Mike Darlington is an avid NFT collector, an investor, and the CEO of the Canadian independent electronic music record label Monstercat. Through Relics — Monstercat’s debut digital collectibles platform — Darlington has played a key role in educating and onboarding traditional music lovers into the NFT space. He is seen as both a champion of NFTs and an innovator working to build out new ways for artists to connect with fans and create independent wealth for themselves via blockchain tech. Through this and his own personal community-building endeavors, Darlington has helped numerous Web2-centric music business professionals become interested and involved in blockchain-based music ownership.