Global cryptocurrency exchange FTX’s European arm announced a partnership with Tomorrowland on Thursday with goals to bring blockchain and Web 3.0 applications to the popular electronic music festival.

Fast facts

  • The partners will explore Web 3.0 applications such as non-fungible tokens (NFTs) for art, music, ticketing, as well as crypto payments and metaverse events.  
  • The upcoming Tomorrowland Winter festival beginning March 19 will include an NFT hunting activity for attendees called The Quest by FTX. 
  • Tomorrowland is one of the biggest music festivals in the world, with more than 400,000 attendees to its annual summer festival.
  • Music industry stakeholders are ramping up collaborations in the cryptocurrency space, including Warner Music Group’s recent entry into The Sandbox metaverse.

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