Spotify used for large-scale money-laundering by criminal gangs in Sweden. Not really news, but today Swedish newspaper SvD presents the first real investigation of the matter. Cash is used to buy bitcoin, which is used to buy #Spotify streams from botfarms, boosting rappers associated with the gangs who can then receive legal royalty payments.
Quite illustrative for the financialization of music more generally.
https://www.svd.se/a/eJRGOQ/gangkriminella-avslojar-tvattar-pengar-pa-spotify