The exchange rate of bitcoin exceeded $7 thousand, and Amazon bought the domains associated with the cryptocurrency

The exchange rate of bitcoin exceeded $7 thousand, and Amazon bought the domains associated with the cryptocurrency

The largest online retailer Amazon has purchased three domain names related to cryptocurrencies.

This domains: amazonethereum.com, amazoncryptocurrency.com, amazoncryptocurrencies.com. The news immediately generated a lot of rumours that giant of e-Commerce could soon sell goods for bitcoins.

Nevertheless, Vice-President of Amazon Pay Patrick Gauthier in October, said in an interview on CNBC that the company has no plans to accept cryptocurrencies because of the lack of a large demand. Most likely, the domains are purchased only in order to protect your brand from copying.

Note that this news comes almost simultaneously with that bitcoin has updated the historical maximum rate, for the first time surpassing the mark of 7 thousand dollars.

The exchange rate of bitcoin exceeded $7 thousand, and Amazon bought the domains associated with the cryptocurrencySource: https://coinmarketcap.com/

By the way, when last month there were unconfirmed rumors that Amazon will start to use bitcoins, the value of this cryptocurrency immediately went up.

Four years ago, Amazon has already bought the domain name «amazonbitcoin.com» but only used it to redirect traffic to the main site.

Recall that in several US cities it is already possible to buy property with bitcoin. It is primarily new York city and in South Florida.

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