The world’s leading platform for aspiring and professional DJs, announced today that they will begin accepting Bitcoin as payment from customers beginning in June, becoming the first major digital music retailer to do so. Highlighting its commitment to the emerging crypto and blockchain industries, Beatport has also signed a partnership with Crypto.com to drop an expertly curated NFT, titled “Music for Future Dance Floors,” on April 23rd. Exclusive, unreleased tracks from world-renowned DJ/producers Sasha, Charlotte De Witte, Boyz Noize, Pan-Pot, a new collaboration between Nic Fanciulli and Alec Monopoly called Sold As Seen, and a bonus track from Sama’ Abdulhadi, will be featured with incredible visual art from Berlin-based Leif Podhajsky, who has spent years collaborating with the likes of Bonobo, Tame Impala and the Sydney Opera House.
