Amazon-Owned Twitch Re-adds Bitcoin Payments Using Coinbase
Twitch, an Amazon-owned live streaming video platform which integrated Bitcoin back in August 2014, has began to offer Bitcoin as a payment option again using the Coinbase payment processing gateway since August 21, 2016. Two years ago, Twitch partnered with gaming payments giant Xsolla to provide various payment options to its gamers and users. Through the Xsolla network, users were able to support their favorite gamers and streamers using Bitcoin, which required substantially small transaction fees and processing time compared to traditional forms of payments. However, as the Xsolla....
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