music industry


Tech

Tune.FM, Music Streaming Project on Hedera Blockchain, Gets $50M Capital Commitment

The news comes just eight months after Tune.FM shared it had raised $20 million in a funding round.

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Finance

CarnationFM: A Decentralized Radio Playing Songs With Encrypted Hidden Messages

CarnationFM emerged from EthBerlin 2024 and won the award for Best Social Impact.

16:9 A mix of volunteers and hackers at EthBerlin playing music. 
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Web3

Music Albums as an Asset Class

NFTs enable 6 major shifts in the music industry, which could lead to new investment opportunities for clients of financial advisors.

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Web3

Napster Revives Its Music Ambitions With Web3 Acquisition of Mint Songs

The brand first known for peer-to-peer music sharing from 1999-2001 announced its purchase of the music-focused NFT marketplace.

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Videos

Coachella Music Festival to Launch Solana NFTs in Deal With FTX

As part of a partnership with crypto exchange FTX, the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival, set to return this April after a two-year hiatus, has announced a series of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) offering on-site perks and VIP access to the event. "The Hash" team discusses the latest move signaling NFTs taking off in the music industry and bringing mainstream blockchain awareness to the masses.

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Finance

3LAU Raises $16M to Tokenize Music Royalties for Artists and Fans

Paradigm and Founders Fund each invested $7 million, the crypto-savvy DJ told CoinDesk, with Paradigm’s Fred Ehrsam joining the board.

Justin Blau is launching Royal Markets with some high-profile backers. (Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images for Billboard Magazine)

Markets

AUDIO Market Cap Surges Past $1B After TikTok-Audius Partnership News

Traders appear bullish after the viral app chose Audius to power its new “TikTok Sounds” library.

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Finance

Steve Aoki Has Secured Funding to Pilot His NFT TV Show

The crypto-forward DJ is creating a “proper pilot” episode of his experimental NFT TV show, “Dominion X.”

Steve Aoki performs during Lollapalooza at Grant Park on July 29, 2021, in Chicago.

Finance

TikTok Picks Streaming Service Audius to Power New ‘Sounds’ Library

Artists on Audius will be able to upload original music as “TikTok Sounds.”

TikTok tapped Audius in a small coup for the decentralized streaming service.

Finance

Jay-Z to Auction ‘Reasonable Doubt’ NFT at Sotheby’s

The news comes fresh on the heels of a lawsuit filed against another Roc-A-Fella founder over an attempted NFT.

Jay-Z sits courtside with Beyoncé at a Brooklym Nets game on June 5.

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