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The future is now. Or at least, the future is June. That's when Beatport, the electronic music store for DJs, producers and dance fans, will start accepting payments in Bitcoin in addition to dollars. This development will make the online store the first major digital music retailer to accept Bitcoin, which currently trade for more than $55,000 apiece. And you guessed it, NFTs are also involved. On April 23 the platform will launch a non-fungible token called  Music for Future Dance Floors, a 10-track compilation featuring contributions from Boys Noize, Charlotte de Witte, Sama' Abdulhadi ...

Now, McDaniels has his crystal ball aimed at another seismic shift in the music industry — and he’s spent big money on the bet. Earlier this month, Beatport acquired UK-based Loopmasters, one of the world’s biggest sellers of original samples and sonic plugins to music producers. For many producers using apps like Apple’s Logic Pro X, “sample packs” — spanning beats, loops and more — act as crucial building blocks for new music, while plugins enable them to generate different sounds and effects at their fingertips. McDaniels won’t put a figure on the Loopmasters sale, but sa...