Amazon denies news that it will accept Bitcoin as a means of payment. The cryptocurrency again reaches $ 37,000, after briefly exceeding the much desired threshold of investors, $ 40,000

Amazon has denied media reports announcing that the e-commerce giant will accept payments in Bitcoin until the end of the year, Reuters notes.

The news, initially launched by the London business newspaper City AM, quoted a person inside the company, the value of the most valuable cryptocurrency in the world later increasing by up to 14.5%, results that reached the psychological threshold of 40,000 dollars.

Today, Bitcoin had at one point reached $ 37,684, meanwhile rising to nearly $ 38,000, but the currency is down 1.71% in the last 24 hours, according to data aggregated by Coindesk.com.

“Despite the interest we have given to the crypto space, the speculations about the plans we would have with digital currencies are not true. We remain interested in the possibilities we could offer to Amazon customers “, said a spokesman of the American giant.

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On July 22, the company posted a job offer for an expert in cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology.

More and more companies have begun to accept virtual currencies as a method of payment, bringing into the mainstream a class of assets that – a few years ago – was completely ignored by large financial institutions. Last week, Tesla chief Elon Musk announced that the electric car maker could accept Bitcoin payments again once the currency mining processes show signs of transitioning to the renewable energy sector.

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