Pop star Taylor Swift reportedly could have been one of the faces of failed crypto exchange FTX had talks over a $100-million deal not ended prematurely. According to a Dec. 7 report from the Financial Times, FTX was in the late stages of negotiating a sponsorship deal with Swift months before its liquidity crisis and bankruptcy. Talks over paying Swift $100 million to be one of the celebrity faces of the exchange reportedly fell apart on FTX’s end, due to concerns the deal did not offer much of a return. “No one really liked the deal,” reportedly had one unnamed …

Joseph Kahn, a music video director who has worked for the world’s leading pop stars for over two decades, has announced that trading crypto assets is his new favorite hobby. After claiming to have spent the past month trading cryptocurrency, Kahn purports a profit of roughly $450 On June 1, Kahn took to Twitter announcing that he has spent the last month trading crypto assets. A screenshot shows Kahn’s portfolio to be valued at $7,949, with the hobbyist trader claiming to have gained 6% since investing $7,500 one month ago. Kahn claims to have mostly “cashed out” at present, with …

“Music is art, and art is important and rare. Important, rare things are valuable. Valuable things should be paid for.” - Taylor Swift Entertainment news is buzzing with reports of Taylor Swift’s controversial decision to pull her music from online streaming site Spotify. We have reached a tipping point where artists are beginning to rebel against both legal and illegal downloading and the resulting shrink of their bank balances. The Music Industry Today In the process of standing up for the value of their work they do, however, risk an upsetting backlash from fans. The value of online content is …