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Popular YouTuber Rafael held an NFT auction event at Shinwa Wise Holdings Gallery, recording total bids of 5.15 million yen

2022.02.10

From January 31st to February 2nd, popular YouTuber Rafael held an NFT exhibition, TOKYO NFT LAND, with Shinwa Wise Holdings Co., Ltd. and STARS Co., Ltd. at the gallery.

On January 31st, the first day, the NFT work by Raphael, which was planned and produced for this event, was sold at the auction. A total of 3 lots were put up for sale, and all were sold.
The lower limit of the expected total bid was ¥700,000, but the total bid was ¥5,150,000.

Prior to the auction, there was also a time for a dialogue with Rafael, the NFT artist who created the work-MYO, and Yoichiro Kurata, CEO of Shinwa Wise Holdings Co., Ltd., with a moderator. Rafael gave a session on interesting topics such as why he participated in the NFT industry and why he is wearing a mask.

In addition, Kurata, the representative of Shinwa Wise Holdings Co., Ltd., talked about what NFT is and the outlook for NFT art. After a question and answer session with the visiting audience, the auction started at 17:15. This NFT has been uploaded to OpenSea with the issuance of Ethereum and ERC1155 standard NFT (Non-Fungible Token).

What is NFT?

Non-Fungible-Token (NFT). NFT is a technology that certifies and authenticates digital data that can be easily duplicated as unique, and transactions are conducted in virtual currency.
This authentication technology has given unique value to digital works that were previously easy to copy. Currently, the rapidly growing NFT market is drawing attention from all over the world.

Shinwa Wise Holdings Co., Ltd. has been leading the domestic NFT art market by holding seminars and exhibitions on NFT and selling works. And will continue to create an environment where exhibitions by global digital artists can be held in Tokyo and Ginza, and send NFT art from Japan.

Exhibited works

MASK

PHONE
STATUE

Successful bid record

Outline of the event

Session: January 31st (Monday) -February 2nd (Wednesday) 2022
Time: 12:00 ~ 20:00 Free admission

Inquiries about this release
Communion Co., Ltd. Mana Motoi m.motoi@communion.co.jp

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