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Pokémon GO Creator’s AR Platform Is Now Being Used To Hunt Bitcoin, Not Pocket Monsters

“This is the easiest, most fun way to get your first piece of Bitcoin”.

Niantic, the studio being the smartphone hit Pokémon GO, has lent its AR platform to payments company Fold to create a new kind of ‘catch ’em all’ adventure – but this time, players are hunting for the cryptocurrency Bitcoin rather than monsters.

Payments company Fold has leveraged Niantic’s AR platform to create an in-app experience where users can earn Bitcoin by exploring a virtual environment based on their immediate surroundings, described by the firm as a “real-world metaverse”.

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