{"id":176308,"date":"2023-10-18T08:22:29","date_gmt":"2023-10-18T02:52:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/?p=176308"},"modified":"2023-10-18T08:22:29","modified_gmt":"2023-10-18T02:52:29","slug":"roblox-debunks-inaccurate-xrp-support-claims-says-crypto-payments-not-allowed-crypto-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/roblox-debunks-inaccurate-xrp-support-claims-says-crypto-payments-not-allowed-crypto-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Roblox Debunks ‘Inaccurate’ XRP Support Claims, Says Crypto Payments Not Allowed – Crypto News"},"content":{"rendered":"
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On social media, false claims can spread like wildfire\u2014even well after the source media has been deleted.<\/span><\/p>\n

Roblox<\/span><\/a> has denied that it will support XRP<\/a> payments, despite claims that spread widely on Tuesday, telling <\/span>Decrypt<\/span><\/i> that any suggestion that gamers could buy Robux to pay for in-game items with Ripple\u2019s XRP token is \u201cinaccurate.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The rumors began swirling late Monday when payments processor BitPay<\/a> tweeted that users could begin using Ripple\u2019s XRP token for Xsolla payments in supported games\u2014and tagged the free-to-play games Roblox and Smite.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cXsolla now accepts XRP with BitPay as a payment method for their games such as Smite and Roblox,\u201d BitPay wrote in a now-deleted post. \u201cYou can use your favorite cryptocurrency to buy, play, and enjoy gaming like never before,\u201d the post claimed.<\/span><\/p>\n

When asked why the tweet was deleted, BitPay CMO Bill Zielke told <\/span>Decrypt <\/span><\/i>via email: \u201cThere was an error in the tweet. We will have more tweets about merchants accepting crypto in the near future. Stay tuned.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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Despite the post\u2019s removal, however, rumors quickly spread, with the news being misinterpreted as Roblox \u201c<\/span>integrating<\/span>\u201d XRP into its payment offerings. One tweet<\/a> from prominent crypto investors Scott Melker, with about 270,000 views at time of writing, creates a false link between Roblox and the cryptocurrency, and further claims that the \u201cnews\u201d suggests a better \u201clegal climate\u201d for the token.<\/span><\/p>\n

But such claims are unverified and lack a valid source. Roblox told Decrypt<\/i> via email that such claims\u2014including the idea that Roblox is \u201c<\/span>teaming up<\/span><\/a>\u201d with BitPay to bring XRP to gamers\u2014are simply false.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe info isn\u2019t accurate,\u201d a Roblox representative told <\/span>Decrypt<\/span><\/i>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cUnfortunately, we\u2019ve seen quite a few articles on this and the info is inaccurate,\u201d another Roblox spokesperson told <\/span>Decrypt<\/span><\/i>, adding that while Xsolla is indeed one of Roblox\u2019s payment providers, Roblox does not enable cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin<\/a> or XRP as a payment method. The rep further noted that BitPay’s tweet had been removed due to the incorrect information.<\/span><\/p>\n

A quick test of the purchase process for Robux in-game currency via Roblox\u2019s website shows the only U.S. payment options are as follows: credit card, debit card, gift card, PayPal, Venmo, Klarna, CVS Pharmacy payments, or a Paysafecard (a type of prepaid cash card).<\/p>\n

Reached for comment, a representative for Xsolla told <\/span>Decrypt <\/span><\/i>via email: \u201cWe offer payment options for developers to use across their platforms. BitPay is just one of those.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Xsolla also stated that it had nothing to do with the now-deleted BitPay post. According to Xsolla\u2019s website, the tech firm provided a <\/span>gift card solution<\/span><\/a> for Roblox in 2020 and is listed as a payment provider on Roblox\u2019s <\/span>website<\/span><\/a> for credit card charges. Xsolla also provides payment solutions for numerous other gaming companies like Valve, Twitch, Epic Games, and Krafton, to name a few.<\/span><\/p>\n

Edited by Andrew Hayward<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n

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On social media, false claims can spread like wildfire\u2014even well after the source media has been deleted. Roblox has denied that it will support XRP payments, despite claims that spread widely on Tuesday, telling Decrypt that any suggestion that gamers could buy Robux to pay for in-game items with Ripple\u2019s XRP token is \u201cinaccurate.\u201d\u00a0 The […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":176309,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[230,225,221,227,226,228,229,60,223,224,222],"class_list":["post-176308","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cryptocurrency","tag-brave","tag-coinbase","tag-crypto","tag-decentralised","tag-decentralized","tag-decentralized-exchange","tag-erc-20","tag-featured","tag-meme-coin","tag-robinhood","tag-solana"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176308","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=176308"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176308\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":176311,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176308\/revisions\/176311"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/176309"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=176308"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=176308"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=176308"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}