Top Auction House Christie’s to Accept Ether Cryptocurrency for Digital Art Sale

The sale gives Christie's a chance to "dip its toes" in crypto, said a New York representative.

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Christie’s and MakersPlace team up for historical auction of NFT digital artwork

Despite the controversy surrounding non-fungible tokens (NFTs), world-famous auction house Christie’s, in conjunction with MakersPlace, has announced their first-ever digital artwork auction.

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Rick and Morty Creator Sells NFT Art Collection for Over $1 Million in Ether

Justin Roiland, the co-creator of the Adult Swim cartoon series Rick and Morty has joined the growing trend of celebrity artists creating non-fungible token (NFT) artwork. After the animator released the collection called “The Best I Could Do” on the NFT auction house Nifty Gateway, the artwork sold for over $1 million in ether. Justin […]

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DeFi Auction House Bounce Integrates yEarn

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Crypto art piece sells for $130K at Christie's auction house

The NFT is "a symbolic expression of Satoshi’s vision, forged out of the very code that lies at the genesis of it all."

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Romania set to auction Bitcoin and Ether confiscated in criminal case

The winning bidder will need to provide the auction house with a crypto address hosted on a registered, compliant trading platform.

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Leading Auction House Christie’s Listing Bitcoin Art for the First Time

The world’s largest auction house, Christie’s, will be presenting Bitcoin artwork for the first time. Block 21 of “Portraits of a Mind,” an art project showcasing the original Bitcoin code by Satoshi Nakamoto, will include a painting and a unique digital non-fungible token.

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Ireland-Based Auction House To Sell $125,000 In Confiscated Bitcoin

For the first time in the country’s history, Ireland will publicly auction off $125,000 worth of bitcoin seized from criminals. The seized cryptocurrency will be sold by Ireland-based auction house, Wilsons Auctions, to the highest bidder as it will set no reserves.

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$662K in Criminal Bitcoin to be Sold at UK Auction this Week

Authorities in the United Kingdom plan to auction $662,000 worth of Bitcoin seized from an online criminal. The nation’s police force will be working with the Irish auction house Wilsons Auctions to facilitate the sale.

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This Gallery Is Selling Indigenous Australian Art for Bitcoin

Things you can buy with bitcoin: AT&T’s services, airfare, pretty much anything using gift cards through Bitrefill, pizza, drugs (duh) and now, Indigenous Australian art.

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DIPChain ICO

DIPChain aims to facilitate all advantages which the blockchain implementation may give in the area of valuing and trading art as well as funding and investing in artists and artworks. Possibilities of tracking and authenticity of art works can be obtained through blockchain system.

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4,000 art auction houses are putting their sales records on the blockchain

A recent merger between a blockchain-based art registry and an international auction house sales database will see sales records from over 4,000 auction houses put on the blockchain. The art registry, Artory, has purchased Auction Club, a currently privatized database that contains information from over 4,000 international auction house sales, the Art Newspaper reports.

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World’s 1st Crypto-based Live Property Auction [Accepting BTC and BNB] Finds an Admirer in Chengpeng “CZ Binance” Zhao

With less than a month to go, the world’s first live property auction accepting cryptocurrency got a massive PR boost earlier this week after Binance CEO, Chengpeng Zhao, mentioned it to his nearly 300K followers on Twitter.

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UK Auction House to Sell $400,000 in Dark Web Bitcoin

Wilsons Auction House in the UK will be hosting a cryptocurrency auction for roughly 315 coins. The coins are spread across Bitcoin, Bitcoin Gold, and Bitcoin Cash. A full day long, the auction will begin on February 28.

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UK Auction House to Sell Off $430K in Crypto Confiscated by Belgian Police

U.K. and Ireland-based auction house Wilsons Auctions to sell ~$430,000 in crypto that was seized by Belgian police

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$430K in Confiscated Crypto to Be Sold Off by Irish Auction House

Cryptocurrencies seized by Belgian law enforcement from online drug dealers are set to be sold off by an Ireland-based auction house.

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Ireland’s Wilsons Auctions to Pawn Off 315 Bitcoins That Were Seized in Dark Net Drug Case

As per a recent news piece published by a respected media outlet, Irish auction house ‘Wilsons’ is going to be selling a total of 315 crypto-coins that were confiscated by the Belgian government in relation to a drug trafficking incident that took place a couple of years ago. To be a bit more specific, we […]

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Living on Bitcoin Day 7: A Supposedly Fun Thing I’d Definitely Do Again

This is the seventh instalment of reporter Colin Harper's "Living on Bitcoin" experience in San Francisco. Find out what happened to him earlier on Day 1 , on Day 2 , on Day 3 , onDay 4, on Day 5 and on Day 6.

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Seized Monero Up For Auction In UK First

An auction house in Northern Ireland is holding the UK’s first live online auction of seized cryptocurrency. The sale, of 167. 69 monero coins will start at midday tomorrow (GMT). First Sale Through Private Auction House Wilsons Auctions, of Newtownabbey, have arranged the sale, which will allow participants to view the live price and place bids online.

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Big Blockchain Milestone for Christie’s Auction House Sees Record $318 Million in Art Sales

Christie’s Auctioneers, a major auction house, has made history by using blockchain technology to sell art amounting to $317. 8 million. The record-breaking auction was held yesterday, seeing a total of 42 masterpieces being sold with everything being recorded on a private implementation of the Ethereum blockchain developed by Artory.

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World’s Oldest Art Auction House to Use Blockchain: Christie’s and Artory

Christie’s, the world’s oldest art auction house, is planning to use blockchain technology to register one of the greatest privately owned collections of American Modernist art. The Barney A. Ebsworth… The post World’s Oldest Art Auction House to Use Blockchain: Christie’s and Artory appeared first on CoinCentral.

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Major Art House Christie's To Pilot Blockchain Registration In Upcoming Auction

This fall, the leading art business is playing with blockchain technology.

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Christie’s Auction House Leads Art World in Blockchain Tech

Christie’s recently announced the introduction of a system for recording art transactions on blockchain. The decision is just the latest example of how the tech is catching on inside of the art world.

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Blockchain Benefits Deemed Suitable by London-based Christie’s to Record Art Sales

London-based Christie's to Record Art Sales on a Blockchain No limits these days for blockchain adoption even in arts auction as leading auction house, Christie's, is set to adopt blockchain for art sales and provenance data.

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Leading Auction House Christie's to Record Art Sales on a Blockchain

Christie's auction house is launching a pilot program to record art sales and provenance on a blockchain.

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Father of Paris Hilton to Sell a Roman Property for Bitcoin

Rick Hilton, who is the father of Paris Hilton and chairman of Hilton & Hyland, is all set to sell a 16th-century Roman mansion for cryptocurrencies. The auction for the property will be held on June 28, and it will make history as the first ever property to be auctioned on blockchain.

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The Hiltons into Blockchain, ancient house on auction!

In the most recent crypto manor auction, Hilton and Hyland, the land firm led by Rick Hilton, the father of unscripted television superstar Paris Hilton, has reported that the offer of a sixteenth-century Roman house will be directed on the blockchain of Propy.

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