TikTok is partnering with a blockchain start-up. Here's why this could be good news for artists

  • Written by: D. Bondy Valdovinos Kaye, Assistant researcher, Queensland University of Technology
TikTok is partnering with a blockchain start-up. Here's why this could be good news for artistsTim Bechervaise/Unsplash

On August 17, TikTok announced it will partner with Audius, a streaming music platform, to manage its expansive internal audio library.

Audius was not the obvious choice for partnering with the short video giant. A digital music streaming start-up founded in 2018, it isn’t one of the major streaming services such as...

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