Published 26 July 2021 at 18.00
Economy. Rumors that Amazon will start accepting cryptocurrencies as a means of payment caused the bitcoin value to skyrocket from $ 29,000 to $ 39,000 on Monday.
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The background is that enthusiasts have found a job advertisement from Amazon in which the retail giant is looking for a person with “deep knowledge of cryptocurrencies”.
The London newspaper City A.M. has also quoted an anonymous “insider” as saying that Amazon will start accepting cryptocurrencies “by the end of the year”.
Other digital currencies such as ethereum and dogecoin also increased in value on Monday.