Amazon last week advertised a job vacancy for a digital currency product lead, stirring speculation that it might accept digital coins for transactions. The e-commerce giant is looking for a 'Digital Currency and Blockchain Product Lead' with plans to bring its payments systems into the crypto age. As per its job posting on the website, it is seeking an experienced product leader to develop Amazon’s Digital Currency and Blockchain strategy and product roadmap. The person will work closely with teams across Amazon including AWS to develop the roadmap including the customer experience, technical strategy and capabilities as well as the launch strategy. Reports suggest that this may lead to Amazon allowing users to pay in cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and other coins soon.

Source: Mint July 26, 2021 07:07 UTC