#AppleCryptoUpdate The antitrust case of Fortnite maker Epic Games against Apple benefited the cryptocurrency industry on Thursday when the iPhone maker relaxed restrictions on developers' ability to offer apps in the United States that direct users to non-standard purchase methods or digital collectibles.

Apple updated its iOS App Store review guidelines after a U.S. District Judge determined this week that the tech giant "intentionally" violated a court order issued in 2021. Going forward, the federal court prohibited Apple from charging fees for purchases made outside of its iOS apps (currently 27%) or limiting developers' ability to direct users to third-party websites.

In an email obtained by Decrypt, Apple notified iOS developers that "apps in the U.S. store [are no longer] prohibited from including buttons, external links, or other calls to action when allowing users to explore NFT collections owned by others."

"The prohibition on encouraging users to use a purchase method other than in-app purchase does not apply in the U.S. store," the email added.

Although the relaxed restrictions do not apply to in-app features, such as purchasing premium content or game upgrades, they may lead to a "golden generational bull run of consumer cryptocurrency," wrote Wojciech Kulikowski, a software engineer at Farcaster, about the decentralized media protocol.

"This will allow for greater experimentation with native cryptocurrency mobile apps that have previously been locked out of Apple's [iOS] App Store," he told Decrypt.