NFT Game StepN Will Be Integrated With Apple Pay

StepN's blockchain game will be integrated with Apple Pay. (Photo; Doc. StepN)

JAKARTA StepN, the NFT gaming platform, will soon be integrated with Apple's payment platform, namely Apple Pay. That way, game users can purchase NFT sneakers in the StepN application can use Apple Pay as this integration is implemented.

This information was announced by NFT Now on May 22. As is known, StepN is a move-to-earn type game that allows users to get a crypto reward by doing sports activities such as running or running.

For information only, StepN was first launched in December 2020. It was first available in the App Store application store. StepN offers virtual shoe trading for its users. By buying virtual shoes, players can generate revenue in the form of a GMT coin that can be transferred or sold in the crypto market.

Then in May 2022, StepN managed to gain popularity with an increase in the number of monthly active users reaching more than 705,000 players, according to Dune Analytics data. That is the highest number of users of the StepN application. Unfortunately, in 2023 StepN users will shrink to less than 30,000 blockchain game players.

Even though its users are drastically affected by the decline in the crypto market and other factors, it seems that StepN will not stop developing and innovating on its platform. This is evident in StepN's latest partnership with Apple Pay. This is StepN's step forward in becoming the leading move-to-earn game leader.

The integration of Apple Pay in StepN is expected to make transactions and in-app access easier to continue the growth of their game users. With Apple Pay, users don't have to bother connecting their crypto wallets to the StepN app to make transactions.

"This integration opens up new opportunities for us, making Web3 more accessible to the wider community, and most importantly, bridging web2 and Web3 technologies in a way that had not previously been seen," said Yawn Rong, co-founder of StepN.

Another StepN co-founder, Jerry Huang, highlighted the same thing. According to him, Apple Pay's integration with StepN has the opportunity to increase the ease of user access. Huang also wants to ensure that Web3 space reaches the level of maturity required to become mainstream.

The announcement of the partnership with Apple Pay comes after the launch of the New Horizon Initiative StepN, a reward program for the StepN community. With this program, the rarest virtual shoe holder, StepN Genesis Sneakers will get 80 million GMT coins in February.