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There's now an App For That,
Built on Hedera!
Creative Foundation & Open Source
🠞🠞🠞 Calaxy 🠜🠜🠜
DLT Innovation, For Creators, Your World, Your Way.
Don't let Old School Bosses Fuck With You For One More Minute.
Next Gen Creators, Cut Out The Road Blocks, Get Paid What YOU Deserve!
Next Gen Creators, Stop Getting Ripped Off by algorithms that hide your efforts.
Next Gen Creators, Don't Keep Working For The Monkey's Peanuts!
Next Gen Creators, Fresh Expansive One Stop Spaces to
Connect Direct With Fans, Clients and VIP Members.
Cut Out The Walled Garden Middleman who has up to now
been minimizing direct connections and earning capacity.
Calaxy, a next-generation social marketplace, has successfully launched its application, ushering in a new era of creator monetization. The application helps creators professionalize their passions and generate revenue from content by providing a one-stop shop for them to offer experiences to their community.
A $250 billion market, the creator economy is one of the fastest-growing sectors of the internet, with an estimated 200 million content creators participating. Despite rapid growth, infrastructure has remained stagnant, leaving creators struggling to monetize as they're trapped between algorithms of old social media and reliance on brand deals.
Solo Ceesay, CEO and Co-Founder of Calaxy, said:
"Having embarked on this journey over three years ago with my co-founder, Spencer Dinwiddie, the Calaxy app launch is the realization of the team's collective vision to establish a new order for the creator economy. Launching Calaxy is a major step towards this goal and means that fans and creators can finally experience what we have long been shouting for: an intuitive platform where they can build a successful, personalized economy."
Powered by Hedera's blockchain technology, the social media platform provides creators with an end-to-end toolkit to build community, sell a range of experiences, and receive instant payment.
Each Calaxy user will be able to quickly set up a non-custodial Calaxy wallet through which they can send, receive, and store digital assets. As a core offering, the Calaxy wallet has been carefully designed for users with no prior experience in digital markets, helping to educate users and lift the mainstream entry barriers currently plaguing the industry.
Spencer Dinwiddie, Executive Chair and Co-Founder of Calaxy, said:
"After three years of non-stop teamwork, Calaxy is finally here, and sitting right at the core of THE creator economy. We've done the research, raised the money, and taken the time to build a product with the capability of revolutionizing this industry.
By giving creators the tools they've been calling out for and a professionalized platform to build their economies, Calaxy allows them to continue to do what they love while being remunerated adequately. Calaxy is the answer to many of the challenges contemporary influencers are plagued with today."
A host of creators including Soccer Star Luis Suarez, YouTube and Tik-Tok Star Eric Struk, WWE's Mickie James and Model Tiana Musarra, are slated to go live on the Calaxy platform with many heavy-hitting celebrities including The Bachelor's Matt James, and NFL star Ezekiel Elliott due to offer experiences in the coming months, as well.
Foye Oluokun, NFL Star, said:
"Despite the hectic schedules we work within, prioritizing contact and facetime with fans is still hugely important to us, which is why I'm really excited about Calaxy. Calaxy's creator-first strategy is attracting an incredible range of professional and non-professional athletes - all of whom recognize its capability to deepen fan engagement. To be a part of this experience from the outset and have the ability to connect directly with my community is something very special. I finally have the chance to offer my fans the meaningful content they deserve – and having their support along the way definitely helps my performance. Let's go score some points."
Under the hood:
The Calaxy app launch comes following a successful $26M funding round for the company and the appointment of Solo Ceesay as CEO in June 2022. Calaxy previously closed a strategic raise of $7.5M in July 2021 and is backed by Web3 industry leaders including The HBAR Foundation, Animoca Brands, and Polygon.
About Calaxy
Calaxy is a next-generation entertainment marketplace redefining the creator-fan relationship.
Utilizing the Hedera network, a leaderless proof-of-stake blockchain alternative powering the next generation of Web3, and built on The Creator's Galaxy Protocol, the Calaxy application is reimagining the way people use social media.
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