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Black Star is a Russian record label, production company. The founders and owners of the label are Timur Yunusov (Timati) (withdrew from the share of the Music Label on July 27, 2020), Pavel Kuryanov (Pashu) and Walter Lerusse (Walter). The General Director is Pavel Kuryanov.

In 2006, Timati organized the production center "Black Star inc.".

In 2007, "Black Star Inc." together with the companies "ARS" and "IlyaKireev Company" organize an R&B/Soul festival called "Version 0.1"[1]. After the competition, two festival participants were invited to the label — B.K. (Boris Gabaraev) and Music Hayk (Hayk Movsisyan).

After recording a joint song with Timati "Milagres" for the STS TV channel, it became clear that B.K. and Music Hayk sound very good together. This is how the band was formed, which later became known as "Tom'n'jerry". In 2008, the band recorded the debut track "Love and Peace— - the soundtrack to the film "Hitler Kaput!", and in 2009 released a remix version of the song "You are the Light for me" with Anastasia Kochetkova and took part in Timati's album The Boss[3].

In 2009, producer Valery Evsikov left the label, who had previously collaborated with Timati for more than three years and is the author of such songs as "Dance", "Forever", "Heaven is Crying", "Don't go Crazy"[4].

In 2010, the label Black Star Inc. bought singer Karina Cox, who had previously been a soloist of the group "Cream", for $ 1.5 million[5]. Two video singles of the singer were released — "Fly high" and "Everything is decided".In 2012, the label signed hip-hop artists Levan Gorozia (L'One[6]), Egor Bulatkin (Kreed) and artist Pavel Galanin[7]. In the same year DJ M.E.G., B.K., Music Hayk, Lucky and Pavel Galinin left the label.

In 2013, the label left the R'n'B performer Dzhigan and signs a contract with new artists Matvey Melnikov (izv. like Moth) and Kristina Sarkisyan (Kristina Si). At the same time, the label holds an All-Russian casting "Young Blood 2013". According to the results of the selection, Nathan Mirov and Fidel become the new artists of the label.

In 2014, the label signed hip-hop artist Dostonbek Islamov (MC Doni).

In the fall of 2015, Black Star Inc. signs a new artist, rapper from Tomsk Alexander Morozov, known as Sasha Chest. On October 7 of the same year, a joint clip with Timati "Best Friend", dedicated to Vladimir Putin's birthday, was released[8].

In October 2015, the label holds the All-Russian casting "Young Blood 2015". 2,500 people were admitted to the selection. According to the results of the selection, Eduard Vygranovsky (Scrooge), Claudia Vysokova (Klava Coca) and Dana Sokolova became the new artists of the label[9]. At the same time, the contract is signed by the co-author of the songs he was, Mikhail Reshetnyak (Misha Marvin).

On October 10, 2016, on the eve of the tenth anniversary of its founding, an image appeared on the official website of the label, representing a crossed-out logo and the inscription "The end". Similar images were posted on social networks on the pages of the label and its artists. Among fans and journalists, there were versions of the closure of the label or a PR campaign related to the rebranding or the release of a new album [10][11]. The next day, the online publication Life, citing a source close to the company, reported that what was happening was a marketing move before the upcoming rebranding [12][13]. At the same time, in 2016, Sasha Chest announced his departure from the label.

In early March 2018, R'n'B singer Kristina Si left the label.

On February 10, 2018, the label is casting the first season of the show "Songs" on the TNT channel. According to the results of the casting, Oleg Ternovoy (Terry) became the winner, and contracts were signed with Nazima Dzhanibekova and Daniil Burtsev (DanyMuse). At the same time in autumn with Alexander Dobrovsky (Pabl.A).

In mid-March 2019, R'n'B artists Egor Creed and L'one left the label.

On February 16, 2019, the label holds the casting of the second season of the show "Songs" on the TNT channel for the second time. According to the results of the casting, Vyacheslav Isakov (Slame) became the new artist of the label, and contracts were signed with Anna Boronina, Arsen Antonyan, Artem Amchislavsky (Amchi) and Anna Saidalieva (Anet Sai).

On July 27, 2020, the label's immediate founder Timati leaves, also withdrawing the full catalog of his songs. The reason is called the "loss of chamber charm" of the label[14].

In September 2021, Egor Ship joins the label[15].

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Kain Warwick is the founder of Synthetix, a synthetic asset issuance platform built on Ethereum. Synthetix specializes in minting and creating synthetic tokens and it is one of the biggest ecosystems in decentralized finance (DeFi).

He is also the Co-Founder and CEO of blueshyft, a retail payment network of over 1200 locations across Australia. blueshyft has become the largest cryptocurrency payment gateway in Australia, processing tens of millions of dollars in transaction volume.

