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Imagine you're watching your favorite YouTuber late at night (like, for example, Crypto Finally Explained 😏).
They make you laugh, you learn something useful, and you think, "I'd totally buy this person a coffee if I could."
Normally, that "coffee" has to travel through credit cards, banks, payment apps, fees, delays... the whole shebang.
Now imagine you could just tap a button and send value directly to them.
That's basically what just happened in crypto.
Rumble, a video platform similar to YouTube, launched a built-in crypto wallet for its users.
To do it, they partnered with Tether, the company behind USDT.
The wallet is non-custodial. In other words, Rumble doesn't hold your money for you. You do.
So, inside the Rumble app, users can now:
👉 Hold crypto themselves;
👉 And send it directly to creators;
... all without banks, cards, or payment processors in the middle.
Right now, the supported cryptos include Bitcoin, USDT, and XAUT (Tether's token backed by gold).
And this whole thing matters because it expands where crypto lives.
Most crypto usage today is still concentrated in exchanges, wallets, and DeFi apps. Those environments are important...
But they're closed loops. They don't naturally introduce new participants unless someone already wants to "do crypto."
Rumble changes that dynamic.
Crypto becomes part of an activity people already understand: supporting creators. The wallet isn't the destination - it's the plumbing.
That's how crypto moves from opt-in curiosity to infrastructure, which helps it expand without needing hype.
So, this launch isn't something loud - but it's structurally meaningful.
Crypto adoption usually doesn't announce itself. It shows up when moving value feels obvious, normal, and frictionless - and you barely notice you’re using it at all.
That's what's happening here. And it's definitely interesting to see.
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