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YouTube star Mr Beast, with 50M subscribers, becomes a verified Brave browser publisher

 YouTube star Mr Beast, with 50M subscribers,  becomes a verified Brave browser publisher  WikiBit 2021-01-07 15:07

Mr Beast, who runs a YouTube channel with more than 50 million subscribers, is making a return to crypto years after deleting all of his old videos on the subject.

Joshua Mapperson

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YouTube star Mr Beast, with 50M subscribers, becomes a verified Brave browser publisher

Mr Beast, joins almost 1 million other verified Brave publishers, potentially exposing some of his subscribers to Brave browser and its native BAT token.

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Jimmy Donaldson, aka “Mr Beast,” a prominent YouTuber boasting 50.2 million subscribers and 8.5 billion total views, now owns a verified Brave browser account — potentially exposing some of his enormous audience to virtual currency.

Donaldson is not new to crypto and is believed to have made a considerable amount of money via cryptocurrency investments. The star previously hosted videos discussing crypto before his channel exploded in popularity and he reportedly purchased a $100,000 car using his crypto profits. However, his account was later purged of all content relating to virtual currency.

Mr Beast also spoke on KEEMSTARs podcast about how he almost lost his BTC due to a house break in, but managed to move the funds to a new wallet.

With Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies surging in price, the famous YouTuber appears to be making a return to crypto, by becoming a verified Brave browser publisher. This will allow viewers to tip his channel with BAT tokens — the native Brave browser crypto.

Brave, founded by JavaScript creator Brendan Eich, rose in popularity over the last two years — attracting almost 1 million publishers and more than 24 million active monthly users. The browser currently has 528,756 YouTube, 126,740 Twitter, and 69,000 website and Twitch publishers.

The addition of Mr Beast to Braves growing list of publishers has some in the community predicting large price increases for the BAT token. According to Coingecko, BAT tokens are currently trading for $0.254 each, up 9.5% over the past 24 hours.

Mr Beast is far from the first prominent YouTuber to embrace crypto. In 2019, PewDiePie, who once held the most subscribed channel with more than 100 million subscribers, began hosting his streams on the blockchain video platform Dlive. However, on May 4, 2020, YouTube signed an exclusive deal with him, preventing him from continuing to use Dlive.

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