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Over 40,000 Content Creators Turn to ZEN and Blockchain to Take Back Control

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ZEN is disrupting viral video on the blockchain, tapping into passionate fandoms while empowering and protecting teen content creators.

Social media platforms exploit teen influencers for profit: the most influential contributors get a little financial stake and no say, while new users barely stand a chance at success.

This is why even today’s biggest influencers try profiting from their audiences by navigating a dangerous landscape of underground marketplaces: shadowy corners of the web where shoutouts and accounts are bought and sold. The result? Fraud, stolen accounts, and worse.

Pushing Back on the Status Quo

ZEN overturns these tired, exploitative models. With their short-form viral video app, influencers create and share exactly the gaming, anime, sports, and other fandom videos they want while authentically engaging audiences. And in ZEN’s revolutionary, integrated ad marketplace, brands, and influencers participate in a completely new ecosystem where audience access, virtual goods, and digital services are bought and sold on the blockchain.

Founder and CEO Frank Erik Banks is a black entrepreneur who didn’t take no for an answer when VCs told him social media was dead. His vision has surpassed expectation: ZEN is attracting hundreds of everyday investors with its clear mission, easy on-ramp, and low minimum investment. They also stand out as one of the world’s first SEC-compliant pre-ICOs, using a StartEngine Reg A+ campaign for equity crowdfunding.

ZEN’s Acclaimed iOS App

On iOS, ZEN’s app has over 40,000 highly-engaged superfans who love using the app to create and share short-form, viral videos with other people in their fandom communities. Many believe ZEN is next Musical.ly or Vine, while others praise its “ingenious revenue-sharing.”

These comparisons aren’t unreasonable when former Musical.ly developer George Ciobanu recently joined as ZEN’s lead iOS engineer. On his watch, Musical.ly grew to hundreds of millions of users and sold for $1 billion USD. Now he’s leading the product development charge alongside Zynga, Amazon, and Microsoft veterans.

A Creator-Focused Marketplace

While other platforms force influencers into the darkness of social media shadow markets, ZEN brings everything into the light. An open ad marketplace is an integral part of ZEN’s app, ecosystem, and business model.

Brands and users alike use ERC-20-based ZENCoins to buy into ZEN’s ad marketplace. Influencers then pick which ads and shoutouts they want to feature. They can even directly buy and sell channels in-app, preventing account theft.

Best of all, creators are always in control: unwanted ads are never forced into feeds or videos. This empowering model both protects creators and makes them direct stakeholders invested in ZEN’s success.

Fandom Culture Sets ZEN Apart

Beyond this revolutionary business model, ZEN is targeting two powerful niches: teen content creators and fandom communities. Market research reveals that Gen Z is ditching platforms like Facebook and Instagram. Yet, ZEN’s app had no issues quickly attracting over 40,000 users. Maker culture is why: post-millennials want to be creators, not just consumers.

Supercharged fandoms channel an even more powerful dynamic; whether it’s Black Panther, and Harry Potter or Counter-Strike and League of Legends, obsessive fans drive the internet’s most passionate and highly engaged communities. Potterheads, Trekkies, gamers, otakus, and other superfans are ZEN’s biggest users.

The Path to ZEN

ZEN is hitting its stride for a highly anticipated 2018 ICO, bringing in a growth hacker and lead content strategist from Amazon and Microsoft. Coming soon are more hires emphasizing product development and pedal-to-the-metal funding.

A Gen Z appeal, fandom focus, and native ad marketplace are all proving wrong Silicon Valley’s proclamation that “social media is dead.” As Musical.ly discovered in 2017, short-form viral videos are a billion-dollar opportunity. Now ZEN is bringing these videos to the blockchain, empowering teens and freeing Gen Z from the social media shadow market for good.

Disclaimer: Crypto Queen serves as an advisor to ZEN. This article should not be taken as and is not intended to provide, investment advice. Global Coin Report and/or its affiliates, employees, writers, and subcontractors are cryptocurrency investors and from time to time may or may not have holdings in some of the coins or tokens they cover. Please conduct your own thorough research before investing in any cryptocurrency and read our full disclaimer.

