Hello Vezt Community-
A lot has transpired over the past couple of weeks, and Robert and I are pleased to say we have made great progress in the development of both the platform and the company. These are exciting times, and as you might imagine, new triumphs and challenges present themselves daily — and we are grateful for your support along the way.
Here are some of our recent highlights:
• We have brought on Enrique Canals as our new CTO. Building on the work Josh and his team have done so far, Enrique’s expertise in mobile app development and product management will allow us to accelerate our development schedule, and tech team build out, as we move into Q1. You will see updates to our website coming over the next few days.
• We have an update on our remaining distribution dates and our bonuses.
There are 4 remaining distributions which will occur at the end of each quarter: March 31st, June 30th, September 30th, and December 31st, 2018. Bonuses are available to early token buyers and participants of the now-closed TGE, not for bounty participants. We will track this from the original contract addresses that we distributed to. All VZT holders who purchased VZT and are holding will be included in the bonus payouts.
• We have onboarded Andreas Carlsson as our Chief Strategy Officer. From producing and songwriting with some of the biggest names in pop music (Britney Spears, Katy Perry, NSYNC, Bon Jovi, Celine Dion, Backstreet Boys, Clay Aiken, Ricky Martin, etc.), to selling his company to Spotify, Andreas has deep relationships across the music industry, and will be a key factor in our strategic development.
• We have listed the VZT token on the QRYPTOS (Jan. 12.) and COSS (Jan. 14) exchanges. Our token was first listed on QRYPTOS (www.QRYPTOS.com) — the largest exchange in Japan, and approved by the Japanese version of the SEC, as well as COSS (www.coss.io), a Singapore-based exchange available to non-US residents. We are continuing to work toward listings on other exchanges, amid the turbulent exchange environment. We will update you when we have more information in this area.
• We have seen about 900 people register for our Dr. Dre Initial Song Offering. This is huge demand for these song rights, and we are processing these registrations now, as we ready our next ISO announcement. We are continuing to onboard more song rights from individual artists as well as a number of song catalogs, as we build toward an “official” product launch in late Q1.
• Although we are slightly behind on our roadmap, we are still on target. It is currently being updated to reflect the following: We’ve accomplished ⅔ of the white-gloved ISOs, with a third coming once we’ve migrated to the new web portal. This portal will allow users and artists to create accounts for the purpose of registering their IP and streamline the process for participating in future ISOs until the platform is complete. The new website will include an updated roadmap which reflects the above.
• We have signed agreements with forward-thinking Brand Ambassadors Nipsey Hussle, Bobby Raps, Bizzy Crook, John Dolmayan (System Of A Down), Apex Martin, and others over the past few days, and continue to meet with a number of supportive artists, including Fat Joe, Post Malone, Dre and Trinidad James, as we build partnerships across the artist community.
• We have sponsored and spoken at a number of blockchain/music/tech events around the world, and continue to build brand awareness in this new space.
• We are putting together Vezt sponsorships/brand initiatives at both SXSW and Coachella where we will feature brand showcases with some of our artist partners and other celebrity attendees, as we move closer to our beta launch at the end of Q1.
• We will soon activate a customer support structure, led by John Greenaway, that will provide guidance and support to those using our platform. You should see this in the next iteration of the website, which we expect in the next few days.
Robert and I are thrilled to have you along on this journey with us, and we’re excited to see continued progress toward our goals every day. We’re getting daily feedback from our friends in both the music and tech spaces, that they are starting to hear about Vezt from various sources — in a positive and organic way, which is a strong indicator that our initial efforts have been effective so far. We appreciate you continuing to spread the word!
We are always open to your input, questions and suggestions, and look forward to filling you in on additional developments and milestones met in the coming weeks.
Thank you-
-Steve & Robert
