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Blockchain Industry Review
UPLIFT ART the platform using blockchain certified art and
NFTs
to raise money for charity with Michael blu, founder Uplift.Art
‘Uplift.Art is a platform that empowers philanthropy & goodwill by creating and selling original blockchain certified Art that is then bought, sold, gifted and collected by an evergrowing community that is unified around helping those in need while creating a sustainable win-win-win economy’ - https://uplift. art/ The platform creates and sells original blockchain certified Art that is ‘bought, sold, gifted and collected by an ever-growing community’. The Uplift Art platform donate 50% of every piece of art sold to charity. They are currently raising to build a school in Haiti and see NFTs as a way to raise funds and awareness. As a precious metals broker, Michael knew the power of a trade led by fear. In a world where fiat has been squeezed with quantitative easing since the 2008 financial crash, hard assets have acquired an extra allure. His successful brokerage dealt in the message that the only true thing of value was physical, which is why his total dive into blockchain and cryptocurrency could not be more of an about-face.
And yet it also makes total sense. “I’m a hard metal guy – from the if you can’t touch it, you can’t own it school of life. And I was very successful because I was predicting the demise of the American dollar and its continued fall in value. I said ‘diversify your portfolio’ and people did.” Michael’s career reflects that diversity and ability to pivot. At various times he has served in the marines, worked in construction as a labourer, was a ditch digger, limo driver, actor, model, musician and penultimately gold broker and is still a musician. “My love for song writing and producing music has remained with me over the years.” This skill set came to fore when he released the world’s first full music video as an NFT. At the time of writing, this claim appears to be
