Current Media — Weekly Update #7 🗞🌏
There has been a lot going on here at Current these last two weeks. In our previous update, we had just started the distribution process with our private backers, and at this point, we’re happy to announce that we’re just about through everyone.
For all of our airdrop, referral, and bounty participants, we are pleased to officially announce that we will be working with CoinList to facilitate KYC for all participants receiving the airdrop of CRNC.
With the legal stuff out of the way, stay tuned for another announcement in the coming weeks on when this portal will be ready to start the process.
Until then, please stay patient. We know it’s been a long wait, but we’re working through all of the right channels to ensure the airdrop happens in a smooth and compliant way. Everyone that passed our screening for spam and bot manipulation has tokens reserved and will receive access as soon as it becomes available.
Finally, the product. The Current iOS app has finally surpassed 1M users. Woot!
We’re all very excited to get through distribution and continue pushing boundaries and building the product our team has dreamed.
Now…for the updates!
Marketing, Partnerships and & Growth 🗞😃📈
Our marketing efforts have stayed pretty consistent for the last two months while we get through everything leading up to distribution. While we’ve seen phenomenal results, our primary focus has been purely on driving new users to the Current App on iOS. In the next few weeks and onward, we’ll still be including this as part of our arsenal and expanding into marketing for Android. However, we’ll also be resuming a lot more blockchain and crypto related marketing efforts. Our goal between these strategies and our public relations with major media outlets is that you will see a lot more of Current Media everywhere you look!
Celebrity Partnerships Updates
Early last week, we verbally agreed with partners who represent and manage over 100M followers across dozens of significant artist and celebrity pages. This partnership will be used to evangelize Current through their pages, and individual artists will be appearing as cast members on our upcoming Facebook Watch Series. This series will be rolled out across the next couple of months.
New Website & Team Videos: Coming Soon
A new version of Current’s website will be coming this quarter in Q3 and will include a full refresh. As part of this, we’ll be including an update to the white paper, product roadmap, addition of the Android product and improvements to our team page that will include all of the roles we’re actively hiring.
Here’s a sneak peek at one of our videos that we’ll be adding to showcase our employees and what it’s like to work at Current.
Product 👨🏻💻📲
Current App for Android: Updates 👾
The Current App for Android was submitted to the Google Play Store almost two weeks ago. Unfortunately, there was another fake Current app in the store during this time, and it’s a lengthy process to have an app removed from the store — even the second time around. While going through the process, we decided to keep it in private BETA and continue making further updates. Google has been made fully aware of tightening up the review process and preventing this from happening again before our final release.
The BETA will be available until our release in another couple of weeks while we wrap up these last few remaining changes. Once released, we’ll make an announcement. The rollout of features will follow a very similar path as our iOS app where shortly after being released, we’ll begin waitlisting the wallet and protocol feature, and within a couple of weeks after that open it up to everyone.
If you’re interested in being a part of our BETA, please sign up here! We’re inviting a handful of individuals off the list each week until release.
CRNC Portal: Updates 🚀💯
Also in our last update, we announced the release of the CRNC Portal. A first of it’s kind, this website gives us the ability to securely and compliantly distribute CRNC tokens, first, to our private sale backers and shortly after, our airdrop, referral, and bounty recipients. As of today, more than 90% of our private backers have received invitations and confirmed their allocations. By, July 30th, we expect to have 100% approved.
The airdrop, referral, and bounty participants will receive access to this portal after completing KYC through the CoinList powered KYC portal. Links will be provided to begin this process in the coming weeks. Stay tuned to our Telegram channel for further updates.
July 13th Sticker & GIF Contest: Winners Announced! 🙌
Last week, we only had 3 winners! Each winner listed below will be rewarded 2,000 CRNC! Someone from our team will be in contact with them by early next week to collect their email for further communications. The contest is still on so keep up the good work! Winners for next week will be announced this coming Friday, July 20th.
