Spotify started testing Web3 wallets integration

The users can access the token-enabled playlists from Overlord, Fluf, Mooonbirds and Kingship with their NFT wallets. 729 Total views 12 Total shares Listen to article 0:00 News Own this piece of history

Collect this article as an NFT Music streaming platform Spotify expands its Web3 effortsby testing token-enabled playlists in several key markets.

Overlord, a Web3 gaming ecosystem, reportedon Feb. 22 the start of its partnership with Spotify. The token-enabled community-curated playlist from Overlord may now be accessed via Web3 wallets of those who hold the Creepz nonfungible tokens (NFTs) on Spotify. For now, only Android users from the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, Australia and New Zealand can unlock the playlists.

Other participants in the three-month pilot are Fluf, Moonbirds and Kingship metaverse communities. While Fluf and Moonbirds didnt share any details on their partnership with the streaming service publicly, Kingship confirmed its participation in a pilot on Twitter. To unlockthe tracklist, including the hits by Queen, Missy Eliott, Snoop Dogg and Led Zeppelin, the user should possess a Kingship Key Card NFT.

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The announcement triggered a surge of Web3 music tokens. For example, VIB, Viberates native token, was up 33%. Other tokens, such as Audius AUDIO and Rhythms RHYTHM, also rose 4% and 2.5%, respectively.

Back in May 2022, Spotify began testing the NFT galleries on musicians profiles. Although without an option of direct purchase, it let the users preview the artists NFTs and be redirected to the OpenSea page where they could purchase the items.

The music market remains one of the blooming areas of crypto adoption. In late January, value-for-value podcasting platform Fountain announced a partnership with ZEBEDEE to enable Bitcoin micropayments for podcast listeners. In February, royalty rights from Rhiannas hit 2015 song, Bitch Better Have My Money, has been offered as part of a collection of 300 NFTs. #Music #Adoption #Spotify #Web3 #NFT

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