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After yesterday it was said that Amazon could enter the cryptocurrency market information disseminated by an “anonymous spokesperson” of the company, now another Amazon spokesperson denied that they are studying the possibility of accepting cryptocurrencies as payment by the end of this 2021.
“Despite our interest in space, the speculation that has arisen around our specific plans for cryptocurrencies it is not true, ”said the Amazon spokesperson.
In the same way, he emphasized that the company is still focused on exploring how this issue of cryptocurrencies could be for customers who buy on Amazon.
All the assumptions began when the greats of online sales published on their pages that They were looking for their “staff” of employees a “leader of experienced product to develop blockchain and digital currency strategy. ”
Then the London radio station City AM said that a “Anonymous spokesperson” had provided the information assuring that the creation of a token was even planned.
The information was disclosed to such an extent that the alleged spokesperson said that “it was a comprehensive crypto project, which could start by accepting bitcoin and then extend to having its own virtual coin.” The internal source claimed that the directives came directly from Jeff Bezos himself.
Indeed, Amazon already had a previous attempt with virtual money in the year 2017, when he approached the blockchain business with Amazon Web Services (AWS). But this idea was unsuccessful and was somewhat neglected.
Similarly, Expectations about Amazon entering the cryptocurrency market and accepting it as a payment method were positive.
Especially for bitcoin that soared in value and reached 40, 000, dollars per cryptocurrency, even at a higher value. The highest level obtained by the popular cryptocurrency after quite negative weeks. In previous weeks, bitcoin had a drop of even 50% of its highest value this year.
For now, bitcoin fell below the barrier of 40 thousand dollars although it remains close and with a positive balance in real time.
Ethereum, which was also named after the supposed London radio source as a currency that Amazon would accept, also had a rebound in value and benefited up to 10%, a little more than $ 2, 300 dollars.
For some analysts, it is significant that with just a “timid” move from Amazon, the value of major cryptocurrencies is staggering. But we are talking about the greats of electronic commerce, those who in an event like Amazon Prime Day, which lasts 2 days, can get a sales record of $ 11, 000 millions of dollars.
It is a platform with 200 millions of active subscribers worldwide.