Andy Jassy reconoció que las criptomonedas se harán más grandes a largo plazo, pero dijo que Amazon no las adoptará por el momento. Aunque sí están mirando los NFT.
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The e-commerce and cloud cloud servers are typically located throughout different data centers all over the world. services giant, Amazon is not considering adding cryptocurrencies to its payment options, at least in the near future. However, it is not completely closed to the digital digital technologies are these electronic tools that have the ability to generate, store or even process data. asset space.
The CEO of Amazon Andy Jassy, said this Thursday in an interview for CNBC that the company “ don’t be close refers to the closing price; similar to the same term used in stock trading. to adding cryptocurrencies as a payment mechanism for your retail business. “ . The news media CoinDesk y Reuters the statements were collected.
According to Reuters While Jassy anticipated that cryptocurrencies will get bigger in the long a situation where you buy a cryptocurrency with the expectation of selling it at a higher price for profit later. run, he added that he does not personally own any Bitcoin the biggest and most popular cryptocurrency in the world. It is a decentralized digital currency that enables users to make trustless peer-to-peer transactions. . The company chairman’s comments come 9 months after they ran rumores on the adoption of crypto-payments by Amazon . The reports, which at the time drove up the price of Bitcoin were soon denied by executives of the firm, which denied that Amazon had plans to add cryptocurrencies to your payment methods.
Despite remaining closed to the payments option, the CEO hinted at the possibility of making inroads into the growing space of tokens no fungibles (NFT). En su aparición de este jueves, Jassy indicó que Amazon could sell NFT non-fungible tokens (NFTs) are cryptocurrencies that do not possess the property of fungibility. on its e-commerce platform a place to buy, sell and store cryptocurrency . He also said he expects the NFTs non-fungible token, a unique non-interchangeable piece of digital content that is stored on a distributed ledger (blockchain). to continue to grow”. significantly “.
No se quiere quedar atrás en NFT
The news comes at a time when a growing number of companies in different sectors have opted to accept digital assets as a means of payment. It also comes amid a booming market an area or arena, online or offline, in which commercial dealings are conducted. for NFTs, a development that has become very popular among big-name brands and celebrities.
Nearly a year ago, the main competitor to Amazon in e-commerce, eBay began to allow the sale of NFT for digital collectibles on its platform, making it the first company in the industry to dive into the NFT craze. There have also beenseñales about a possible incorporation of payments with Bitcoin en eBay but, so far, there has been no official announcement.
Las declaraciones de Jassy coincidieron con la publication of its first annual letter for shareholders as CEO, since taking over the role last year, replacing the founder of Amazon Jeff Bezos. As such, the letter makes no mention of cryptocurrencies, Bitcoin o NFT.
- Amazon merchants will now be able to sell their business and get paid in Bitcoin
- eBay prepares to launch a ‘digital wallet’, but hasn’t announced Bitcoin payments
- Jack Mallers announces Lightning Network a network refers to all nodes in the operation of a blockchain at any given moment in time. on Shopify, possibility to pay with Bitcoin at thousands of merchants like McDonalds, Starbucks, etc.
Article by Hannah Estefania Perez / DiarioBitcoin
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