Art

Insurance

How the Blockchain Can Unshackle the World

Having trouble understanding the big picture for blockchain tech? VC Jalak Jobanputra expands on her thesis for the tech in this opinion piece.

Markets  ·  23 April 2016
Art

How Kialara Uses Physical Bitcoins to Explore the Value of Art

The Kialara has fast become one of bitcoin's key collectibles, but it also raises questions about the value of art.

Markets  ·  1 April 2016
Art

Artists Turn to Bitcoin for Inspiration, Not Personal Finance

Artists are being inspired by bitcoin's mystery, but are they converting into digital currency users?

Business  ·  28 February 2016
Ethereum

This Robot Plant Needs You and Bitcoin to Reproduce

The Plantoid, debuted at last month's Ars Electronica festival, relies on bitcoin to stay alive and – once it has enough – even reproduce.

Tech  ·  1 November 2015
Startups

How Ascribe Uses Bitcoin Tech to Help Underserved Artists

CoinDesk speaks with Ascribe CTO Trent McConaghy, who co-founded a startup behind a blockchain-powered IP ownership platform.

Business  ·  2 July 2015
Venture Capital

Blockchain Startup Raises $2 Million for Intellectual Property Solution

A startup that uses the bitcoin blockchain to digitally establish ownership of art and other creative works has raised $2m in seed funding.

Business  ·  24 June 2015
Crime

Here’s How a Dark Market Bot Sent Ecstasy to an Art Gallery

Artists have created a shopping bot that buys random items off Agora with a weekly $100 bitcoin budget.

Policy & regulation  ·  13 November 2014
Art

Gallery: ‘Eye of God’ Painting Sells for €10,000 in Bitcoin

A painting depicting bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto sold for 35 BTC at a recent bitcoin conference.

Business  ·  27 October 2014
Europe

Art Meets Technology at Stockholm Bitcoin-Inspired Exhibition

A 23rd August event in Stockholm will explore the boundaries between bitcoin and the art world.

Business  ·  9 August 2014
Art

Online Art Gallery Experiments with Bitcoin Payments

An online art gallery prices artworks in bitcoin and rewards artists who accept the cryptocurrency as payment.

Business  ·  5 July 2014
Art

Nine of the Best Cryptocurrency Tattoos

CoinDesk takes a look into the emerging world of crypto ink and finds nine of the best.

Business  ·  8 June 2014
Art

European Artists Collaborate to Sell Wine and Graffiti for Bitcoin

An annual event where street artists collaborate on unique paintings is now accepting bitcoin for art and wine.

Business  ·  23 March 2014
Bitcoin

Was This $200 Vending Machine the World’s First Bitcoin ATM?

In 2012, student Max Albrecht converted a vending machine to dispense bitcoin, making it possibly the first bitcoin ATM.

Business  ·  20 March 2014
Banking

Seeing Through Regulation, Banking on Bitcoin, and a Sheer Art Attack

John Law discusses revolution in regulation, putting competition back into banking and shares his outlandish bitcoin art ideas.

Business  ·  16 March 2014
Art

San Francisco Art Fair Takes a Creative Look at Bitcoin

Artists showcased digital currency-related works at 20Mission’s first Bitcoin Art Fair in San Francisco last Thursday.

Business  ·  10 March 2014