Core Insights - Ant Group's digital asset platform, Whale Explore, has launched an online exhibition for digital art, allowing individual creators to showcase and sell their works after passing platform review and copyright declaration [1][5] - The pricing for digital artworks ranges from 8 to 28 yuan, enabling a micro-donation model for supporting artists [1] - The platform aims to create a positive cycle of "creation-recognition-revenue-recreation" by utilizing a "pre-sale + public sale" model to gauge market feedback and adjust issuance accordingly [5] Group 1 - Whale Explore's digital art exhibition has already seen 4,088 digital cultural works pre-ordered within three hours of launch [1] - Notable artists, including 87-year-old Chinese master painter Dai Dunbang, are among the first creators to participate, with his series "The Monkey King: Flower Fruit Mountain" being featured [5] - The platform plans to invest in both internal and external traffic to support the digital art exhibition and individual creator shops over the next year [5] Group 2 - Whale Explore aims to establish a digital artist ecosystem to foster collaboration and idea exchange among different artists [5] - The initiative is expected to promote the prosperity of the cultural and artistic industry through a combination of online and offline efforts [5]