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Privacy-focused Brave browser boasts 8M monthly active users

Yogita Khatri

Privacy-focused internet browser Brave has hit 8 million-mark in terms of monthly active users.

Announcing the news on Wednesday, Brave said daily active users, on the other hand, have surpassed the 2.8 million mark.

The browser, with opt-in blockchain functionality, also compensates content creators, users and advertisers in its native Basic Attention Token (BAT) for viewing online ads. Brave said it has delivered nearly 400 ad campaigns to date.

The browser maker further said that it now has over 290,000 verified publishers - 200,000 of those are YouTube creators, 33,000 website publishers, 15,000 Twitch streamers and 28,000 are Twitter accounts.

Brave also offers a cryptocurrency wallet for ether (ETH), ERC-20 tokens and collectibles, including BAT.