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# Here's Why People Say Mobile-Payment App Venmo Went Down Right After the Super Bowl


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Feb 8, 2016 6:55 AM CUT

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Minutes after Peyton Manning and the Denver Broncos bested the Carolina Panthers to [win Super Bowl 50](http://time.com/4211603/broncos-win-panthers-super-bowl/?xid=homepage "undefined") on Sunday, Venmo, the hugely popular mobile-payment app, suddenly went down — or at least got very slow — for many users. The site acknowledged the glitches on Twitter, and appeared to be back up and running as usual about two hours later.

> [](https://twitter.com/venmo/status/696542996574158848)

> [](https://twitter.com/venmo/status/696570609120071682)

Several Twitter users, however, have a theory for why the outage may not have been a mere coincidence.

> [](https://twitter.com/dannytaughtme/status/696537024808034306)

> [](https://twitter.com/hamilt0n/status/696536696998006784)

> [](https://twitter.com/gluckstadt/status/696541741617434624)

> [](https://twitter.com/moneyries/status/696537548726915073)

There isn’t any proof that the Broncos’ ups and Venmo’s downs were connected, but if the Twitterfolk are right then hundreds of Panthers supporters may have lost more than just a football game.

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