Online gaming platform Roblox now allows its over 200 million monthly active users to make in-game purchases with XRP cryptocurrency. This new payment option is enabled through a collaboration between Roblox’s in-game payment processor Xsolla and crypto payment provider BitPay.
Keypoints
- Xsolla, a gaming company based in Los Angeles, has enabled XRP as a payment option for its games through a collaboration with BitPay.
- This allows Xsolla customers to purchase in-game items with XRP for games like Roblox and Smitegame.
- The addition of XRP expands BitPay’s crypto payment options to 16 top digital currencies.
Los Angeles-based Xsolla, founded in 2005, provides payment and commerce solutions tailored for video game developers and publishers. The company manages in-game transactions for Roblox across platforms like Windows, Mac, iOS, Android, Xbox and PlayStation.
In Q1 2023 alone, Roblox users spent approximately $773 million on in-game…