Music is a pretty interesting space to be in and a place where some real issues exist where blockchain can definitely play a huge part. Sort of democratising the music industry. Now that Potentiam is on exchanges, things seem to be progressing very well. Good luck team.
As you rightly said, it is best as it prepares altcoins for self dependence. If you're in this for the long term, every time the price of projects you trust in go down, it provides you with an opportunity to buy more.
Oh I love the idea. I mean, as other members have said, it pretty much helps the goodwill of cryptocurrency after all the reputation it had for being used for money laundering, buying drugs etc.
There are quite a number of women in crypto. These women are also becoming an inspiration to women in tech that want to get into crypto: https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/312055
But the larger point is that tech should be inclusive and not a bro-zone. We must work towards making sure of that. Not only women, but also people of non-binary gender should participate.
The agreement appears to be hitting two birds using one stone as it marks an international way-in point for the giant IBM into the fertile space and also creating another sequence for blockchain tech adoption in the whole African continent.
I've often wondered about what the future of blockchain would look like. I guess a good start for your article would be to look at some of the glaring shortcomings of the current blockchain and see what solutions exist to them. Here's the question i posted on Quora about this: https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-third-generation-blockchain
Perhaps some of the answers might help you with your article.