Kings of Leon returns after a four-year break with an exclusive album NFT sale. American rock band Kings of Leon is the latest music project to jump on the bandwagon on the non-fungible token, or NFT, industry. After a four-year break, including a delay caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Nashville family band is back…
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The innovative NFT includes a special link that is accessible only by its owner, conferring rights to use audio files for their own purposes. NFTs are being used to explore a new business model that puts music makers back in control of sales and copyright issues. Grammy winning producer Illmind released what he calls the…
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The son of Yoko Ono and John Lennon looks deeper into crypto with NFT art. Sean Ono Lennon — a British-American musician, songwriter and producer — has auctioned a tokenized digital illustration on nonfungible-token marketplace Rarible. According to Rarible data, Lennon sold a piece titled “Etharian 1” on Monday for 5.5 Wrapped Ether (WETH), worth…
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Superstar DJ and world-famous augmented reality artist drive NFTs further into the mainstream Augmented reality artist Sutu is teaming up with Canadian DJ and producer deadmau5 to drop a 30-second audio-reactive artwork as a non-fungible token next week. The video, entitled In Titan’s Light is a 30-second loop paired with a section of the deadmau5…
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Selah is offering fans the chance to acquire exclusive merchandise and experiences through its own cryptocurrency. Veteran Christian vocal trio Selah launched its own cryptocurrency fan token via the Rally platform on Tuesday. Following the group’s latest album debuting at number one on the iTunes Christian music chart, the 3CR8 token will give fans access…
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A major music festival in Thailand is adopting blockchain for safer, smoother payments. Despite the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, some global events have chosen to move forward as planned. Instead of canceling, they are working to limit close contact between attendees through the introduction of new technologies. One such solution involves a cashless payment system powered…
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Decentralized music sharing service Audius has raised nearly $10 million so far. Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, is funding a major decentralized audio streaming service through its investment and incubation arm. According to an Oct. 23 announcement, Binance Labs led a $1.25 million extension round for Audius, a blockchain-enabled streaming service that connects music…
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Russian musician Oleg Kenzov transferred the digital rights to one of his songs through a government-backed blockchain platform. Russian pop singer Oleg Kenzov has completed the first digital rights transfer of a song he wrote using a blockchain platform backed by the government. According to VC.ru, the studio Soyuz reached a licensing agreement deal with…
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Three entrepreneurs will discuss how innovation flourishes at the intersection of blockchain and music. Cointelegraph’s head of news, Dylan Love, is hosting three guests for a livestream on our YouTube channel about blockchain technology’s impact on the music industry. The event starts right now: check it out above, or head over to our YouTube page…
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We’ll have three crypto music entrepreneurs on hand to discuss the future of the industry. What are you doing Friday afternoon? Cointelegraph is hosting the latest edition of its Cointelegraph Talks series this Friday, August 28, at 3 PM Eastern / 12 PM Pacific on our YouTube channel. We’ll have three entrepreneurs active at the intersection…
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