Welcome to the OpenSea news roundup, let’s recap the most important NFT and web3 updates of the week.
SHL0MS deceived the internet, getting users to judge a real Monet painting as AI art.
SHL0MS dropped a cropped section of Claude Monet's 1914-1917 Giverny series (Water Lilies), labeling it as AI-generated, and asked fans what flaws it has compared to the real Monet.
Over 600 replies flooded in, featuring plenty of confident comments about missing impasto technique, unnatural reflections, and lack of soul. This experiment quickly went viral, vividly showcasing how biases can swiftly sway art judgment.
SHL0MS turned this artwork into an NFT named 'inferior image,' ultimately selling for slightly above $42,000, receiving a total of 28 bids.
The Basel Art Fair invites Trevor Paglen to curate the first Swiss Zero 10 Art Exhibition.
The Basel Art Fair announces that artist Trevor Paglen will curate Zero 10, the premier exhibition of this new project in Switzerland, with Paglen co-curating alongside Eli Scheinman.
Paglen is well-known for his artwork exploring surveillance, artificial intelligence, and the hidden infrastructure of modern technology, making him an iconic figure in the web3 art scene and a leading choice for Zero 10's premiere in Switzerland.
This exhibition revolves around the theme of 'the current state,' exploring how people live in a world filled with digital images, computing systems, and artificial intelligence, gathering historical and contemporary voices from the fields of digital art, generative art, and media art.
Ronin completes migration to Ethereum.
Ronin has completed its migration from an independent Layer 1 blockchain to an Ethereum Layer 2 blockchain, built in collaboration with Optimism and Conduit, based on the OP Stack platform. The team claims this is the largest state migration in blockchain history, with minimal downtime, and RON tokens continue to be used as gas tokens.
In the meantime, Ronin has reduced the annual issuance of RON from 45 million to 5 million, with rewards now being directly distributed to developers through a new Proof of Distribution system.
Ronin is known for games like (Axie Infinity), (Pixels), and (Wild Forest). This migration is seen as a significant breakthrough for its gaming ecosystem and an important addition to the Ethereum Layer 2 ecosystem.
Final Bosu migrates to Ethereum.
Final Bosu announced this week its migration to Ethereum, expanding its product line to the largest NFT ecosystem. The Abstract series has now been frozen, with all NFTs airdropped to EVM wallets and trading live on Ethereum. The team held a live event to celebrate the migration day, featuring guest interactions, behind-the-scenes content, and auctions of selected NFTs.
YGG Play collaborates with Ruyui to publish Roots of Embervault.
YGG Play, part of Yield Guild Games, announced a third-party publishing collaboration with creative studio Ruyui to bring the soul-like pixel RPG (Roots of Embervault) to its platform, launching on May 14 on the YGG Play Launchpad, featuring integrated tasks for players to complete and earn rewards.
Roots of Embervault is currently running on Abstract Chain and has amassed a loyal base of native crypto players, who can collect the main character Bob through Telegram for chatting and unlocking in-game loot boxes.
This collaboration will help RuYi Group expand into the Asia-Pacific market. YGG, founded in 2020 in the Asia-Pacific, now has over 100,000 players. '(Roots of Embervault) has huge blockbuster IP potential,' said YGG co-founder Gabby Dizon, 'We have the chance to bring its story to players in the Asia-Pacific, where they value games that truly test their skills.'
.ART Registry launched a global art process award.
.ART domain registry has launched the .ART Award, a brand new global award aimed at celebrating the tenth anniversary of the registry, with a total prize pool exceeding $50,000.
This award is open to artists from all regions, backgrounds, and mediums, shifting focus from the final piece to the creative process itself - applicants do not need to submit a single finished artwork but can share their creative practice through links to websites, portfolios, or social media profiles with a .ART domain.
The awards include a $15,000 grand prize, residency opportunities at Château de Fréjus in France and Marbella Amphitheater in Spain, a feature article in (White Wall) magazine, and a premium .ART domain valued at $10,000. Applications start on May 11 and close on November 1, 2026, with winners announced during the Miami Basel Art Fair on December 3.
The international jury includes Pulitzer Prize-winning art critic Jerry Saltz from (New York Magazine), Sasha Stiles, co-founder of theVERSEverse, Akanksha Ballaney, Senior Director of Business Development at Artsy and Artnet, and Irina Tarsis, founder of the Art Law Center.
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