AMC Theatres allows crypto as payment for digital gift cards
American cinema giant AMC Theatres is now accepting cryptocurrencies as payment for digital gift cards.
This can be done via the AMC website, mobile app and in theatres, CEO Adam Aron announced this week.
The option is enabled through BitPay, allowing consumers to purchase e-cards of up to $200 per day.
In his tweet, Aron flagged up Dogecoin as one of the digital assets accepted for e-card purchases.
He recently hinted that AMC will include it in the list of cryptocurrencies accepted for tickets by the end of 2021.
Aron has conducted a poll of 140,000 people on Twitter, asking whether his company should get onboard with Dogecoin.
“It’s clear that you think AMC should accept Dogecoin. Now we need to figure out how to do that. Stay tuned,” he said at the time.
Shop.com
US-based e-commerce platform Shop.com is also getting into the cryptocurrency payments game via a partnership with BitPay.
The company, which is owned by Market America, can now accept payments in several cryptocurrencies including Bitcoin, Dogecoin, Ethereum and Litecoin, as well as five USD pegged stablecoins.
The BitPay integration is available in all the countries where Market America operates, which includes the US, Canada, Australia, Hong Kong, Taiwan, UK, Singapore and Malaysia.
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