- Rumble, the video streaming platform best known for its popularity with right-wing content creators, has announced it will launch a crypto wallet in Q3 2025, in partnership with payments provider MoonPay.
- The company said the wallet will let creators be paid in crypto directly within the Rumble app, with MoonPay providing all crypto on- and off-ramp services.
- The move comes as Rumble looks to deepen its crypto ties after stablecoin issuer Tether invested US$775 million (AU$1.1b) in the company in December 2024.
‘Alt-tech’ video streaming platform, Rumble, which is popular with right-wing content creators, has announced the planned launch of its own crypto wallet in Q3 of 2025 in partnership with leading crypto payments provider MoonPay.
MoonPay will power all crypto on- and off-ramp services within Rumble Wallet. Rumble said the partnership would “allow users to seamlessly buy, sell and swap crypto, putting control directly into the hands of the community.” Rumble Founder and CEO Chris Pavlovski gushed that the wallet would “change the game for creators.”
We’re not just building tools – we’re building freedom. And we want partners who are as obsessed with empowering people as we are.
Chris Pavlovski, Rumble founderA second pillar of the deal will see MoonPay’s creative agency, Otherlife, begin using Rumble’s cloud infrastructure, Rumble Cloud, to meet its “next-gen object storage and decentralized compute” needs. Commenting on the partnership, MoonPay’s CEO, Ivan Soto-Wright, said “crypto represents financial freedom, the same way Rumble represents freedom of expression.”
In addition to its deepening ties to the crypto industry, Rumble also has close links to the Trump Organisation. Rumble Cloud powers Donald Trump’s social media platform, Truth Social, and it reportedly has a “wide-ranging technology and cloud services agreement” with Truth Social’s parent company, the Trump Media and Technology Group. Rumble has also previously received funding from vice-president JD Vance through the investment firm he co-founded, Narya Capital.
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Rumble Embraces Crypto Following Tether’s US$775 Million Investment
Rumble has been actively investing in digital assets and looking to leverage blockchain tech since Tether, the issuer of the world’s largest stablecoin, took a US$775 million (AU$1.1b) stake in the company in December 2024.
At the time of the investment, Tether CEO Paulo Arduino said he’d like to see crypto payments come to the video streaming platform.
One of the ways I’d like to see it [crypto] being used is on Rumble, where creators can receive donations in BTC or Tether — or even get paid in BTC or Tether or US dollars, whatever they prefer. And that’s kind of the way we’re moving the company and that’s the future.
Paulo Arduino, Tether CEOSubsequently, in March of 2025 Rumble bought 188 BTC, then valued at US$17.1 million. At the time of the purchase Pavlovski said the company had plans to go deeper into crypto:
“We are excited to announce these purchases and allocation of Bitcoin as part of our treasury strategy as well as a larger strategic move as we further expand our ties to the crypto industry. These holdings have the potential to serve as a valuable hedge against inflation and will not be subject to dilution like so many overprinted government-issued currencies.”
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Posting on X after the announcement of Rumble’s partnership with MoonPay, Pavlovski celebrated Bitcoin’s recent all-time high and touted Rumble’s embrace of crypto:
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