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<p style="text-align: justify">You can also read this news on COINTURK NEWS: <a href="https://en.coin-turk.com/ethereums-digital-art-market-closes-2023-with-a-5-billion-valuation/" data-wpel-link="internal">Ethereum’s Digital Art Market Closes 2023 with a $5 Billion Valuation</a><br></p>
<p class="p1" style="text-align: justify">According to a recent report by <strong>Grail Capital</strong>, the digital art market on the Ethereum network managed to close 2023 with a market value of 5 billion dollars. Although this value is still significantly lower than the peak of 13.8 billion dollars seen in the spring of 2022, it represents a promising increase of 65% from the lowest level of 3 billion dollars at the end of August 2023.</p> 
<h2 class="p1" style="text-align: justify" id="what-s-happening-in-the-digital-art-space">What’s Happening in the Digital Art Space?</h2> 
<p class="p1" style="text-align: justify">The last quarter of 2023 ended on a positive note with a rise, and several important trends emerged that point to an upward trajectory for the digital art ecosystem in 2024. The focus of institutional capital in this area seems to be a significant factor for growth.</p> 
<p class="p1" style="text-align: justify">According to the report, private banks, significant venture capitalists, and family companies have collectively invested 300 million dollars in digital artworks, indicating increased confidence in the potential of blockchain-based art. Pailhon points out that high-net-worth individuals like billionaire hedge fund manager Alan Howard are investing in the digital art market:</p> 
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 <p class="p1" style="text-align: justify">“The educational efforts of teams like <strong>Grail Capital</strong> are starting to bear fruit. High-net-worth clients are demanding that fund managers include digital assets in their portfolios.”</p> 
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<p class="p1" style="text-align: justify">The report highlights a perhaps surprising statistic that more individuals are interested in digital art collections than all the artistic movements of the past century combined. Salikhov explains this situation as follows:</p> 
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 <p class="p1" style="text-align: justify">“In the last century, there were between 50,000 and 250,000 individual art collectors. The number of digital art collectors is now over 500,000.”</p> 
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<h2 id="two-new-areas-dominated-the-year-2023">Two New Areas Dominated the Year 2023</h2> 
<p class="p1" style="text-align: justify">The report also shows a noticeable shift towards quality in market dynamics. While <a href="https://en.coin-turk.com/sec-takes-action-on-stoner-cats-nfts-second-lawsuit-in-crypto/" data-wpel-link="internal">NFT</a> prices have fallen in 95%, there is an increase in demand for the top 5% of artworks with significant cultural importance, such as Art Blocks’ Blue-Chip collections Fidenza and Chromie Squiggles. This trend reflects an increasing appreciation for digital art with lasting value and shows that the market is being understood in a nuanced way by both collectors and investors.</p> 
<p class="p1" style="text-align: justify"><img loading="lazy" loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="aligncenter wp-image-299734 size-full" src="https://coin-turk.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/eth-veri.png" alt="" width="482" height="370"></p> 
<p class="p1" style="text-align: justify">Grail Capital also notes that technological developments have significantly transformed the digital art environment by eliminating barriers to art collections and collecting on Solana, Base, and other Layer-2 blockchain networks:</p> 
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 <p class="p1" style="text-align: justify">“In the third quarter, Ordinals and Solana introduced two different new collector categories.”</p> 
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Ethereum’s Digital Art Market Closes 2023 with a $5 Billion Valuation

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