Bringing Transparency to the Future of Music With TOKiMONSTA and Laura Jaramillo of Sonu
In this episode, we discuss with the co-founders of Sonu how they’re disrupting the music industry and empowering both artists and fans with their blockchain-backed music streaming company.
Jan 16, 2024
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DJ and music producer TOKiMONSTA and Co-Founder Laura Jaramillo discuss Sonu, their music streaming and NFT platform built on blockchain aiming to provide artists with new revenue streams and more transparency into their fandom. We’re also joined by Magdalena Kala, our guest co-host to discuss the latest news of the week like the Bitcoin ETF approval.
Links mentioned from the podcast:
- Bitcoin ETFs Win SEC Approval, Bringing Easier Access to Biggest Cryptocurrency
- Fox News and Polygon team up to develop and opensource a media verification platform
- Reality check: virtual human AYAYI launches first “phygital” fashion collection
- TOKiMONSTA’s Twitter
- Laura’s Twitter
- Sonu’s Website
- Mags’ Twitter
- Double Down Fund Website
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"Gen C" features hosts Sam Ewen and Avery Akkineni, with editing by Jonas Huck. Executive produced by Jared Schwartz and produced by Uyen Truong. Our theme music is "1882” by omgkirby x Channel Tres with editing by Doc Blust. Artwork by Nicole Marie Rincon.
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Sam Ewen
Sam Ewen is CoinDesk's SVP, head of CoinDesk Social, Multimedia & CD Studios
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