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The luxury real estate brand Sotheby's International Realty, under the auction giant Sotheby's, has released a report sharing the current evolution of the global luxury real estate market and the economic policies and factors that have the greatest impact on it. The report points out that the influence of cryptocurrency on luxury home consumption is increasing, especially in markets such as Dubai, New York, and California. Adjustments in regulatory policies may allow crypto assets to be included in mortgage qualification.

ChainCatcher news, a spokesperson for Sotheby's stated in a statement that as part of its broader NBA memorabilia sale, the auction house is auctioning eight NBA Top Shot NFTs, each valued between $500 and $3,000. The bidding deadline is January 21.This auction includes digital collectibles of several well-known basketball players, including Jalen Wells, Bob Carrington, Pakom Dadit, and Keshawn George. Each item features highlight clips from the respective player's first NBA game.

ChainCatcher news, according to GMGN data, the newly created meme coin VOID by the suspected vice president of Sotheby's briefly surpassed 0.27 USDT, with a market cap exceeding 10 million dollars within half an hour of opening.

ChainCatcher news, according to Blue Whale News , TRON blockchain founder Justin Sun held a media conference for "The Most Expensive Banana"《Comedian》in Hong Kong and publicly ate a banana, in response to previous allegations that the banana auction event was malicious hype and involved money laundering.Justin Sun denied the allegations and stated: "Regarding the so-called money laundering allegations, I want to say that this is impossible. The world's most famous auction houses, like Sotheby's, have very strict anti-money laundering measures, and every transaction undergoes rigorous scrutiny. All my investment activities are transparent and compliant."

ChainCatcher news, Sun Yuchen has eaten a banana artwork worth 6.2 million dollars at a live event in Hong Kong.Previous news, Sun Yuchen tweeted that he purchased Maurizio Cattelan's work Comedian for 6.2 million dollars at Sotheby's.

ChainCatcher news, Sotheby's Vice President Michael Bouhanna posted: "There are many misunderstandings and false statements circulating about the issuance of a meme coin called BAN. I want to clarify what happened and set the record straight. Nine days ago, I issued a token called BAN on the Pump.Fun platform. This is a spontaneous project and a personal hobby, completely unrelated to my position at Sotheby's. (Sotheby's has no association with this token.)"

ChainCatcher message, NDV co-founder of the crypto fund and NFT whale Christian stated on social media that he will participate in Sotheby's Cattelan banana auction.If successful, he will represent the Cheems community "to feed this masterpiece to my lovely Shiba Inu Cheems." Christian mentioned that spreading memecoin transformation during this cycle will be very interesting.

ChainCatcher news, according to Lookonchain monitoring, Sotheby's vice president Michael Bouhanna purchased many Meme coins but made almost no profit. Afterwards, he launched a Meme coin called BAN using his wallet "5W7U...b3cV," making over 1 million dollars in profit with just one internal wallet on BAN.Bouhanna had publicly commented that "5W7U...b3cV" is his address (the post has since been deleted), and this address is the deployer of BAN. The funds in "5W7U...b3cV" came from "EwVB...mD2," which traded a lot of Meme coins but made almost no profit.Although Bouhanna has been pressured to destroy all 37.36 million BAN in his wallet, analysis shows that he purchased BAN with an internal wallet and made a profit of over 1 million dollars."3wj7...yBoG" also received funds from "EwVB...mD2," which may belong to Bouhanna.Overall, he spent only 10.2 SOL (1,795 dollars) to buy 36.27 million BAN and sold 18.13 million of them for 137,600 dollars, leaving him with 18.13 million BAN (worth 900,000 dollars).

ChainCatcher news, crypto analyst @punk9059 posted on the X platform that a set of gold BAYC, 2 MAYC, and 1 BAKC NFT owned by Three Arrows Capital will be auctioned at Sotheby's on June 18. Sotheby's Vice President Michael Bouhanna has confirmed this information.

ChainCatcher news, Doodles founder poopie disclosed in a tweet that he recently acquired two NFTs from a Sotheby's auction: Proof of Existence by digital artist Rhea Myers, priced at approximately $12,700; and founder cat #63 from the CryptoKitties series, priced at approximately $127,000.

