{"id":175701,"date":"2023-10-17T13:54:12","date_gmt":"2023-10-17T08:24:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/?p=175701"},"modified":"2023-10-17T13:54:12","modified_gmt":"2023-10-17T08:24:12","slug":"roblox-integrates-xrp-as-payment-method-crypto-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/roblox-integrates-xrp-as-payment-method-crypto-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Roblox integrates XRP as payment method &#8211; Crypto News"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-v-3d3be88a=\"\">\n<p>Roblox, an online game platform with over 200 million monthly active users, now accepts XRP (<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/xrp-price-index\">XRP<\/a>) as a payment method, according to an Oct. 17 announcement from BitPay on X (formerly Twitter).<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">News Alert <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Xsolla?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Xsolla<\/a> now accepts XRP(<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Ripple?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Ripple<\/a>) with BitPay as a payment method for their games, such as <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SMITEGame?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Smitegame<\/a> and <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Roblox?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Roblox<\/a>. You can use your favorite cryptocurrency to buy, play, and enjoy gaming like never before.<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BitPay?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BitPay<\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/crypto?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#crypto<\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Smite?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Smite<\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Xsolla?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Xsolla<\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Roblox?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Roblox<\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NAg2EyOVGM\">pic.twitter.com\/NAg2EyOVGM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 BitPay (@BitPay) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BitPay\/status\/1714092687945547943?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 17, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>XRP as a payment option is now supported by Xsolla, which manages the in-game payments in Roblox. BitPay will act as a partner responsible for the seamless connection with crypto wallets. <\/p>\n<p>Available on all mainstream platforms, such as Windows, macOS, Android, iOS, Xbox One and PlayStation 4, Roblox <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.demandsage.com\/how-many-people-play-roblox\/#:~:text=Roblox%20currently%20has%2066.1%20million,we%20are%20covering%20it%20all!\">counts<\/a> 65.5 million daily active users, 44% of whom are under age 13. Roblox users <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ir.roblox.com\/news\/news-details\/2023\/Roblox-Reports-First-Quarter-2023-Financial-Results\/default.aspx\">spent<\/a> around $773 million on in-game purchases in the first quarter of 2023. <\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Related: <\/em><\/strong><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/ferrari-to-accept-crypto-payments-in-the-us\"><strong><em>Ferrari to accept crypto payments in the US<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Xsolla has been active in its efforts to integrate crypto into its payment system. In August 2022, it <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/xsolla.com\/blog\/new-nft-project-partnership\">partnered<\/a> with automated crypto management platform Coinchange Financial and live-streaming social Web3 platform TradeZing to develop a nonfungible tokens payment solution. In August 2023, it <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/crypto.com\/company-news\/xsolla-and-crypto-com-partner-to-integrate-payment-solutions\">joined<\/a> forces with Crypto.com to integrate the latter\u2019s checkout solution into Xsolla\u2019s Pay Station platform. <\/p>\n<p>The partnership between Xsolla and BitPay goes back to 2014 when the service started to accept payments in Bitcoin (<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/bitcoin-price\">BTC<\/a>). In September 2023, BitPay and Xsolla <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/news-releases\/bitpay-adds-support-for-paypal-usd-pyusd-stablecoin-301924702.html\">rolled<\/a> out PayPal USD (<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/paypal-pyusd-price-index\">PYUSD<\/a>) payments for merchants and consumers.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Magazine: <\/em><\/strong><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/magazine\/crypto-zero-knowledge-voting-finance\/\"><strong><em>Beyond crypto. Zero-knowledge proofs show potential from voting to finance<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Roblox, an online game platform with over 200 million monthly active users, now accepts XRP (XRP) as a payment method, according to an Oct. 17 announcement from BitPay on X (formerly Twitter). News Alert @Xsolla now accepts XRP(@Ripple) with BitPay as a payment method for their games, such as @Smitegame and @Roblox. You can use [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":175702,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[235,203,210,234,231,232,237,238,236,233],"class_list":["post-175701","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blockchain","tag-bitcoin","tag-crypto-currency","tag-elon-musk","tag-ethereum","tag-hyperledger","tag-ibm","tag-mining","tag-nodes","tag-spacex","tag-tesla"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175701","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=175701"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175701\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":175704,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175701\/revisions\/175704"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/175702"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=175701"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=175701"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=175701"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}