March 29, 2024

Twitch Offers Discounts When Paying With Cryptocurrency

Twitch Offers Discounts When Paying with Cryptocurrency

Twitch – a streaming platform with 15 million daily active users – offers10% discount onsubscription in case of payment with cryptocurrency.

The popular platform for gamers, owned by Amazon, has outpaced rival streaming service YouTube Gaming and now has over 27,000 affiliate channels and 2.2 million streams per month.

Users can subscribe to their favorite streamer's channel to get exclusive access to chat, badges, and more.What's more, subscribing is a way to support Twitch content creators.

The platform now accepts payments through the BitPay system in Bitcoin, Ethereum, Bitcoin Cash, Litecoin, and four stablecoins – GUSD, USDC, PAX, and BUSD.To pay for your subscription with cryptocurrency with a 10% discount, you need to select the "pay with BitPay" option during checkout.

Bill Zielke, Director of Marketing at BitPay, noted:

We are seeing more and more online merchants interested in using cryptocurrency as a form of payment.Twitch is the first major seller to take advantage of this trend.

Other gaming platforms also accept cryptocurrency payments. Microsoft, for example, allows you tousers can fund their accounts with BTC, which can then be used in Microsoft Xbox stores. 

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