NFT-Tix banks $10K record sale for Exit NFT ticket

NFT-TiX has sold its most expensive ticket ever after a music fan purchased a high-end VIP experience for the forthcoming Exit festival. NFT-Tix received $10,690 for the NFT ticket for Serbia’s Exit Universe via smart contracts platform Avalanche. The Exit Beyond Infinite Experience Diamond ticket gives two people access to a personal host and accommodation …

Exit Festival links up with NFT-TiX as part of multi-year collaboration

Exit Festival has continued its partnership with ticketing platform NFT-TiX as part of a multi-year collaboration. Last year, the festival utilised blockchain ticketing to sell NFT tickets, becoming the first event of this size to do so, according to organisers. NFT-TiX and Exit Festival have also been nominated for the Disruptor Award at TheTicketingBusiness Awards, …

Tech Stack: Shift4, events in the Metaverse and more…

Our weekly tech round-up from the world of ticketing and associated industries… Payment processing The National Football League (NFL)’s Arizona Cardinals has announced integrated payments and commerce technology provider, Shift4, as its payment processing partner.  Shift4 will process payments for all Cardinals ticketing transactions at State Farm Stadium, including the Super Bowl LVII in February …

Exit Festival announces NFT drops

Serbia’s Exit Festival is set to launch two new NFT (non-fungible token) collections, after its first set sold out in May.  Organisers are collaborating with model, pilot and human rights activist Christina Carmela and DJ and producer Maceo Plex on the collections.  The Shades collection was created with Plex and will launch on World Music …

2021 in review – July

July was a momentous month for those in the UK as all restrictions relating to the pandemic were removed, and Europe also enjoyed relative freedom, although the coronavirus still hung like a cloud over some of the live entertainment industry’s biggest events.  More than one in 20 ticket-holders at a Dutch music festival that welcomed …