Wavlake, the music and podcasting distribution platform for the open value for value economy, today announces a new partnership with Zbd, the leading payments company powering digital economies. The partnership enables a new model where creators can instantly and seamlessly connect to audiences and monetise their content.

Streaming services like Spotify and Apple Music are notorious for paying out extremely small royalties to music makers. Wavlake, on the other hand, is helping shape a fan-driven creator economy that thrives in an open ecosystem. Since its launch in 2023, Wavlake has proved extremely popular with independent musicians, artists and podcasters, helping support them financially so they can focus on creating their best content.

With Wavlake, musicians and podcasters can upload their music and content which is then distributed to a range of apps and websites, including podcasting 2.0 platform, Fountain.fm. Wavlake also gives every listener the option to tip their artists if they enjoy the content,...