March 28, 2024

Twitch offered users a discount for paying for a subscription with cryptocurrency

The popular streaming service will allow customers to save 10% when using Bitcoin, Ethereum and othersdigital money.

Popular streaming service Twitch,owned by Amazon, offered users a discount if they paid for a subscription with cryptocurrency. This promotion is valid as part of a partnership with the Bitpay payment system. Its commercial director Bill Zelke, in an interview with Cointelegraph, clarified that the initiative came from Twitch.

“More and more online stores are usingcryptocurrency as a marketing payment instrument. This is interesting because most of the payment options go through alternative payments through PayPal ... Twitch is the first major service to join the trend, ”he said.

For the first time, the ability to pay for a subscription with cryptocurrencyappeared on Twitch in 2014. In early 2019, the service removed this option, but three months later it was returned. Currently, you can use Bitcoin, Ethereum, Bitcoin Cash and Litecoin for payments. As of February 2020, Twitch had 15 million daily active users, according to videogamesstats.com.

July 23 Soviet and Russian chess player GarryKasparov stated that the rise in popularity of bitcoin is inevitable. Digital money has many advantages over traditional money, including limited emission and data confidentiality.

 

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