Move-to-earn project STEPN has announced that it will integrate Apple Pay to make its app more widely accessible.
The integration will allow users to link their credit cards to Apple Pay and purchase the NFT assets required for the game. With Apple Pay as a fiat payment method, users will no longer have to connect a cryptocurrency wallet to purchase in-game assets.
Manghani: Integration Will Help Users Join Web3
Shiti Manghani, STEPN’s business manager, told CoinDesk that the inclusion of a payment service like Apple Pay, a technology unique to iOS users, will help the next 100 million users join Web3.
Manghani also underlined that the STEPN project is the first blockchain gaming application to secure Apple Pay integration. The executive continued his words as follows: “It is a very prestigious privilege to be approved by Apple for this type of integration. These big platforms allow us to reach wider audiences. Our effort has always been to diversify both the app and Web3 and demonstrate the benefits it can provide to an audience that isn’t just limited to the Web3 community.”
According to data platform Dune Analytics, STEPN quickly reached over 700,000 monthly active users in May 2022, but has since slumped to 23,000.
Jerry Huang, co-founder of Find Satoshi Labs, the company behind STEPN, said that using a mix of Web2 and Web3 technologies is a useful way to bring more users into the ecosystem.
Huang stated that the Apple Pay integration will make the user journey much smoother and remove barriers to entry for anyone who wants to start earning.
Following these developments, GMT, the native cryptocurrency of the STEPN project, increased by 13 percent.
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