The Ethereum-based social media app, Pepo, has integrated with video conferencing platform, Zoom, to facilitate alive streaming.

Pepo Live Events is currently exclusively available in beta on the platform's website and has not given an guess for when it plans to enable mobile functionality.

Pepo integrates Zoom for live streaming

Just Pepo community admins are able to stream alive, however, anyone can participate in the live events. All events streamed on the platform are recorded, and are limited to a time limit of 3 hours.

Pepo'south conclusion to integrate Zoom suggests an increment in demand for live streaming services amid the coronavirus lockdown.

The social app launched last October at DevCon v. Pepo uses the OST platform to permit users to advantage one another in its native Pepo token — an ERC-20 that is pegged 1:1 with OST tokens (OST).

Coronavirus lockdown provides boon to video conferencing platforms

With and so many people spending fourth dimension at dwelling house amid the COVID-nineteen pandemic, video conferencing platforms have experienced booms in both users and share prices.

However, many perchance not-so-savvy pandemic investors have failed to do the basic research when seeking exposure to Zoom ($ZM) — with flocks of traders mistakenly placing bets on the unrelated gaming firm, Zoom Technologies ($ZOOM).

The confusion drove Zoom Technologies' up 700% in roughly i month before the New York Securities and Commutation Committee halted $ZOOM on March 27.

In response to the SEC action, Twitter user ADPOY1 responded to the SEC'southward action, stating: "When trading is resumed the dump is going to be epic."

Zoom Comes Under Fire for Weak Privacy

The surge in Zoom's utilize has been accompanied by increased scrutiny from security researchers — with nonprofit the Electronic Borderland Foundation (EFF) publishing a warning to users of the video conferencing platform on March 19.

The EFF warns that Zoom administrators are able to access detailed information on the platform's users, including full access to the video, sound, and chat transcripts of all calls made using the software that are recorded by its users.