Bitcoin Gamers Offered Steam Lifeline, Craigslist Goes Crypto

In a blow for serious gamers who use the world’s most popular cryptocurrency, bitcoin, Steam announced they would no longer accept it as a method of payment. Price volatility and high transaction fees doomed the relationship. In freer economies, however, other companies like Bitrefill see such problems as an opportunity to gain market share by providing customers a lifeline to coveted services. And sensing advantage as well, the online classified marketplace, Craigslist, now allows users the ability to specify that they accept cryptocurrency payments between users