The most popular decentralized music streaming platform, Audius (AUDIO), is unphased by the malevolent bear market. As CEO Roneil Rumburg explained the situation, Audius Network has seen “growth continuing through this market cycle of sorts because the average Audius user is not even aware the crypto is there.” Thus, this allowed the Audius Project to reach an important milestone of 7.5 million active monthly users worldwide.
Why the Web 3.0 streaming platform, Audius, has 7.5 million monthly users tuned in. #NFTs #NFTCommunity #NFTart pic.twitter.com/f8KWYXFPT1
— Generate Labs (@generatelabs) September 28, 2022
Audius (AUDIO) Shows Support for Musicians
The irony surrounding the music industry is beyond belief. Independent artists who sign with major labels are usually lured into massive loans, which are hard to pay back even with a couple of Platinum albums in a row. As if that wasn’t enough, major labels tend to take out life insurance on their roster members.
On the other hand, going independent might be trendy, but it comes with its own hardships. As music streaming giants like Spotify & Apple Music continue ripping off independent artists without much remorse, musicians around the globe are looking for a decentralized solution.
With a rather unconventional approach to the crypto world, Audius (AUDIO) music streaming platform might be a safe place for independent musicians. Ultimately, it’s one of the rare breeds of crypto platforms that are almost immune to the crypto bear market.
Beyond that, Audius (AUDIO) has launched a contest for artists to upload their videos during the creative process. The only requirement is that a contestant needs to subscribe to Audius on Reddit. Moreover, the music streaming platform launched a grant system where upcoming artists can apply and receive a grant to fund album recording, setting up gigs or music videos.
This is so good guys! Nice improvement.
This is sth that shows how @AudiusProject @audiogrants is awesome.
Keep rockin’ fam#audius #$AUDIO #grants #web3 #music #janlarz https://t.co/9rMFlWGcJN
— jan larz music (@jan_larz) September 24, 2022
The $6M Hack and a Full ATH Retrace Didn’t Stop Audius
As previously reported, the Audius (AUDIO) music network suffered a $6 million hack, which was 18M of $AUDIO tokens at the time. At the time of publication, Audius (AUDIO) trades at $0.210593, according to CoinGecko. Almost fully retracing its ATH at $4.95 over a year ago, the decentralized music coin underwent another 24.9% decline since last month. However, crypto analysts at Broski Crypto see a sound opportunity.
Nice entry here on #Audius $AUDIO.
Pretty much full retrace from ATH.
No.1 music platform in crypto.
— Broski Crypto (@broski_crypto) September 28, 2022
On the Flipside
- Some users report bugs on the Audius mobile app.
- Audius (AUDIO) dropped by 5.7% in the last 24 hours.
Why You Should Care
Statistics provided by Data Metrics UG show that Audius (AUDIO) could cost $430 if it had the same market cap as the top crypto asset Bitcoin (BTC). Ultimately, this shows a lot of room for growth, especially knowing that the platform’s native coin had a full retrace from its ATH.
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