You Can Now Pay With Cryptocurrency At Whole Foods
Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss want you to pay for groceries, movies, ice cream, and many other everyday retail products using cryptocurrency.
The news: The twins’ digital currency company, called Gemini, has formed a new partnership with payments startup Flexa to incorporate crypto-payment capabilities into the scanners that let you pay with services like Apple Pay.
Users can now use an app called Spedn to pay with Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash, Ether, or Gemini’s dollar-backed stablecoin called the Gemini dollar for items at retailed including Whole Foods, Regal Cinemas, Baskin-Robbins, Starbucks, and others, according to Fortune.
Will crypto-payments stick this time? The cryptocurrency industry has wanted to achieve mainstream adoption in retail for ages. A number of merchants tried to accept Bitcoin payments in the past, but it was probably too early: paying with crypto had yet to take off, and many retailers stopped taking it. In many cases that’s probably been down to price volatility and slow processing times.
Speed merchant: In this case, Flexa will serve as a bridge between merchants and the blockchain, and will settle the payments in real time using its own network. Merchants can choose to take the payment in either cryptocurrency or dollars. According to Gemini, processing payments like this will be cheaper than using credit card networks.
Hush hush: But all six merchants Fortune asked about the project refused to comment, and one person familiar with the project stated anonymously it is “experimental.” They said that participating retailers don’t want to discuss the project until they learn more about whether and how people will use it.
Written by Mike OrcuttI’m an associate editor at MIT Technology Review, focusing on the world of cryptocurrencies and blockchains.
Article link: https://www.technologyreview.com/f/613532/you-can-now-pay-with-cryptocurrency-at-whole-foods/
This is excellent news but..... they need to expand to crypto that doesn’t have huge transaction fees that BTC And ETH have.
Mass adoption is just a step away and crypto like Steem, Stellar and ripple are more useful for everyday transactions 👍😊
The industry is growing!
#BTC is attempting on going mainstream yet again!
Do stores need to opt in to accepting payments with Spedn or does this work at any store that accepts Apple Pay?
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Very interesting question
Huge news!! It's like everyday we're coming a step closer towards mass adoption
I agree, crypto is really on the way, this story is another marker on a giant road map, like the guys who traded some PIZZA FOR 10 000 BTC, these deals are on the Blockchain now :p
That's so awesome! Now you can buy food without sponsoring the big banks.
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