Tron founder and CEO Justin Sun’s decentralized peer-to-peer filesharing network BitTorrent has bought DLive, the blockchain-based livestreaming home of world No. 2 YouTuber PewDiePie.
SEC doubles down, approving a second blockchain token offering in less than 24 hours
Instead of selling its Props Tokens, streaming video platform YouNow will use the cryptocurrency to reward users and creators
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission approved a second blockchain company’s request to sell its tokens to the public on July 11, a day after breaking ground by greenlighting its first public cryptocurrency sale.
PewDiePie endorsement brings controversy to kooky blockchain company
The YouTuber’s endorsement brought a big bump in users, but also accusations of privacy violations
YouTube superstar and occasional anti-Semite PewDiePie stirred up another blockchain-based controversy by endorsing a cryptocurrency-powered social media app that describes itself in terms usually reserved for failed philosophy PhD’s or Jim Jones wannabes.
Partnering with YouTube star PewDiePie brought DLive 2 million new viewers in April
The jump in viewers shows the blockchain streaming platform’s partnership with the controversial streamer is paying off
DLive saw its audience grow by 67% and the number of content creators using the DApp to reach an audience double in April, the same month it announced the controversial Swedish YouTube star chose it for his livestream broadcasts.
