Mobile payments service MenaPay announced support for Twitch tipping with their MenaCash stablecoin.

Blockchain-based payments service MenaPay updated its mobile app to add back up for Twitch donations, according to a press release shared with Cointelegraph Turkey on Dec. 27. Twitch viewers are now able to use their MenaPay mobile app to tip their favorite Twitch players while watching their streams with MenaCash, a USD-pegged stablecoin built by the same team. This move comes weeks later on MenaPay let streamers employ MenaPay app to collect donations on a blockchain-based surroundings.

Per the release, the digital gaming manufacture grew into a giant online space where more than than three.7 million streamers share their experience with their audience on Twitch. Viewers have the choice to support their favorite streamers by either altruistic in while they stream, or condign a paid subscriber. MenaPay'southward blockchain-based mobile payment service uses QR codes to enable viewers to donate Twitch streamers in seconds.

"Introducing MenaPay to Twitch streamers as a manner to collect donations was a critical milestone in strengthening the span between the gaming community and blockchain applied science," said MenaPay CEO Cagla Gul Senkardes. She added:

"Following the announcement, we saw incredible demand from Twitch'south viewer base, which too wants to use a uncomplicated ways of donating. We made the necessary advancements and updated our app to back up the gaming community further. Now, viewers can too integrate their MenaPay app with Twitch and make their donations from their smartphones in seconds."

Gaming and crypto communities become paw in mitt

Twitch has a dearest-hate relationship with crypto. Every bit previously reported by Cointelegraph, the game streaming giant removed Bitcoin and Bitcoin Cash support from the platform in March, only to reenable them in June. The blockchain-based cyberspace browser Brave also supports tipping on Twitch, forth with YouTube and Twitter.

DLive is another blockchain project that aims to support the gaming community in a decentralized way. Rewards and marketing company Refereum has partnered with decentralized streaming platform DLive to advantage gamers for creating and watching content. Per the article, players can earn rewards past engaging with live streams.

The gaming world is non the only place where crypto donations count: Cointelegraph reported in October that Agatha Bacelar, a candidate for the United States House of Representatives in 2022, is open to crypto donations.