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Playboy to Soon Allow Bitcoin and Other Cryptocurrencies Across its Platform

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Playboy to Soon Allow Bitcoin and Other Cryptocurrencies Across its Platform

The US-based company, Playboy Enterprises, Inc., has announced that it will start accepting cryptocurrency payments beginning later this year. In a press release dated March 14, 2018, Playboy revealed that it is working on creating an online payment gateway to facilitate cryptocurrency payments across the company’s adult entertainment business. The company will set up a multi-cryptocurrency wallet to enable ease of payment for its audience.

Once the online cryptocurrency payment setup goes live, Playboy will also begin accepting the Vice Entertainment Token (VIT). The token has been specifically created for the adult entertainment industry.

The first platform to start accepting cryptocurrency payments will be Playboy.TV and its visitors will be paid with Vice tokens for watching exclusive content. VIT founder, Stuart Duncan, feels that the existing ad-driven business model of adult entertainment websites is deeply flawed. He argues that there is a need to reward users through tokens to increase their engagement with the platform. Users will be able to redeem their VIT tokens on the Playboy platform.

Playboy, originally founded in 1953 as an American men’s lifestyle and entertainment magazine, has experienced a huge reduction in its earnings due to other adult websites. There have also been several instances of piracy when a video made exclusively for Playboy’s platform was distributed on other websites. Since the content was freely available on other websites such as Pornhub, it resulted in a revenue loss for Playboy.

A New Chapter for Playboy?

Most of Playboy’s revenue today comes from licensing its brand name to other merchants. In 2015, its magazine and digital publishing brought in $38 million while licensing rights raked in $55 million. Playboy has been steadily trying to move in a profitable direction after the death of its founder Hugh Hefner. There were also reports in January 2018 that it would exit the print magazine business due to excessive losses.

Reena Patel, Chief Commercial Officer and Head of Operations at Playboy, said, “As the popularity of alternative payment methods continues to grow around the world, along with the reach Playboy’s digital platforms, we felt it was important to give our 100 million monthly consumers increased payment flexibility.”

She further asserted her belief that this move would turn out to be a game changer, “This innovation gives the millions of people who enjoy our content, as well as those in the future who participate in our casual gaming, AR and VR platforms, more choices with regard to payment and in the case of VIT, an opportunity to be rewarded for engaging with Playboy offerings.”

The move is not the first instance of Playboy accepting cryptocurrency payments though, as Playboy Plus has been accepting bitcoin from as early as 2014.

Adult Industry Continues to Adopt Crypto

Another adult website, Xhamster, has also been accepting cryptocurrency. Its project manager stated, “Bitcoin profit is not as big compared to traditional billing methods yet, but it’s growing. What’s very important for our members, it’s anonymity (actually pseudonymous).”

The adult entertainment industry has been steadily adopting cryptocurrencies. A website saw its sales rise by more than ten percent after it began accepting payments in bitcoin. One reason why more subscribers are using digital tokens to pay at such websites is to keep their identity anonymous.

It remains to be seen how accepting cryptocurrency payments will turn out to be for Playboy. Some critics argue that the price of bitcoin and ether is too volatile, causing the rates provided on the Playboy platform to fluctuate. Another argument is that the transaction fee of most cryptocurrencies may turn out to be a major deterrent to user adoption.

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