One expert, James Altucher, (according to this blog post) claims Amazon will announce it’ll start taking cryptocurrency on October 26th, during its next earnings call. However, his assertions have come under scrutiny by some cryptocurrency websites.
That’s not stopping speculation however, it isn’t like Amazon has come out and denied it will ever accept Bitcoin. Its storefront operates at the edge of the online-commerce frontier, we’re certain it’ll have some blockchain technology soon, and Bitcoin acceptance could follow. Overstock.com has been taking Bitcoin and other cryptocurrency for years now, so the idea isn’t exactly hard to swallow.
No matter what the cause, however, Bitcoin is surging again. This stands in spite of declarations by bears everywhere that last month’s dips were the beginning of the end.
If the mere rumor of Amazon accepting cryptocurrency can cause value to rise by thousands of dollars in mere weeks, imagine what the outlook would be if it turned out to be true.
Read more:
https://thenextweb.com/cryptocurrency/2017/10/13/amazon-rumor-sends-bitcoin-surging-record-highs/
