Major European music festival will allow fans to buy tickets using EGLD
“Blockchain technology has immense potential for large gatherings of digital natives who for a brief period of time become part of a hyperlocal economy,” said Beniamin Mincu. The Untold Festival, scheduled to be held in Romania next month, has partnered with the Elrond Network to allow concert goers to pay for their tickets in cryptocurrency.In a Tuesday announcement, Untold said that tickets for its 2021 festival could be purchased using Elrond (EGLD). The festival reported that it would be allowed to have an unlimited number of attendees despite the ongoing pandemic — the number of daily....
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