Welcome to the OpenSea digest. Let’s look back through the biggest NFT and web3 news of the week.

Art Blocks generative art lands at Museum of Art + Light

A new exhibition, EMULATION: Selections from the Art Blocks 500, opens March 4 at the Museum of Art + Light, a Kansas museum focused on digital art and blockchain-recorded works.

The show highlights generative works from Art Blocks, an Ethereum-based platform where artists write code that produces a unique image at the moment of minting onchain.

Ten artists will present work, including software developer Sterling Crispin, data-driven artist Iskra Velitchkova, Art Blocks engineer Grant Oesterling, and pattern-focused coder Harvey Rayner will present works.

The exhibition explores emulation as a creative method, with artists translating historical styles, natural patterns, and physical textures into algorithmic images formed partly by controlled randomness, a system where code sets rules and chance determines the final visual.

Beeple announces Infinite_Loop exhibition in Palo Alto

Digital artist Beeple announced INFINITE_LOOP, an upcoming exhibition opening April 18 in Palo Alto, according to a Feb. 18 social media post.

Described as a mid-career survey at NODE, a Palo Alto exhibition space, INFINITE_LOOP will showcase a comprehensive collection of Beeple’s most influential works, transforming passive viewing into what organizers call an immersive dialogue between the audience and the technology. The exhibition will also invite members of the community to exhibit their own art alongside the main installation, blurring the line between spectator and creator.

The presentation brings together works connected to Beeple’s continuous timeline of images, extending the evolution of his long-running digital practice into a physical exhibition setting.

Meebits Fútbol avatars launch Feb. 25

Meebits announced Meebits Fútbol, a new digital collectible series minting February 25 on OpenSea in partnership with Otherside.

The drop introduces 2,000 blind box collectibles built on Ethereum L1, described as event-specific playable avatars for Otherside. Each figure combines onchain composability with optional physical redemption planned for Summer 2026.

Group 1 features six national teams with 10 distinct players per squad, each with unique looks and jersey numbers. Additional groups will enter the tournament later this spring.

The release uses a blind box format, meaning buyers will discover which character they receive after minting.

24 Hours of Art publishes blockchain art annual report

24 Hours of Art, a daily editorial project covering blockchain-based art founded by Roger Dickerman, released its 2025-26 annual report, a survey covering milestones, timelines, perspectives and sales across blockchain-based digital art.

The report tracks NFT market activity across the year, logging auctions, museum acquisitions, platform shutdowns, new galleries and collector movements in chronological order. Organizers present it as a running cultural record built from daily reporting that follows how artists and collectors interacted across 2025.

The document is available online as a public reference for tracking trends across on-chain art.

Nakamoto agrees to buy BTC Inc.

Nakamoto Inc., a publicly traded bitcoin treasury company led by entrepreneur executive David Bailey, agreed to acquire Bitcoin media company BTC Inc. and bitcoin investment firm UTXO Management in an all stock transaction valued at more than $107 million.

BTC Inc. publishes Bitcoin Magazine and runs a large global conference series, while UTXO allocates capital into bitcoin related companies and funds, including businesses whose operations revolve around the cryptocurrency’s network and market.

The combined structure groups media, investing and advisory services under one corporate umbrella tied to bitcoin holdings, a model where the company holds the cryptocurrency on its balance sheet as a treasury reserve.

The deal is expected to close in the first quarter of 2026 pending customary conditions, according to a company statement.

Payoneer plans stablecoin payments for global businesses

Global payments company Payoneer said it will add stablecoin capabilities to its platform using infrastructure from stablecoin infrastructure firm Bridge, with rollout beginning in select markets in the second quarter of 2026.

Stablecoins are blockchain-based tokens designed to track a reference currency such as the U.S. dollar, allowing businesses to send digital money that settles at any hour and can later be converted into bank deposits.

The system will reportedly let companies receive payments, hold balances and pay international contractors using the tokens inside the same account used for traditional transfers.

Company executives said in the press release that the integration targets cross-border trade relationships that currently rely on multiple intermediaries and settlement windows.

ETHDenver 2026 opens with AI talk and an Ethereum roadmap

ETHDenver 2026 opened Feb. 18 at the National Western Center with smaller, more goal-focused crowds, according to ETHDenver founder John Paller, who said the down market has pushed attention toward people building and meeting with purpose.

At the opening program, Colorado Gov. Jared Polis and SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce appeared alongside Ethereum creator Vitalik Buterin, who told developers to treat AI software that writes and summarizes text as something that still needs careful security checks.

Ethereum Foundation also released its Protocol Priorities Update for 2026 and reportedly said the 2026 plan will focus on scaling the network, making apps easier to use, and hardening the base layer, meaning tightening the core rules that keep the chain dependable.

On the floor and in demo sessions, teams showed AI agents executing smart contracts, or automated agreements stored on a blockchain. The demos included navigation assistants and wallet tools that let programs complete transactions and carry persistent reputations across apps.

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