Deadmau5 and Portugal The Man release single as 1M NFTs in bid to go platinum
The award-willing artists want their new release “This is Fine” to become the first NFT single ever to go platinum, but it’s unclear whether that is even possible. Dance music star Deadmau5 and Grammy award-winning indie rock band Portugal The Man (PTM) have teamed up to release one million copies of their new single “This is Fine” as nonfungible tokens (NFTs). The single was released on Deadmau5’s (whose real name is Joel Zimmerman) label, Mau5trap with the aim to have the single be the first NFT to go platinum.The artists minted one million units on the NEAR protocol blockchain and....
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