Maecenas is a company whose effective teamwork is based on years of collaboration. What many people might not know, however, is that our CTO Federico Cardoso first started to work together with CEO Marcelo Garcia as much as two decades ago.

Happy 2019 everyone! The new year brings a new start and we are marking the occasion with an updated roadmap. But even as we look ahead, it would be remiss not to review what was an excellent for Maecenas. We are very proud of everything we managed to accomplish.

Buying and selling artworks online has revolutionised the way the art market works. However, when deciding to buy an artwork, whether in the form of tokenized shares, or in the traditional way of collecting the physical artwork, trust remains a vital component. The 2018 annual Hiscox report found more than 50% of collectors were held back from buying works of art online due to the fear of buying a fake.

We are proud to share the news that our very own CEO, Marcelo Garcia Casil, has been selected as a FinTech Champion by Lightbulb Capital in a survey as part of the Singapore Fintech Festival.

Since our token sale in September 2017, our token economic model was focused on a pure utility token concept in which ARTs were used for placing bids during art Dutch auctions, as well as a payment mechanism that provided fee discounts to investors.

On Thursday, 8 November, Maecenas Founder and CEO Marcelo Garcia Casil was invited to a Telegram “Ask Me Anything” (AMA) session with the Ethfinex community. Community members posed a raft of interesting questions and the conversation lasted for nearly an hour.

Maecenas and its token ART, which powers its decentralised art gallery auction market, will be listed on the GBX Digital Asset Exchange (GBX-DAX) - ART will begin trading on the GBX-DAX on Nov 19 08:00:00 UTC.