Twitter may launch in-app currency to help handles earn money for tweets

Beyond fluctuating assets such as crypto and virtual coins issued by central banks to counter them, social media is a potent digital currency which delivers returns for online

celebs. The most popular personalities on Instagram can charge more than a million for sponsored posts. After creating an uproar by charging handles for blue ticks, social media

giant Twitter might soon launch an in-app currency, for content creators receieve payments. App researchers Jane Manchun Wong and Nima Owji have come across the feature, and shared

a screenshot on Twitter, which talked about coins that allow users to fund creators whose content impresses them. The coins which aren't spent are stored as a balance amount in

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