A summary of July in the world of crypto art and NFTs

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The Events

At the beginning of the month, and right after NFT NYC, Vertical Crypto Art hosted Proof of People, an immersive 3-day NFT festival in London from July 6 to 8, with live minting on Tezos, artist performances, and industry panels.

VerticalCrypto Art presents: PROOF OF PEOPLE - London's first NFT Festival powered by Tezos | NFT CULTURE | NFTs & Crypto Art | Interviews and more

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ekgYF5jVcU

Phillips auction house hosted their first generative art sale online from July 11 to 20. Beautifully curated by Georg Bak, only 20 out of 44 lots unfortunately sold due to a market contraction, also showing that the strength of auction houses is not in the education of collectors or in the discovery of new artists. This is a good reminder that auction houses’ core business is focused on secondary sales, not primary…

A First of Its Kind, Phillips's Generative Art Sale Fails to, Ahem, Generate Strong Sales, Dampened in Part by June's Crypto Crash | Artnet News

From July 19 to 20, Christie’s hosted its 2022 edition of their Art+Tech Summit in New York, where VCs, brands and Web3 projects met and discussed the current trends and the future of the market. Christie’s also announced Christie’s Ventures, an in-house investment fund in art and technology projects (Web 3, art-related financial products and technologies that enable seamless consumption of art) that will be headed by Devang Thakkar. Christie’s Ventures will focus on three areas: Web 3.0 (incorporating non-fungible tokens, cryptocurrencies and blockchains), art-related financial products and “technologies that enable seamless consumption of art”.

At Christie's Art + Tech Summit, Web3ers Sell Each Other On Mass Data And Mass Adoption

Christie's Launches Venture-Capital Arm Focused on Tech in Art, Crypto

ETHCC5, a conference for developers and builders organized by Ethereum France, happened in Paris on July 19 to 21. If you missed it, all talks are available on Youtube.

EthCC 5 - A Recap of This Year's Event * Epicenter

Devcon, the mecca of the Ethereum community, will be hosted in Bogota Colombia on October 11 to 14. This is a long awaited event due to the merge and also the gap year due to COVID last year. Tickets are released in waves and extremely hard to get.

Devcon Ticketing - Devcon Bogotá, Oct 11 → 14