Warwick is a graduate of Waverley College (1996 - 1998).

He attended the University of New South Wales where he earned a BSc in Genetics in 2000.

Early in his career, Warwick was an IT Manager at Whatcard.com, Cameras Manager at Harvey Norman, an Assistant Tennis Coach at The Bay Club Company, and Pro Audio Manager at Guitar Center. From 2005 to 2009, Warwick was the Guitar and Vocals of The Lie Society, a band based in Boston and played throughout the Northeastern United States.

In 2009, Warwick was the Founder of Pouncer a live auction site exclusive to Australia. From 2010 to 2012, Warwick was a Franchisee of the Australian-based retailer of electrical, computer, furniture, entertainment and bedding goods retailer Harvey Norman.

In January 2013, Warwick was the Founder of Ai, a specialty music retailer that operated online to deliver the best prices and service on music equipment in Australia. In February 2014, Warwick became a Project Manager at White Labelled, a digital media firm for Australian businesses. Warwick is an Advisory Board Member & Investor to The Burger Collective and Advisory Council Member for the Australian Digital Commerce Association.

In April 2014, Warwick became the Co-Founder and CEO of blueshyft, a platform that supports a number of services, including over the counter bitcoin purchases, deposits into digital wallets and logistics solutions. In December 2016, Warwick founded Havven, a decentralized payment network that uses a stablecoin that allows users to transfer value online without the need for a central authority.

Founder

Synthetix

Dec 2016 – present time

Sydney, Australia

Founder & Non-exec Director

blueshyft

Apr 2014 – present time

Sydney, Australia

Advisory Council Member

Blockchain Australia

Nov 2017 – present time

Sydney, Australia

Advisory Board Member & Investor

The Burger Collective

July 2016 – present time

Sydney, Australia

Author

Bending Metal

Nov 2016 - Dec 2017

Sydney, Australia

Project Manager

White Labelled

Feb 2014 - Oct 2014

Sydney, Australia

Founder

Ai

Jan 2013 - July 2014

Sydney Area, Australia

Franchisee

Harvey Norman

March 2010 - Dec 2012

Founder

Pouncer

Jan 2009 - June 2010

Sydney, Australia

Guitar/ Vocals

The Lie Society (Band)

Oct 2005 - Sept 2009

Greater Boston Area

Pro Audio Manager

Guitar Center

Jan 2006 - Aug 2008

Greater Boston Area

Assistant Tennis Coach

The Bay Club Company (formerly Western Athletic Clubs)

Sept 2002 - Aug 2005

Cameras Manager

Harvey Norman

Feb 2001 - Jan 2002

IT Manager

Whatcard.com

Feb 2000 - Dec 2000

Balancer Labs; part of a $24.5M raise (8-6-2021).

BarnBridge. Participated in a $1M seed round for BarnBridge (14-9-2020).

BitDAO; part of their $230M private funding round (17-6-2021).

BoardRoom. Participated in a $2.2M raise for BoardRoom (13-10-2020).

Cozy Finance. Part of a $2M raise for Cozy Finance (3-9-2020).

Element Finance; took part in their Series A raise of$32M (19-10-2021).

Euler; part of the $8m raise (25-8-2021).

Illuvium; was part of a $5M investment round (12-3-2021).

Lido; participated in a $2M seed round among many others (15-10-2020).

Maple Finance; participated in a $1.3M raise (12-2020).

Opyn; participated in a $6.5M raise (4-2-2021).

Polymarket. Participated in a $4M raise for Polymarket (19-10-2020).

RabbitHole. Participated in an undisclosed round (3-12-2020).

Zapper. Participated in the $1.5M seed round, among many other participants (27-8-2020).

After being one of the few successful 2017-era initial coin offerings to survive the 2018–2019 altcoin bear market, Warwick stepped down as Synthetix’s “benevolent dictator” as the project transitioned to a decentralized autonomous organization governance structure on Oct. 29.

Together with the founding team and other community members, Warwick was able to grow Synthetix to become one of DeFi’s “blue chip” projects. Synthetix was one of only five DeFi unicorns, with over $1.2 billion in the total value of Ether locked in the project. The SNX token also scored massive gains during the year, increasing sixfold and reaching a new all-time high in December.

Warwick has identified the first three months of 2021 as being an important period for the project. According to the Synthetix founder, much-talked-about features like “synthetic shares” for U.S. stocks such as Apple and Tesla should happen before the end of the first quarter of 2021.

Warwick has also led efforts to deploy and test a layer-two version of the Synthetix platform, as well as a complete overhaul of the protocol’s escrow contracts as part of the Synthetix v3 migration event.