Hello everyone!

I hope you had a fantastic weekend, and welcome the 102 new readers that subscribed over the past week!

Here are 10 things I thought were worth sharing from last week…

1. [Kaloh’s Newsletter] I curated my first (Deca) Gallery with pieces from my collection that remind me of old times (including Casey Reas, ElTono, Lisa Orth, and more) 👉 SEE IT HERE

2. [Blind Gallery]

3. [Important News] OpenSea made a critical announcement: creators’ royalties will be optional now.

OpenSea @opensea

We’re making some big changes today: 1) OpenSea fee → 0% for a limited time 2) Moving to optional creator earnings (0.5% min) for all collections without on-chain enforcement (old & new) 3) Marketplaces with the same policies will not be blocked by the operator filter

8:36 PM ∙ Feb 17, 2023

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As the marketplace competition gets more challenging, OpenSea has been losing a big chunk of market share to Blur, which introduced benefits in the form of the $Blur token for traders that use their platform. The catch? Traders don’t need to honor royalties; therefore, purchases are cheaper. Blur is also faster, and its UI is optimized for traders.

Snowfro (ArtBlocks founder) had a deep thread, pondering about the ecosystem's future, reputation and understanding where you stand.

Erick / Snowfro / 🦩 / LAO / #️⃣ / 🔴 @ArtOnBlockchain

🚨NO LINKS INCLUDED IN THIS THREAD🚨 As our precious ecosystem expands it is necessary to more granularly define roles (and subsequently intentions) of the individuals and entities that participate within. In a perfect world, operating in a homogenous space, we can all simply… https://t.co/XFhgd7EcYT

9:23 PM ∙ Feb 18, 2023

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4. [Important News] Objkt.com announced two updates to their platform 1) Objkt One (a place for curated 1/1s), 2) Open Editions contract.

The royalties demise on ETH makes Tezos even more appealing to artists and art collectors, as all the marketplaces are on the same page regarding honoring royalties.

objkt.com @objktcom

A new way to experience rarity on Tezos. @objktone

5:02 PM ∙ Feb 17, 2023

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objkt.com @objktcom

If you want to create your own Open Edition tokens, please follow these steps:

docs.objkt.comOpen Edition - Documentation

1:18 PM ∙ Feb 18, 2023

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5. [Hot Collection] Life In West America by Roope Rainisto via Brain Drops

This AI collection is one of the first to really hit me. It is incredibly coherent; you can construct a story around it, and there are subtle details that expose its AI nature.

It has been released via Brain Drops - I will share more about it this week.

• Floor: 8.75 ETH

• Secondary Volume (on Opensea): 1295 ETH

6. [Upcoming Drop] Bright Moments will highlight a fantastic AI artist lineup in their upcoming Tokyo collection. The mint passes for the AI Collection will be minted in March (exact date TBD).

Bright Moments @brtmoments

AI Art? AI Art! The AI Art Collection at Bright Moments Tokyo: 11 artists using generative AI models to each mint 100 NFTs @ClaireSilver12 @ganbrood @hollyherndon @huemin_art @ivonatau @JenniPasanen @kevinabosch @matdryhurst @NeuralBricolage @quasimondo @soficrespo91 @VanArman

5:08 PM ∙ Jan 31, 2023

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7. [Hot Collection] The Shape Shift Series by ThePaperCrane via Manifold

Open Edition, 714 minted for 0.038 ETH

• Floor: 0.095 ETH.

• Total Volume: 3 ETH.

This is an open edition that will have up to 4 phases. You can burn the Phase one token to redeem tokens from future editions. Read the tweet below for all the info…

ThePaperCrane @rickacrane

The Shape Shift Series ⚡️Phase 1 Starts In less the 3hours ⚡️ Shape Shift #1 will be an open edition and will also act as the burn token to redeem future editions. 🔥 I will post the link to @manifoldxyz once it goes live. Here is the road map thread for the series. 🧵 [1/4]

1:53 PM ∙ Feb 16, 2023

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8. [Hot Collection] seekers by ECKER_O_ via fxhash

• Floor: 185 Tezos.

• Total Volume: 18.3 Tezos.

Seekers is inspired by the view that is held by mathematical realism, that mathematical entities objectively exist independently of the human mind. Therefore, mathematical entities are not constructed by humans, but rather, are discovered by humans. This means, that also other intelligent beings would be able to discover the same entities.

9. [Interesting read] Why everyone is talking about Refik Anadol’s AI-generated ‘living paintings’ by Deborah Vankin in Los Angeles Times 👉 READ HERE

10. [Kaloh’s news] I’ve been working on a personal project since last year, and I’ll be moving soon to a new place!

I’m building my own studio optimized for writing, creating, and building a few ideas I hope to share soon. Many walls to display gen art, too 😀

Kaloh @Kaloh_nft

Gm ☕️ I’m moving to a new place and I’ll have my own studio 🔥 WIP

11:58 AM ∙ Feb 18, 2023

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- Kaloh

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