VANCOUVER, B.C., May 10, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- GLOBAL BLOCKCHAIN TECHNOLOGIES CORP. ("BLOC” or the "Company") (CSE:BLOC) (FSE:BWSP) (OTC:BLKCF), a lead investor in the KODAKOne platform is pleased to announce that WENN Digital, Inc., the operator of the KODAKOne Image Rights Management Platform (“KODAKOne”), a blockchain-based image rights management and protection platform, announced it will officially commence the $1.00 round of its offering of the Simple Agreements for Future Tokens (SAFTs) on May 21, 2018.
KODAKOne is an image protection, monetization and distribution platform secured in blockchain, which is expected to launch a beta program in 2018, will provide an image marketplace where users can buy, sell and trade photos based on licensing terms and conditions – serving as a one-stop shop for photographers’ management, protection and distribution needs. The platform will create an encrypted ledger of rights ownership for photographers to protect, manage and monetize their new and archived works – making it significantly cheaper and faster to register, move and sell their digital images.
Shidan Gouran, President & CEO of the Company said, “BLOC incubates, founds, partners and strategically invests in companies who are committed to innovating and developing technology to improve and change industries. Our investment in KODAKOne is now progressing to a fully commercial offering, which should rank as one of the very first security compliant offerings in Blockchain.”
Bruce Elliot, President of ICOx Innovations, a company that develops crypto economies and is one of the founding organizations of WENN Digital and the KodakOne Platform said, “We are extremely excited to get this first project to this stage. Bringing today’s technology to solve real problems with big brands and executing the process the most efficient and regulatory compliant manner, we believe we are setting a path in developing what will be a healthy and vibrant crypto industry.”
More information about KODAKOne’s features and capabilities can be found at: www.kodakone.com
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About Global Blockchain Technologies Corp.
The Company provides investors access to a basket of direct and indirect holdings within the blockchain space, managed by a team of industry pioneers and early adopters of all major cryptocurrencies.
The Company is focused on streamlining the currently arduous, lengthy, and complicated process that interested investors must undergo in order to gain exposure to the cryptocurrency space, with a view to becoming the first vertically-integrated originator and manager of top tier blockchains and digital currencies.
BLOC is listed on the CSE and its common shares trade under the ticker symbol "BLOC". Additional information relating to BLOC is available on SEDAR at www.sedar.com, the CSE at www.theCSE.com, as well as on the Company's website at www.globalblockchain.io.
About WENN Digital
WENN Digital, in partnership with Kodak, is the creator and operator of the KODAKOne Platform and the KODAKCoin tokens. WENN Digital and its advisors are an experienced development and operations team with expertise in proprietary blockchain development, big data, copyright law, AI-enabled image recognition and post-licensing monetization systems.
About ICOX Innovations
ICOx Innovations, Inc. provides a platform for the design and creation of crypto economies that solve real-world problems with established organizations that can benefit and grow their businesses through the use of blockchain technology and crypto-currencies. The ICOx Innovations ICO platform is compliance driven and combines rigorous strategic planning, capital structure, technical integration and token-economics model development designed to create sustainable economies for its ICO clients. www.icoxinnovations.com
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