Broadcasters on Streamlabs, a Twitch streaming app, can now accept cryptocurrency as tips, the posted on June 1.
According to market intelligence provider, during the first quarter of 2018, the Amazon-owned Twitch garnered 2 bln viewing hours, with Steamlabs making up . Steamlabs reported in April that they had made almost $35 mln in tips in the 2018 Q1.
In order to enable crypto tips, a broadcaster will have to connect their account to crypto exchange and wallet . The blog notes that while only (BTC), (ETH), (LTC), and (BCH) will be available for tipping — as those are currently the only coin options on Coinbase — Streamlabs will be “looking into adding other coins in the future.”
Twitch has been accepting bitcoin payments since 2014, with a slight break before they in 2016.
Published at Mon, 04 Jun 2018 20:17:00 +0000
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