CoinGeek Backstage: PowChess’ Gal Buki on how the lockdowns and a Netflix series brought in users

PowChess has shot up the charts in user numbers, and as founder Gal Buki tells CoinGeek Backstage, the Queen’s Gambit and COVID-19 lockdowns had a little to do with it.

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