Proof Collective, the NFT studio behind Moonbirds and run by CEO Kevin Rose, is unveiling a fourth season of Grails, a sequence of creative non-fungible tokens.
With this new installment, the corporate is making an attempt to create extra intrigue by holding the names of the artists initially secret.
“Grails IV options artworks from 20 artists whose identities will keep hidden till after collectors have minted their works,” Proof stated in an announcement.
Regardless of buying and selling and pricing for NFTs having fallen off a cliff since crypto’s newest bull run, Proof goals to “ additional the digital artwork renaissance” in keeping with Eli Scheinman, Proof’s curator of this newest season of Grails.
‘Artwork and artist on two distinct pedestals’
“By requiring collectors to decide on their desired items earlier than figuring out the identities of the creators behind every bit, the expertise places the artwork and artist on two distinct pedestals,” added Scheinman.
Backed by prime crypto VC a16z, Proof additionally just lately expanded on its present PFP model Moonbirds with the discharge of a 20,000-strong assortment of NFTs known as Mythics. The minting course of for Mythic will unfurl throughout a minimum of 200 days.
Not like PFPs akin to Moonbirds — or the favored Bored Ape Yacht Membership and CryptoPunks collections — the Grails assortment is introduced as nice artwork and has featured work from well-known web3 artists like Tyler Hobbs, Larva Labs and Refik Anadol.
Well-known public sale home Sotheby’s just lately netted thousands and thousands of {dollars} from promoting Grails NFTs as soon as owned by the failed crypto enterprise agency Three Arrows Capital.
