Amazon za sprejem kriptovalut; Pazite se Teslinega črpanja in odmetavanja

Čeprav še ni uradno, da bo Amazon začel plačevati kriptovalute, je kriptoskupnost že pretirano navdušena. Vendar to ne more biti nič drugega kot slog Elona Muska "črpanje" in nato "odmetavanje" kriptovalut.

Velika podjetja stavijo na kripto

Large multinational companies such as Apple, Facebook, Microsoft and now Amazon have long been pursuing cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology. These top companies are mostly interested in the new technology and are considering using it by either accepting existing cryptocurrencies or creating their own, or both. Until the height of the coronavirus pandemic, Facebook had been very serious about the Libra project, its own digital currency, though it faces rough times from the U.S. regulator over privacy, according to CoinIdol, a world blockchain news outlet.

Microsoft believes so much in cryptocurrencies that it was one of the first tech giants to introduce Bitcoin payments for its products, a few years after the first cryptocurrency, Bitcoin, appeared on Earth. In 2014, Microsoft users in the US could already pay for some products with bitcoin. However, the service was suspended for some time, and earlier this year Microsoft resumed bitcoin payments for its Xbox Games Store. Wondering where to find cryptocurrency icons when you work with Microsoft Office tools? Excel already has the Bitcoin simbol integrated under the “Currency Symbols” section in the Excel interface.

Tesla Elona Muska je postal eno največjih multinacionalk, ki podpira plačila z bitcoini. Februarja 2021 je Tesla kupil Bitcoinov v vrednosti 1.5 milijarde dolarjev in jih sprejel kot plačilo za svoje avtomobile, preden jih je nekaj mesecev kasneje odstopil za Dogecoin.

Amazon morda načrtuje uvedbo plačil s kriptovalutami

Cena bitcoinov se je v ponedeljek zvišala za skoraj 34%, z nekje med 29,000 na skoraj 39,000 dolarjev na kovanec, kar je tudi ena najvišjih ravni v zadnjih tednih. To je sprožilo Amazonovo objavljanje delovnih mest za digitalne valute in upravitelja izdelkov blockchain, katerega opis je vseboval stavek: "Poglejte, kako Amazonove stranke plačujejo." To je bil dovolj namig za kripto navdušence, da mislijo, da Amazon razmišlja o sprejemu kriptovalut za plačila. Seveda je vznemirljivo, da večnacionalno podjetje v vrednosti skoraj 400 milijard dolarjev podpira plačila v kriptovalutah. Če Amazon sprejme kriptovalute, bi to močno spodbudilo digitalne valute. Leta 2018 je Amazon imel 1.2 milijarde uporabnikov po vsem svetu, vendar se je to število dejansko povečalo s COVID -19. Vsaj 80% odraslih Američanov je zdaj uporabnikov Amazon Prime.

To bi bila odlična priložnost za svetovno nebančno prebivalstvo, da dostopa do izdelkov z zgolj posedovanjem kripto denarnice.

Amazon has conducted numerous research projects around blockchain technology and digital payment systems. It introduced AWS Blockchain Templates, a platform for blockchain project creators in 2018 and the e-commerce giant, just like Facebook, considered creating its own cryptocurrency.

Odnos s kriptovalutami "včasih več, včasih manj"

Billionaires’ erratic relationship with cryptocurrencies makes it hard for anyone to believe what they say. Elon Musk , after making millions of money from Bitcoin earlier this year, he “dumped” it and is now “pumping” Dogecoin. He recently said that Tesla might consider adding Bitcoin back into its crypto payment system sometime this year. However, such on and off behaviors come at a huge cost. Elon Musk’s decision to ditch bitcoin was undoubtedly responsible for the izguba milijard dolarjev from the crypto space. By May, bitcoin had lost more than half of its value.

Izvršni direktor Amazona Jeff Bezos je okoljevarstvenik in bi se lahko še vedno obnašal kot Elon Musk, ki je suspenzijo bitcoinov pripisal visoki porabi energije v rudarskem procesu. V začetku letošnjega leta se je Jeff Bezos sestal s francoskim predsednikom Emmanuelom Macronom, drugim veteranom okoljevarstvenika. Če sta Jeff Bezos in Emmanuel Macron kot dva graha v stroku, bi lahko bile možnosti za sprejetje bitcoinov zelo majhne in obstaja velika verjetnost za "črpanje" in "odmetavanje".

Čeprav se sprejemanje kriptovalut s strani velikih podjetij povečuje in bi lahko pospešilo priljubljenost kriptovalut, je trenutno navdušenje v kriptosistemu zaradi govoric, da bi Amazon lahko kmalu podpiral plačila s kriptovalutami, nekoliko prezgodaj. Glede na pretekle izkušnje je možno, da si bo Jeff Bezos premislil.

Vir: https://coinidol.com/amazon-accept-cryptocurrency/