Crypto Non-Grata? Why Did Amazon Deny Bitcoin Plans?
Amazon has issued a statement denying the claims that it has plans to start accepting Bitcoin by the end of the year. A report from Londons City A.M revealed that an unnamed insider has dropped hints that the e-commerce giants have laid down concrete plans to accept cryptocurrencies. In the past, large corporations have taken a secretive stance when it comes to cryptocurrency adoption. Since Amazons denial, the price of Bitcoin has sunk by roughly 2% which is in sharp contrast to the 12% rise it had when the rumour broke. Large corporations have adopted a secretive stance towards their cryptocurrency plans, often taking the entire community by surprise. It seems that Amazon may be following the same path, as the company has come out to deny plans that it is going to begin to accept cryptocurrencies as a payment method. Early in the week, Bitcoin enjoyed a massive rally after it was disclosed by an anonymous source that the e-commerce giants had extensive plans in place to begin accepting Bitcoins. Amazon Denies Bitcoin Hearts were certainly broken after Amazon refuted the validity of a media report that it was going to begin accepting Bitcoin as payment on its platform. According to a spokesperson for the company,