As for the winners? Drumroll please…
- @traplordmoses: 2,000 CRNC
- @xcyanide: 2,000 CRNC
- @endeuxmo: 2,000 CRNC
Where We’ll Be Next 🎉 📅
Glappitnova: Chicago, IL — July 18, 2018
This event is all about unlocking human potential getting different types of people and perspectives into the same space sharing what matters most. This highly curated event, held in a hidden warehouse in Chicago, brings a diverse mix of storytelling, panels, performances, art installations and more. Our very own Head of Product, Nick McEvily will be sitting on one of these panels to discuss Current and innovation in the blockchain space.
Voice of Blockchain: Chicago, IL — August 24–25, 2018
Join Current, along with 300 exhibitors, top-speakers and 5,000 attendees for a multi-track blockchain conference held at Navy Pier. With a focus on innovation, social good, fin-tech, and markets there’s something for everyone! More details are coming soon.
Future Music Forum: Barcelona, Spain — September 12–14, 2018
At the intersection of Blockchain and Music Tech? …and love Barcelona? This one is for you. The real bonus is going to see our CEO, Dan Novaes speak about this intersection and how Current is striving to be a significant player in the industry’s evolution.
“…is an annual international music conference based in Barcelona that gathers the leading minds in the world of music to exchange views on how music is being shared in today’s digital age and discuss new developments taking place in music technology.
Our aim to provide a professional yet relaxed platform to explore, engage and discuss these topics with over 300 selected groups of music futurists, label owners, managers, music and mobile technology entrepreneurs and digital music consumption analysts.”
We’re always looking for great events to attend. If you’re an event organizer or think we should have a presence at a particular event, please reach out to Seamus Doheny at seamus@current.us.
Current’s Curated Content 📚 🎥 🎶
What We Are Reading, Watching, and Listening To This Week?
Article: Coinbase is Exploring Cardano, Basic Attention Token, Stellar Lumens, Zcash, and 0x. by Coinbase
Article: Ethereum’s Joe Lubin: ‘We’re Moving Towards a World of Decentralized Governance’ by Marie Huillet
Article: Unknown Bitcoin Creator Satoshi Nakamoto Might Be Writing a Book by Bloomberg
Video: Can I survive on bitcoin for a day? by Northeastern University
Video: WeChat’s 1 Billion Users Adopt Bitcoin Cash? & Andreas Antonopoulos Discussion by Roger Verg | Bitcoin News
Video: Decentralizing Everything with Ethereum's Vitalik Buterin | Disrupt SF 2017 by TechCrunch
Video: ‘We let price take care of itself,’ says Ethereum co-founder by CNBC Life
Current’s Video Pick of the Week: Million Miles by Bakar
This weeks video comes from the rising artist Bakar; releasing a very fitting music video for his track “Million Miles,” reflecting his love for soccer and the World Cup. An unorthodox video, different front the schemes of his past music videos, which showcased an older lofi aesthetic utilizing hi-8 and mini DV cameras to create a slightly raw aesthetic. This video may stray from the artistic vision which Bakar had previously cemented; it introduces a high quality and comical approach to projecting his sound.
Current’s Song Pick of the Week: Feel The Love by Kids See Ghost (Kanye West & Kid Cudi) ft. Pusha T
This weeks song comes from the Gods Kanye, and Kid Cudi under their new band name Kids See Ghosts. The first time you listen to the song, don’t be surprised if the album goes over your head. While you may want to be discouraged, listen to it a second time and you will honestly feel the love. This album is solid and “Feel the Love” really gets the vibrations across. Be prepared and enter into a cosmic burst of sound and bliss on this iconic new album.
Current’s Artist Spotlight: Sheck Wes on Current
This Harlem based rapper has been making a splash in the rap scene, emerging as a heavy hitter, having already worked with the likes of Kanye West and Travis Scott. With bangers like “Mo Bamba” and “Do It” the young east coast rapper is beginning to cement a name for himself. Signed to Travis Scott’s label “Cactus Jack” is only calling for growth. Check out Sheck before he entirely takes over the hip-hop scene!
Here’s a great interview that tells his whole, unconventional story.
See you next week! 🙏
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