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XNO Token of Xeno NFT Hub listed on Bithumb Korea Exchange

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Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 25th January, 2021, // ChainWire //

Xeno Holdings Limited (xno.live ), a blockchain solutions company based in Hong Kong, has announced the listing of its ecosystem utility token XNO on the ‘Bithumb Korea’ cryptocurrency exchange on January 21st 2021.

Xeno NFT Hub (market.xno.live ), developed by Xeno Holdings, enables easy minting of digital items into NFTs while also providing a marketplace where anyone can securely trade NFTs.

The Xeno NFT Hub project team includes former members of the technology project Yosemite X based in San Francisco and professionals such as Gabby Dizon who is a games industry expert and NFT space influencer based in Southeast Asia.

NFT(Non-Fungible Token) technology has recently gained huge focus in the blockchain arena and beyond, making waves in the online gaming sector, the art world, and the digital copyrights industry in recent years. The strongest feature of NFTs is that “NFTs are unique digital assets that cannot be replaced or forged”. Unlike fungible tokens such as Bitcoin or Ether, NFTs are not interchangeable for other tokens of the same type but instead each NFT has a unique value and specific information that cannot be replaced. This fact makes NFTs the perfect solution to record and prove ownership of digital and real-world items like works of art, game items, limited-edition collectibles, and more. One of the ways to have a successful…

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Should Crypto Projects Devote Resources to Community Growth and Marketing?

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2020 has been an incredible year for crypto as investors have generated windfall profits and crypto projects have seen their businesses gain the spotlight they’ve been looking for.  While Bitcoin has received most of the attention after major institutional investors announced they were accumulating the increasingly scarce asset, many altcoins have also seen their fair share of glory.  When looking at all the big winners of the past year, the first project that probably comes to mind is Chainlink, having appreciated by more than 550% YTD and now valued at over $4.5 billion.  But, the actual biggest winner of the year is HEX with a YTD return of over 5,000%.

I mention both of the above projects as they have each taken slightly different paths to achieve greatness.  Chainlink has devoted resources toward building a fundamentally sound business with many strategic partnerships while HEX has spent vast sums of money on marketing and promotion.  Both approaches are valid, but one thing is certain, it is absolutely imperative for crypto projects to let the crypto community know what makes them special.  Of course, one of the reasons that makes crypto so valuable is the powerful blockchain technology that most projects are utilizing.

Cryptocurrency vs. Blockchain Technology

It’s important to make a distinction between blockchain technology and cryptocurrency.  Although they are often used interchangeably, they are different.  Blockchain technology and crypto were both created after the 2008 financial crisis, but cryptocurrency…

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XENO starts VIP NFT trading service and collaborates with contemporary artist Hiro Yamagata

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Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 24th December, 2020, // ChainWire //

The XENO NFT Hub (https://xno.live) will provide a crypto-powered digital items and collectables trading platform allowing users to create, buy, and sell NFTs. Additionally it will support auction based listings, governance and voting mechanisms, trade history tracking, user rating and other advanced features.

As a first step towards its fully comprehensive service, XENO NFT Hub launched a recent VIP service to select users and early adopters in December 2020 with plans for a full Public Beta to open in June 2021. 

“NFTs are extremely flexible in their usage, from digital event tickets to artwork, and while NFTs have a very wide spectrum of uses and categories XENO will initially focus its partnership efforts and its own item curation on three primary areas: gaming, sports & entertainment, and collectibles.”, said XENO NFT Hub president Anthony Di Franco.

He also added “This does not mean we will prohibit other types of NFTs from our ecosystem However, it simply means that XENO’s efforts as a company will be targeted into these verticals initially as a cohesive business approach.”

Development and Procurement Lead, Gabby Dizon explained, “Despite our initial focus, we found ourselves with a unique opportunity to host some of the works of Mr. Hiro Yamagata. We are collaborating with Japanese artist Hiro Yamagata to enshrine some of his artwork into NFTs.”

Mr. Yamagata has…

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