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EBay is talking about adding Bitcoin payments

EBay, one of the world’s largest e-commerce platforms, is considering making the leap into cryptocurrency payments, according to a high-ranking company executive.

According to CCN, Scott Cutler, senior vice president of eBay Americas, told Yahoo Finance that the e-commerce giant is holding serious discussions about becoming the highest-profile company to accept cryptocurrency payments.

This is a trend that everybody is talking about, but sadly, at eBay, we don’t currently accept bitcoin as a form of payment.

We’re seriously considering it as these cryptocurrencies become more of a mainstream payment instrument, but we’re not quite there yet.

Cutler added that the website serves as a popular secondary market for cryptocurrency mining hardware, and third-party sellers have listed thousands of other cryptocurrency-related collectibles.

Although it does not appear that eBay currently has any concrete plans to adopt cryptocurrency payments, the fact that the company is holding high-level discussions on the matter is the latest testament to how quickly bitcoin has permeated the mainstream.

Written by Brad Chillum

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