Gaming Giant Steam Disables Bitcoin in Russia
Steam, a platform that offers instant access to games globally, is no longer accepting bitcoin in Russia, according to customers in the country. The Steam payment page does not include the option to use bitcoin, according to this screenshot provided by a Russian customer. There was nothing about the change in policy for Russia on the company’s website at the time of this report. Steam’s acceptance of bitcoin in April garnered major attention at the time. Bitcoin Disabled. A Steam user who goes by the name ‘Eliot the Cougar’ contacted CCN on Friday after he was no longer able to buy Steam....
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New translation strings in Steam’s Translation Server – a project to localize Steam in 26 languages – suggest that game developer and digital distributor Valve will soon begin to offer bitcoin as a payment option to the world’s biggest PC gaming distributor and store, Steam. A leaked string from Steam’s translation project has revealed that Valve’s Steam will soon integrate bitcoin as a payment option to its PC gaming community. The integration is made possible by using Bitpay’s API, the leak shows. The strings were leaked on Reddit and are included below: