Christie’s is set to auction 'Ascend,' the first Bitcoin Ordinal ever to be auctioned by a top auction house, on October 10. Created by artists Ryan Koopmans and Alice Wexell, this 1-of-1 artwork is estimated to sell for up to $65,000. It is part of The Wild Within series, which focuses on abandoned buildings, showcasing a deteriorating sanatorium in Tskaltubo, Georgia**, built between 1952 and 1962. Inscribed on a satoshi mined on March 24, 2021, the piece symbolizes the passage of time and the cycle of growth and decay. The Ordinals protocol allows for the inscription of non-financial data onto the Bitcoin blockchain, and recent weeks have seen a resurgence in market activity within the Ordinals ecosystem. Source: The Defiant