iHeartMedia plans NFT giveaway ahead of major music festival
Cory Van Lew, the digital artist behind Mike Tyson’s NFT collection, will drop his iHeartMedia-inspired line-up on Sept. 14. Mass media holding company iHeartMedia is planning to distribute free nonfungible tokens, or NFTs, in partnership with sustainable NFT platform OneOf — a campaign that could introduce more music lovers to digital collectibles.The campaign is intended to promote the 2021 iHeartRadio Music Festival in Las Vegas on Sept. 17-18. Beginning on Tuesday, users can claim one free NFT “poker chip” directly on the OneOf platform. Up to 1 million tokens are claimable through....
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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....
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 […]
Bitcoinist.net were invited to one of biggest music festival in Europe called Balaton Sound. Since digital currencies are now getting deeply involved in the music industry we thought this could be a perfect place to ask a few musicians about their opinion on bitcoion. We had a chance to make a few interviews on the festival. The 2014 MasterCard Balaton Sound attracted a total of 145 000 fans during 4 days and 5 nights. Almost 50% of the guests came from abroad and the festival passes were sold out months before the start of the event. The live stream of the festival reached hundreds of....
A group of musicians, entrepreneurs and blockchain advocates is set to gather at a festival in Germany later this week with the aim of testing how the technology can change the music industry. The Music Tech Fest Berlin is set to be held from 27th to 30th May. During this time, the MTFLabs: Blockchain initiative will bring together participants including Grammy Award winner Imogen Heap, who has been advocating for blockchain applications in the music industry since last year. Also participating in the event are Vinay Gupta of Ethereum, music production platform PledgeMusic founder Benji....