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• A boxing stream just set Twitch’s new concurrent viewership record
• Ninja and MrBeast to battle it out at Prime Day gaming event

  On July 9, the two creators—along with “an all-star lineup of gamers, streamers, and their friends,” according to Amazon—will meet at the HyperX Arena in Las Vegas.

  
• Kevin Lin co-founded Twitch. Now he’s raising a $24 million funding round to create pop culture franchises in the metaverse.

  Twitch co-founder Kevin Lin's Web3 company Metatheory has raised a $24 million Series A funding round led by Andreessen Horowitz.

  
• Twitch streamers are making big bucks. BMO wants to help them spend wisely.

  The bank BMO is giving financial advice via a Twitch stream. Meanwhile, on TikTok, financial firms Fidelity and BlackRock are making moves.

  
• Feeling peckish while watching Twitch? Hop over to Jack in the Box’s virtual drive-thru.
• Twitch reportedly wants a bigger cut of streamers’ revenue. Also, it thinks they should try running more ads.
• Disguised Toast, Sykkuno, Valkyrae, and Corpse Husband appeared in an anime. Then they reacted to it.
• Amtrak wanted to prove that a rail line had low traffic. So it went live on Twitch.
• xQcOW broke his Twitch viewership record and started a TikTok account
• From streams to sneakers: Karl Jacobs strikes a deal with Journeys
• Vshojo works with Ironmouse and other popular Vtubers. It just secured $11 million in funding.
• DrDisRespect settles permaban lawsuit with Twitch, parts ways for good