Online gaming platform Roblox has added support for Ripple’s XRP tokens as a payment method.
News Alert 📰@Xsolla now accepts XRP(@Ripple) with BitPay as a payment method for their games, such as @Smitegame and @Roblox. You can use your favorite cryptocurrency to buy, play, and enjoy gaming like never before.#BitPay #crypto #Smite #Xsolla #Roblox pic.twitter.com/NAg2EyOVGM
— BitPay (@BitPay) October 17, 2023
The new payment method has become available through the Xsolla platform, which manages financial transactions in Roblox itself and the multiplayer video game Smite.
The BitPay processing service acted as a partner to ensure uninterrupted connection with crypto wallets.
Roblox is available on all major platforms, including Windows, macOS, Android, iOS, Xbox One and PlayStation 4. According to Demandsageat the end of July the project had an average of 65.5 million active users per day, of which 44% were under 13 years of age.
In the first quarter of 2023, players spent approximately $773 million on domestic purchases.
Xsolla has been trying to integrate cryptocurrency into its payment system for a long time. In August 2022, the company entered into a partnership agreement with the management service Coinchange Financial and the Web3 streaming platform TradeZing to develop a payment mechanism using non-fungible tokens.
The firm later teamed up with Crypto.com to integrate the latter’s financial solution into Xsolla’s Pay Station platform.
Xsolla’s partnership with BitPay dates back to 2014, when the service began accepting payments in Bitcoin. In September of this year, the company added support for the PYUSD stablecoin from PayPal. Xsolla became one of the first merchants to accept the payment giant’s “stable coin” for payment.
In August, Grand Theft Auto publisher Take-Two Interactive Software, through its subsidiary Zynga, announced the release of the Web3 game Sugartown.
In July, Sega delayed the launch of its own blockchain games, saying they were “boring” and not fun.
Source: Cryptocurrency
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