US-based crypto gaming visitor Bling has reported a pregnant increase in the number of people using its products since nigh of the world entered various stages of lockdown in response to the COVID-xix pandemic.

According to statistics shared exclusively with Cointelegraph, Bling's user statistics are upwardly near fifty% over the month of March. The platform is reaching lxx,000 users per day, and over 400,000 active users per month. Bling'south flagship app, Bitcoin Blast, has furthermore passed one 1000000 downloads from Google Play Store.

The COVID-19 crisis equally an opportunity

Bling CEO Amy Wan told Cointelegraph that she chalks these statistics upwardly to people being stuck at home "and bored." Not simply are there more than users than earlier, but people are spending more fourth dimension in their apps. Almost of these users are located in the United States, the Philippines, Indonesia and Brazil.

Wan said that this trend has been taking place for mobile gaming in full general. Most companies in this infinite are seeing more than downloads and increased activity amid the quarantine requirements around the world.

Wan said:

"We retrieve that this may be an opportunity for many folks who previously heard of Bitcoin merely never got around to learning much about information technology to take that time to learn and collect some Bitcoin. Whereas many crypto companies focus on selling Bitcoin, our unique proposition is that nosotros requite it abroad for gratuitous through gameplay."

She added that the current situation is both "a blessing and a expletive." Yes, Bling is seeing more users spend more time in its apps. But the company'south advertisement revenue has as well gone down — since some advertisers are pulling their advertizement spend due to economical uncertainty.