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Musician Sells NFT Token Bringing Royalty Rights for $26K in Crypto

Music streaming platform Rocki has announced its first NFT sale as it prepares for beta launch.

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Finance

Lil Yachty Collectible Fetches $16K in Latest String of High-Profile NFT Auctions

The lucky winner is “westcoastbill” – a user who appears to have sniped Tyler Winklevoss by $50 at the last minute.

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Finance

Rapper Lil Yachty Sells Out Social Token in 21 Minutes

The token was listed on social money platform Fyooz, where buyers, most likely fans of the rapper, bought $YACHTY for $15 each.

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Finance

Audius Has Big Numbers by Crypto Standards but Can It Take On SoundCloud?

A blockchain-based streaming site is betting tokens can win over artists and fans.

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RAC on the First Truly Free Markets for Music and Culture

Grammy-winning recording artist RAC explores the business of music and how crypto experiments could shift the balance of power.

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Audius Rallies EDM Artists, Crypto VCs to Back Vision for Music Payments on Ethereum

Audius, a streaming service built on Ethereum, has raised $3.1 million from Multicoin Capital, Blockchange Ventures, Pantera Capital and Coinbase Ventures.

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Markets

From Crypto Self-Custody to Music Rights, This Mother-Daughter Dev Team Does It All

Developer Cindy Zimmerman and her mother Judy Katzman are among the cryptocurrency community’s most quietly prolific builders.

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Markets

K-Pop Music Giant SM Entertainment Is Planning Its Own Cryptocurrency

The driving firm behind the K-pop movement, SM Entertainment, said it's planning to launch a cryptocurrency focused on engaging fans with artists.

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Markets

Rapper Mims to Promote 'Tune' Token for Artists

Award-winning rapper Mims is to talk about his new artist-focused blockchain project, and perform, at a crypto event this month.

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Fight for Your Right: Universal Music Veteran Launches Ethereum IP Platform

A newly funded startup called Blokur aims to use the ethereum blockchain to better manage rights within the music industry.

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