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Weekly generative art NFT news, beautiful art, and investment opportunities recorded April 15, 2024

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Episode Artwork: CryptoPunk #2306

Timestamps:
00:25 | Intro
02:54 | Market recaps
12:28 | News & Events
16:53 | Great art at great prices
20:44 | Upcoming Releases
24:34 | Art to highlight
26:23 | Speaking with Blac.AI about Alpha vs. Omega, his upcoming release

Show notes:
Where to find us
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P's Twitter | https://twitter.com/astamcloud

Useful Links
NFT price floor | https://nftpricefloor.com/
Fxhash market overview pages | https://www.fxhash.xyz/marketplace?sort=createdAt-desc

Market Recaps
- I"m back from a break being out at NFT NYC and there is at on to catch up on from the past two weeks! Let's jump in
- First off, XCOPY has been on a tear, with over 1900 ETH in sales in recent weeks, grails getting locked up, and virtually all of his works rising in value. Art is certainly not dead, not at the high end
- We also heard a few influential folks in the space talking about how the highest end of NFT art will do well, and we've been starting to see that. But as the bull market heats up, I have a feeling we might be surprised by other art / artists that follow
- To round it out, AI art dipped a bit this week, but is overall holding strong (continued to be held by alignDRAW), Generative art has dipped again (notably squiggles down to 4.45 ETH), and across the board we are seeing quite low volumes of sales on art, including on Ordinals.

News & Events
- The most noteworthy sales were an Alien Cryptopunk going for 320 ETH and an XCOPY 1/1 that is an image of nothing? going for 255 ETH (~$900k)
- BOTTO's most recent 1/1 sold for 11ETH, continuing a string of 10+ ETH sales, and the next one is a banger. That token feels slept on...
- Speaking of XCOPY, he announced that his art will be purchasable via his $DOOM token, yes he has a token! It seems that some art will only be available through that, sending the token price soaring

Great art at great prices
- Views by Deltasauce (0.148 ETH) - just sneaking in below our $500 limit, Views is one of my favorite AI art collections due to the diverse themes and variety of scenes all with a common theme
- SMILE by Rainisto (0.4 SOL) - Let's keep it in AI art but shift to post photo surrealism, and the creepiest but most interesting and frankly unique collection I can think of is SMILE by Roope Rainisto. Mesmerizing and uncomfortable, Roope sure knows how to make collectors feel something, anything!

Upcoming releases
- IsoMetro by Rich Poole and Rick Crane on 8nap art 4/23, 400 pieces - the dynamic duo is releasing their next iteration of "generative minimalism" that bring such a clean aesthetic and nostalgia to collectors, I absolutely love them. I'm a huge fan and very much looking forward to seeing the full set of outputs!
- Grant Yun announced his first Solana release! An edition of 250, on 4/18 on Exchange.art. It will be exciting to see the reception over on another chain

Art or artists to highlight
- Random Access Memories by Atelier and Rapha_NYC - only 8 XTZ (still minting) for this really cool project which really does give you a feel of memories and how they pop into your mind
- Blue Hour Adventures by Cath Simard - A really cool concept from the top photo artist, as expected it has a beautiful landscape photo taken after an arduous hike (as per Cath's style), but she also wrote a children's book along with it! The package for 0.155 ETH includes the image and cover of the book as 2 NFTs, and a free claim to the physical print and book. There are still 344 remaining, and it's by far the cheapest entry I can think of to her work