the latest in the 277-year-old British auction house's ongoing experiment with crypto.

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Finance

Sotheby’s, Future Perfect Ventures Invest $20M in NFT Tech Firm Mojito

The funding will go toward expanding the Mojito team’s engineering and product side as well as building out tooling and services.

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Sotheby’s Takes Its NFT Experiment Into the Metaverse

“Sotheby’s Metaverse” will hold its first sale from Oct. 18–26 with a collection featuring 53 works.

A flag flies outside Sotheby's auction house on New Bond Street ahead of a preview of 'The Midas Touch' auction in London, U.K., on Friday, Oct. 12, 2018. The auction is Sotheby's first auction dedicated entirely to gold, according to a release by the auction house. Photographer: Simon Dawson/Bloomberg via Getty Images

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Sotheby’s Auction of 101 Bored Ape NFTs Fetches $24M, Smashing Estimates

The eight-figure price implies an average sale of $241,515 per NFT.

Screen grab from Sotheby's website showing results of Bored Ape Yacht Club NFT auction. (Sotheby's)

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Bored Ape Yacht Club NFT Collection Fetches $19M Bid at Sotheby’s

The latest NFT craze promises token holders access to an exclusive virtual community.

A selection of Bored Apes, one of the best-selling NFT avatar series.

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Sotheby’s Sells Rare Diamond for $12.3M in Crypto

The auction house said "a milestone was reached in the adoption of cryptocurrencies."

101.38 carat D Colour Flawless Diamond (4)

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