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Today the leading provider of marketing services for the world’s leading brands IZEA Worldwide Inc. announced that it accepts Bitcoin and Ethereum as payment for its work. IZEA will also start paying select influencers in cryptocurrency for campaigns paid for in digital assets.
In a recent survey of 1,000 US participants, IZEA found that influencers were the first to switch to cryptocurrency: 65% of influencers surveyed already own cryptocurrency, 50% expressed interest in getting paid in cryptocurrency for content creation.
Today’s decision by influencer marketing pioneer IZEA responds to this demand by allowing top brands to pay in crypto for promotional campaigns.
IZEA first introduced cryptocurrency in 2018 when it started running an altcoin mining business.
At that time, we believed that blockchain would play an important role in the development of the Internet, and we were right, even though there was a lot of legal uncertainty in the space at that time, ” said IZEA founder and CEO Ted Murphy.
Recent changes in the cryptocurrency market open up a great opportunity for IZEA. BTC and ETH have dropped significantly from their all-time highs. When these assets are trading at a discount from their highest point, it is a good time to start using them.
IZEA’s initial mining operations focused on alternative currencies, which the company converted to Bitcoin and Ethereum. The company currently has BTC and ETH and has benefited greatly from the appreciation of these assets over the years.
IZEA created the influencer marketing industry in 2006, Murphy said. “Our industry will continue to evolve and we intend to continually introduce new types of influencer partnerships on new platforms.
The adoption of Bitcoin and Ethereum and the payment of influencers in cryptocurrency opens new doors and is likely to play a key role in future collaboration in the metaverse.
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