24 Hours of Art: August 7, 2025


Art Blocks Amplification

Art Blocks announces "The Art Blocks 500", a finite construct for the first era of the platform that will give way to new generative art approaches.

A flurry of activity follows the news.

Ten Highlight Collections:

  • 'Fidenza' /999 by Tyler Hobbs: 42, 41 & 40.945 ETH
  • 'Chromie Squiggle' /10k by Snowfro: 8.11 ETH (Bold) & 5.05 WETH
  • 'Meridian' /1k by Matt DesLauriers: 5 & 4.71 WETH
  • 'Space Debris [ravaged]' /32 by WhaleStreet x pxlq: 2.49 ETH to snowfro
  • 'The Harvest' /400 by Per Kristian Stoveland: 2 WETH & 1.25 ETH
  • 'Genesis' /512 by DCA: 1.995 & 1.5 ETH
  • 'Cargo' /1k by Kim Asendorf: 1.2 & 0.75 WETH
  • 'Construction Token' /500 by Jeff Davis: 1.1 WETH
  • 'JPEG' /275 by Jan Robert Leegte: 1.1 ETH to snowfro
  • '3:19' /19 by Santiago.: 1 ETH to snowfro

House of Gondi

Once per week, we look at standout Gondi news, loans and sales driving liquidity and offering market insight:

  • Vault of Jules: Gondi's Vault functionality is used to bundle and sell a new diptych by nicedayJules - '| Running with Birds' and 'Running with Birds |' to Ned Ryerson and Mary Pat for 8 ETH | $29,473 USD.
  • Painting Ideal Terms: 'Painting American Gothic' by Grant Yun generates one of the more favorable loans seen on Gondi. The 1/1 artwork receives a 14.5 ETH principal loan at 5% APR over 30 days.
  • First Pixels: 'Pixel Deck 183' by Kim Asendorf is the first from the 1/1/256 'PXL DEX' collection to generate a Gondi loan, landing terms of $18,000 USDC principal and 23% APR over 60 days.

Collection: Highlights

BIOME LUMINA #790 by Refik Anadol

  • Primary (The Memes by 6529) - 'ANATOMY OF A MEME CARD' by Scamart: 328 editions mint out at 0.06529 ETH each, secondary: 9 sales for 0.89 ETH, list: 0.093 ETH
  • 'DATALAND — BIOME LUMINA' /1k by Refik Anadol: 13 sales for 36.79 ETH, list: 2.1 ETH
  • 'No Bad Trippers' /3k by Killer Acid x Vodnik: 180 sales for 26.89 ETH, list: 0.129 ETH
  • 'The Memes by 6529': 140 sales for 24.93 ETH, Collection Stats: 389 artworks, Set List: 226.35 ETH | Set Last Sale: 88.68 ETH | Set Top Bid: 64.89 ETH | Lowest Individual List: 0.044 ETH
  • 'Opepen Edition' by Jack Butcher | Visualize Value: 22 sales for 8.21 ETH, list: 0.21 ETH
  • 'MAX PAIN' by XCOPY: 8 sales for 6.27 ETH, list: 0.84 ETH
  • 'Checks - VV Edition' by Jack Butcher | Visualize Value: 11 sales for 5.31 ETH, list: 0.49 ETH
  • 'Mind the Gap' /999 (gm.studio) by MountVitruvius: 9 sales for 5.254 ETH, list: 0.647 ETH
  • LIVE (Heft) - 'Scribbs' by Fingacode with Heft Gallery: 111 artworks minted at $84 USD | 0.022 ETH thus far
  • LIVE (Manifold) - 'Dataset' by Erin McGean with Manifold: 11/20 artworks sold thus far at 0.15 ETH each

*Incoming Notables

Thursday, August 7th:
'Ugly Memories' and 'Ugly GIFs' by Nikita Diakur with Verse | SOLOS

Friday, August 8th:
'Do Machines Dream of Human Bodies?' by Dalos Dov with Verse: 100 artwork collection available at $169 USD | 0.044 ETH each, 40 pre-sold thus far


1/1: Highlights

Crush | Hideaway | Sweet by Billy Dinh

  • LIVE (Verse) - 'Doorway' by Nikita Diakur: $4,200 USD bid, ends 1:00pm ET
  • LIVE (Verse) - '90s Pigeon Rig' by Nikita Diakur: $2,950 USD bid, ends 1:00pm ET
  • LIVE (SuperRare) - 'Celestial Leap' by Botto: 0.69 ETH bid, ends Fri 4:00pm ET

1/1/X: Highlights

Grifters by XCOPY | Warothys by Alpha Centauri Kid | 6529 Gradient by punk6529

  • 'Grifters' /666 by XCOPY: 16.8 & 15.51 ETH
  • '6529 Gradient' by punk6529: 14.08 WETH to NFTButler_CCC
  • 'Warothys' /25 (Avant Arte) by Alpha Centauri Kid: 14.07 & 12 ETH
  • 'CENTS' /10k (Sovrn) by Rutherford Chang: 0.1 BTC (1968)
  • 'Genesis' /500 (BrainDrops) by Claire Silver: 1.7 WETH to bigbully
  • 'The Currency' by Damien Hirst: 1.1 WETH to M3FT1M3
  • 'Filigree – Digital Edition' /90 (Disruptive) by Matt DesLauriers: 1, 1 & 1 WETH
  • 'Pebbles' /1k (NextGen 6529) by Zeblocks: 0.969 ETH & 0.701 WETH


Edition: Highlights

Protoglyph by Larva Labs

RD Report

Let's take today's Report commentary straight into DarrenSRS's 'The Metarverse Show #169'. We'll be discussing the past month across digital art and market. See you at 10:00am ET on X.

Today Reported:
Sales thresholds of 5 ETH+ Collection, 0.5 ETH+ 1/1, 1 ETH+ 1/1/X, and 0.5 ETH+ Edition

Catch Up: The DAM Show!

Snowfro joined us for an energy filled and thoughtful show yesterday, breaking down the Art Blocks 500 news, taking a trip down memory lane, and sharing his thoughts on AI.

Enjoy the recording here.

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