Brik + Clik and Moon team on Bitcoin Lightning Network payments

Experiential retail venture Brik + Clik has partnered with US startup Moon to offer Bitcoin Lightning Network payments at its Point of Sale locations in New York and Los Angeles this holiday season. 

“You'll be able to pay with Bitcoin for awesome DTC brands like Goli Nutrition, GETMR, OLIPOP PBC, Candy Club, and Kin Euphorics,” Kenneth Kruger, Founder and CEO at Moon, said in a LinkedIn post.

“In NYC? Swing by their flagship location on the ground floor of the Oculus starting Monday to pay with Lightning. In LA? Starting Black Friday you can check out their cabanas sprinkled throughout Westfield Century City.”

Want to do some holiday shopping with #bitcoin this year? We've partnered with @brikandclik so you can pay with #LightningNetwork at their flagship location in NYC starting Monday! In LA? Starting Black Friday you can pay at any of their cabanas in the Century City holiday market

— Moon (@paywithmoon) November 17, 2021

Crypto at the movies

American cinema giant AMC Theatres is adopting cryptocurrencies for online payments.

CEO Adam Aron recently announced on Twitter that the company now accepts Bitcoin, Ether, Bitcoin Cash and Litecoin.

These line up alongside traditional payment options like Apple Pay, Google Pay and PayPal.

This already accounts for 14% of AMC’s total online transactions, Aron claimed.

Note that it doesn’t sound like you can use crypto to buy anything in person at a cinema. 

And as for payment methods “already accounting for 14% of our total online transactions,” it’s not clear if that number refers to Bitcoin et al or all of the methods listed in Aron’s tweet. AMC didn’t respond to a request for clarification.

Dogecoin, meanwhile, will be the next digital currency accepted for online payments at AMC.

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