After spending one week in Vancouver with our Founder (and Bitcoin evangelist) Calvin Ayre and attending GamCrowd’s Tech Conference, I couldn’t help but dedicate this week’s edition of Becky’s Affiliated to Bitcoin and how we as an industry can continue to follow the progress of this groundbreaking technology.

One of my “go to” sources for anything Bitcoin and gaming has always been Eric Benz, a friendly and informed professional who has been working in the payments technology sector for over ten years, with a more recent focus on the evolving Bitcoin and Blockchain technology.  Benz now serves as the Managing Director of Cryptopay, a “Paypal meets Revolute meets Bitcoin” payment solution.

According to Benz, Cryptopay is the largest Bitcoin pre-paid card issuer in existence and the company has already locked in a number of gaming operators and payment gateways while recently soft-launching their new mobile app.  Benz highlighted the simplicity of his company’s service for both merchants and customers and urges everyone to try out the mobile app to see for themselves just how simple it is to obtain and use a Bitcoin pre-paid debit card.

In an effort to expand his company’s reach and the Bitcoin ecosystem in general, Benz has been proactively meeting with gaming regulators, attending conferences, leading sessions and consulting with event organizers to educate all related parties on what needs to happen to make Bitcoin work.