Kick has been setting the streaming world alight since its launch in late 2022. Now, a co-founder of its crypto casino backer Stake has predicted that it could end up buying its main competitor.
Kick will eventually buy Twitch”
Stake Co-Founder Bijan Tehrani responded to an X post from media personality Jake Lucky questioning what is going to happen to the industry if Amazon-owned Twitch “implodes.” Tehrani said, simply: “Kick will eventually buy Twitch.”
Kick’s official X page added fuel to the fire just hours later by reposting the comment with a date, implying that this is the date the deal will go down.
Although it seems both Tehrani and the Kick social media team may be joking, X users have been vocal in their responses to the suggestion. Antwizzy told Kick to “buy it and terminate it,” while RichiKeeys urged the platform to “Lock it in!”
Other users were less supportive of the buyout idea. Twitch streamer Hoopsick, for instance, claimed that it would be detrimental to “the future of the industry” due to Kick’s use of ChatBot Botrix. Another user called Yume BoopSnoot warned that Kick’s profits could be “eaten up by lawsuits” if they did end up making the deal.