As part of the Top 5 news, we have identified a few new or current projects we've learned about as a result of the Rare Digital Art Festival on January 13. We've got a lively discussion about the event among ourselves and with our guest, Jason Bailey of Artnome.

1. Art Project Decentralized - This is a blockchain-driven collaborative open source art project by artist Jessica Angel in collaboration with TrueBit.

https://vimeo.com/249089063

https://projects.invisionapp.com/share/R6F7UY5CQ#/screens/269818683_Art_Project

2. Scrilla release December 2017 - You Can't Smoke a Bitcoin. Inspiration? One listener commented: "Sound like the theme music for a wolf of wall street sequel"

https://soundcloud.com/scrillaventura/cant-smoke-a-bitcoin

3. Creative Tech Week - New York May 3-12, 2018. This is a crowd-funded event with installation locations across NYC. Artists are given an opportunity to install and promote their work.

http://creativetechweek.nyc/

4. 50 Cent Made Millions Off Bitcoin in Album Sales, by Rap-Up, January 23, 2018, http://www.rap-up.com/2018/01/23/50-cent-made-millions-off-bitcoin-in-album-sales/

5. Codex Protocol annonymous art bidding and registration service launched. A unique crypto-based decentralized title regisry launched in January 2018.

http://www.codexprotocol.com/#idteam

Knowledge

A. Reinventing the Art Lab on the Blockchain, Janury 3, 2018, Lucy Sollitt in Rhizome.

http://rhizome.org/editorial/2018/jan/03/reinventing-the-art-lab-on-the-blockchain/

B. The Blockchain Art Market is here, Jason Bailey, our guest for today https://www.artnome.com/news/2017/12/22/the-blockchain-art-market-is-here and What is Cryptoart? https://www.artnome.com/news/2018/1/14/what-is-cryptoart

C. Art and Blockchain - Revolution in Art, by Sandra Breslau, January 30, 2018 https://cointelegraph.com/news/art-and-blockchain-revolution-in-art-collectin

AOTB About Hosts Posts

1. DJ Pepe Invades Rare Art Festival in New York City, by DJ Pepe https://medium.com/@DJPEPE_/djpepe-invades-rare-art-festival-in-new-york-city-7b7d95843f1e

2. Tokens, Branding and Digital Assets, by Cynthia Gayton, https://medium.com/@squizzi3/tokens-branding-and-digital-assets-37009d9aef79

3. RareAF talks DJ Pepe, by R.A.R.E. Art Labs, January 30, 2018 https://medium.com/@rareartlabs/rareaf-talks-dj-pepe-93f11afb4cce

4. How Much for That Pepe? Scenes from the First Rare Digital Art Auction, by Daniel Penny, January 23, 2018, The Paris Review. https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2018/01/23/much-pepe-scenes-first-rare-digital-art-auction/

5. Blockchain Insider: Cynthia M. Gayton, Esq., by Portia Burton, December 21, 2017. https://medium.com/@chain_explainer/blockchain-insider-cynthia-m-gayton-esq-f218b763bbc5

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