{"id":259,"date":"2021-11-12T16:36:01","date_gmt":"2021-11-12T16:36:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/egrowonline.com\/?p=259"},"modified":"2021-11-12T16:36:01","modified_gmt":"2021-11-12T16:36:01","slug":"amc-theatres-debuts-online-bitcoin-payments-after-months-of-teasing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/egrowonline.com\/?p=259","title":{"rendered":"AMC Theatres debuts online Bitcoin payments after months of teasing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.cointelegraph.com\/images\/840_aHR0cHM6Ly9zMy5jb2ludGVsZWdyYXBoLmNvbS91cGxvYWRzLzIwMjEtMTEvZjhiYmEyMTItMTJlMC00ZjNlLWJiMGEtYjQ5MTlkYjI5ZTA4LmpwZw==.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div data-v-128018ef=\"\">\n<p>American cinema big AMC Theatres is lastly adopting cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/bitcoin-price\" rel=\"noopener\">BTC<\/a>) for on-line funds following months of teasing the brand new fee possibility.<\/p>\n<p>AMC CEO Adam Aron <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CEOAdam\/status\/1458974884609019916?s=20\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">announced<\/a> Thursday that the corporate now proudly accepts 4 main cryptocurrencies together with Bitcoin, Ether (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/ethereum-price\" rel=\"noopener\">ETH<\/a>), Bitcoin Money (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/bitcoin-cash-price-index\" rel=\"noopener\">BCH<\/a>) and Litecoin (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/ltc-price-index\" rel=\"noopener\">LTC<\/a>) for on-line funds.<\/p>\n<p>The brand new fee methodology already accounts for 14% of AMC\u2019s complete on-line transactions, Aron stated, including that cryptocurrencies be part of conventional fee choices like Apple Pay, Google Pay and PayPal, the CEO wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Dogecoin (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/doge-price-index\" rel=\"noopener\">DOGE<\/a>), a preferred meme cryptocurrency that skyrocketed 9,000% over the previous yr, would be the subsequent digital forex accepted for on-line funds at AMC, Aron famous. He beforehand promised that <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/dogecoin-more-popular-than-ever-even-as-txs-hit-lowest-level-since-2017\" data-amp=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph-com.cdn.ampproject.org\/c\/s\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/dogecoin-more-popular-than-ever-even-as-txs-hit-lowest-level-since-2017\/amp\" rel=\"noopener\">AMC will support DOGE payments for tickets<\/a> after his 140,000 Twitter ballot satisfied the corporate to just accept the cryptocurrency as fee.<\/p>\n<p>Aron finally performed the same ballot for Shiba Inu (SHIB), one other in style meme cryptocurrency that <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/amc-theatres-ceo-considers-adding-shiba-inu-as-payment-for-ticket-purchases\" data-amp=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph-com.cdn.ampproject.org\/c\/s\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/amc-theatres-ceo-considers-adding-shiba-inu-as-payment-for-ticket-purchases\/amp\" rel=\"noopener\">overtook Dogecoin in market capitalization<\/a> in late October.<\/p>\n<p>The most recent information comes according to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/cinema-operator-amc-plans-to-accept-btc-by-2022\" data-amp=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph-com.cdn.ampproject.org\/c\/s\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/cinema-operator-amc-plans-to-accept-btc-by-2022\/amp\" rel=\"noopener\">AMC\u2019s plans to debut Bitcoin payments for movie tickets<\/a> by the top of 2021. The corporate introduced the plan in August, finally increasing the record of supported cryptocurrencies with cash like ETH, BCH, LTC and DOGE.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Associated: <\/em><\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/visa-working-on-blockchain-interoperability-hub-for-crypto-payments\" data-amp=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph-com.cdn.ampproject.org\/c\/s\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/visa-working-on-blockchain-interoperability-hub-for-crypto-payments\/amp\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><em>Visa working on blockchain interoperability hub for crypto payments<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>AMC has been steadily approaching its objective of accepting cryptocurrency funds by year-end, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/amc-theatres-debuts-crypto-payments-for-e-gift-card-purchases\" data-amp=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph-com.cdn.ampproject.org\/c\/s\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/amc-theatres-debuts-crypto-payments-for-e-gift-card-purchases\/amp\" rel=\"noopener\">debuting crypto payments<\/a> for digital reward card purchases in early October.<\/p>\n<p>The agency didn&#8217;t instantly reply to Cointelegraph\u2019s request for remark.<\/p>\n<p><template data-name=\"subscription_form\" data-type=\"markets_outlook\"\/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/amc-theatres-debuts-online-bitcoin-payments-after-months-of-teasing\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>American cinema big AMC Theatres is lastly adopting cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin (BTC) for on-line funds following months of teasing the brand new fee possibility. AMC CEO Adam Aron announced Thursday that the corporate now proudly accepts 4 main cryptocurrencies together with Bitcoin, Ether (ETH), Bitcoin Money (BCH) and Litecoin (LTC) for on-line funds. 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