Steam Level Up! Bitcoin Accepted
Gaming and digital distribution platform Steam will now accept bitcoin payments from users around the world, a feature enabled by bitcoin payment processor BitPay. After whispers, rumors, and leaks that leads to the inevitable inclusion of a global currency for a global marketplace, Valve’s Steam, the biggest PC gaming platform and distributor in the world with some 125 million active users (2015 stats), has now started accepting bitcoin as a mode of payment. The announcement was made by BitPay, the payment processor who will enable bitcoin payments for Steam. BitPay revealed that Valve,....
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