Andrew and Brian Antar are two brothers who together founded hearo.fm to help fans discover and stream music from independent artists around the world. With their presale underway and Initial Coin Offering (ICO) coming later in 2018, the brothers tell us how they plan to revolutionize the music industry and give control back to artists. Tell us […]
Morten Christensen is the CEO and Founder of AirdropAlert.com which was launched in July 2017 to create awareness within the cryptocurrency community about the existence of airdrops. It started as an informational page collating data on when and where airdrops take place.They have since helped build Telegram community channels from 0 to 15k members in […]
Maria Tanjala co-founded Big Couch to empower film producers to find the right crews and finance their films. Launched at Berlinale this year, Big Couch’s new blockchain platform FilmChain aims to change traditional revenue collection forever, introducing instant payments and much needed transparency. What’s Big Couch all about? Big Couch is a FinTech startup in the entertainment industry, […]
Colin Palmer is CTO of Citizen Ticket, a ticketing platform that is working to fight problems in the event ticketing industry. He is responsible for the company’s technical direction, including overseeing a recent move into blockchain with their new product, BitTicket. What problems are Citizen Ticket and BitTicket helping to solve? Citizen Ticket is a […]
“Digital files cannot be made uncopyable, any more than water can be made not wet.” Bruce Schneier, computer security expert, stated as much in 2001 and this remains the reality today. But this has not stopped the creative industries from continuing to battle against illegal copying. Digital Rights Management, also known as “copy protection software” […]
Christine Mohan is Co-founder of Civil, a journalism platform built using blockchain and cryptocurrency technologies. At Civil she manages partnerships, community and events, and customer operations and, more broadly, is an advocate for diversity in the blockchain community. What first got you interested in blockchain and distributed ledger technology? A media colleague recommended I look into blockchain, […]
In preparation for our ‘Creatives: Unblocked’ conference on 29 June in London we’re examining six ways blockchain will revolutionise the creative industries. We are living in the age of the creative. Countries around the world are shifting towards a knowledge economy, where the quantity, quality and accessibility of information are of central importance. At the heart […]
François Sonnet is Blockchain Advisor to the SolarCoin Foundation and Co-founder of ElectriCChain. He is an expert in Renewable Energy Business Development, having co-founded Belgium’s N°1 award-winning solar installer – SunSwitch SA. What does Blockchain and distributed ledger technology have to do with the environment? How is it going to change the world? First of all, it is […]
Joanna Hubbard is COO and Co-Founder of Electron, a London based start-up harnessing blockchain technologies to design more efficient, resilient and flexible systems for the energy sector. What is the most exciting thing about Blockchain technology? How is it going to change the world? If I look at this with my energy hat on, as […]
Zeena Qureshi is a young woman with a mission. Last April she became CEO of the Ananas Foundation, a non-profit organisation she co-founded with her brother-in-law, Emad Mostaque, with the aim of promoting peace through technology. Together they are creating a platform which allows every community to map and make accessible its own beliefs. What […]
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