According to ChainCatcher news, French artist Bernar Venet is collaborating with Sotheby's to create his first generative digital artwork on the Ethereum blockchain. As the second version of the Gen Art project, his latest work or series EVENT is being exhibited in the Sotheby's Metaverse.

ChainCatcher news, the famous auction house Sotheby's announced on Monday that the special edition "Genesis Cat" from the Ordinals NFT project Quantum Cat was sold for over $250,000. The "Genesis Cat" was created by digital artist FAR and received over 50 bids, ultimately selling for 6.31 BTC (which is 12 times the highest estimate).Previously, Taproot Wizards announced the Quantum Cat series based on Bitcoin Ordinals inscriptions, a project consisting of 3,333 images with a creation cost exceeding $66,000 on Bitcoin. The broader auction for the series is scheduled for January 29. It is reported that the Quantum Cat series aims to pay tribute to early code in the Bitcoin network known as concatenate or OP_CAT.

ChainCatcher news, according to Cointelegraph, the 279-year-old auction house Sotheby's has sold nearly $35 million worth of digital art in 2023. Additionally, Sotheby's sold the NFT "Ringers #879" created by digital artist Dmitri Cherniak for $6.2 million this year, setting the highest fee ever for a digital artwork.Sotheby's Vice President and Head of Digital Art Michael Bouhanna stated that Sotheby's will focus next year on "supporting creators and enhancing their primary market strategies."

ChainCatcher news, according to Cointelegraph, Sotheby's Vice President and Head of Digital Art Michael Bouhanna stated that Sotheby's digital art sales reached nearly $35 million in 2023, with the NFT "Ringers #879" created by digital artist Dmitri Cherniak setting a record price of $6.2 million. The auction house conducted over 25 auctions focused specifically on digital art or incorporating it into contemporary art sales. The company also launched an NFT secondary market called Sotheby's Metaverse.

ChainCatcher news, Sotheby's Vice President and Head of Digital Art and NFTs Michael Bouhanna posted on the X platform that the 2023 auction reached nearly $35 million in sales, launching a fully on-chain secondary market to fulfill creator royalties. Sotheby's held its first dedicated live auction, which achieved $12 million in sales. Sotheby's set a historical record for digital art auctions in 2023: Dmitri Cherniak's work Ringers #879 (The Goose) sold for $6.2 million.It is reported that Sotheby's held over 25 auctions specifically focused on digital art or incorporated it into contemporary art auctions; launched a new generative art project Gen Art Sotheby's powered by Art Blocks Engine; and auctioned Ordinals inscriptions for the first time. Next year, Sotheby's will focus on supporting creators and enhancing their primary market strategy. More updates are coming soon.

ChainCatcher news, according to CoinDesk, Sotheby's first auction of the "Bitcoin NFT" inscription BitcoinShrooms achieved a transaction amount of approximately $450,000, reaching five times the highest estimate.It is reported that the auction ended on Wednesday, featuring three images, including a pixelated avocado that sold for over $100,000, and a design seemingly inspired by the mushrooms from the Super Mario series, which sold for over $240,000. The three lots received a total of 148 bids, with more than two-thirds of the bidders being new clients of Sotheby's.

ChainCatcher news, Sotheby's digital art department announced its first auction of Bitcoin Ordinals artworks, featuring pieces from the anonymous artist Shroomtoshi's Bitcoin Ordinals project BitcoinShrooms. The auction will take place from December 6 to 13 local time, with three pieces available for bidding.It is reported that the series includes two mushroom individuals and a pixelated avocado seed, named BIP39------the common standard for the mnemonic code required to create seed phrases. These three pieces are expected to sell for around $20,000 to $30,000, although the auction house also accepts bids in cryptocurrency.

ChainCatcher news, according to The Block, cryptocurrency hardware wallet provider Ledger has signed an "exclusive" partnership agreement with Sotheby's to provide wallets to Sotheby's top NFT collectors. This free service lasts for one year. Ledger stated that as part of the collaboration, winners of Sotheby's NFT auctions will receive a limited edition co-branded Ledger x Sotheby's Nano X wallet, with plans to expand this product to Ledger Stax in the future.Ledger will also provide onboarding services for Sotheby's clients to help them understand the self-custody of digital assets.