Coachella Music and Arts Festival Partners With FTX US to Issue Solana-Based ...
The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival is stepping into non-fungible token (NFT) technology space, according to the festival’s official Twitter account. Coachella partnered with the crypto exchange FTX US, and the NFTs are minted on the Solana blockchain. Coachella Partners With FTX US to Mint Solana-Based Digital Collectibles Since 1999, the festival co-founded by Rick Van Santen and Paul Tollett called Coachella has been a popular music and arts event with its highest attendance in 2017, peaking at 250,000 attendees. Music acts that have played at various....
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Coachella has officially entered into the crypto space by launching its own NFTs. The infamous music and arts festival boasts one of the largest attendances of any music festival and it is leveraging its enormous fanbase to bring this project to life. It will offer lifetime passes to concert-goers in the form of NFTs, as […]
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