Talib Kweli and Bitcoin Is Music To Our Ears
There is no such thing as a boring day in the world of Bitcoin and blockchain technology. Earlier today, news broke about famous hip hop artist Talib Kweli selling his music in exchange for Bitcoin, a popular digital currency. Thanks to the partnership between Talib Kweli and ZapChain, interesting things are on the horizon for the Bitcoin community. But that is not all, as the ZapChain community platform announced a partnership with Coinbase as well. Fans of hip hop music will know the name Talib Kweli by now, as his songs have topped the charts around the world. After releasing albums....
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The social network ZapChain has announced its partnership with Coinbase, which will enable artists to sell their material for bitcoin. Talib Kweli will be the first recording artist to start this event by giving his fans the ability to purchase his latest album through the ZapChain service. Kweli will be the first of many artists to sell their work on....
Another hip hop artist has joined the cryptocurrency community, as the Canadian record producer, DJ, and songwriter ‘Murda Beatz’ (Shane Lee Lindstrom) said he bought some bitcoin on Tuesday. The music producer joins a slew of other recording artists that have joined the crypto ecosystem like 50 Cent, Talib Kweli, Snoop Dogg, and Nas. On October 6, 2020, the Canadian record producer Murda Beatz revealed to his 283,000 Twitter followers that he just purchased some bitcoin (BTC). Murda Beatz is Shane Lee Lindstrom’s stage name and he’s been a well-known music producer....
Zapchain becomes the latest Bitcoin-based startup to close its doors. ZapChain, the Bitcoin-based content sharing and tipping platform is soon going to shut down. The Reddit like social media platform focused on Bitcoin and cryptocurrency technology has announced its impending demise on its user’s timelines. The notification on states, “ZapChain will be shutting down on, or shortly after August 31, 2016.Please withdraw your balance.” Founded by Adam McKenna and Matt Schlicht, the platform became popular with the Bitcoin community after it offered an efficient way to monetize the content.....
Bitcoin-powered social media platform ZapChain has raised $350,000 in seed funding and is launching a new digital goods initiative in partnership with Coinbase today. The money was raised from venture capitalist and Draper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ) partner Tim Draper, Boost VC founder and CEO Adam Draper and the Boost Bitcoin Fund. According to ZapChain chief operating officer Dan Cawrey, the funds are being used to expand its ranks of content creators and digital community members. "I invested in ZapChain because the company is giving bitcoin one of its highest and best uses," Tim Draper....
Billboard recently reported that two companies, PeerTracks and Ujo, are building a system which would attempt to solve the issues that music world is finding it hard to deal with, i.e., licensing and global royalty distribution. And here is the part that will be 'music' to our ears as well; it plans to use blockchain technology to do so! Blockchain is a highly decentralized network run by people who update all transaction in real time. What makes this network transparent is that these individuals are not under any company. These records are kept on a public ledger which is open to anyone....