A New Job Posting By Amazon Hints At A Shift To Cryptocurrency
Recently, Amazon jobs posted they are looking for a “Digital Currency and Blockchain Product Lead”. This raised eyebrows in the crypto world; perhaps this means Amazon is going to integrate cryptocurrency payments?
The job description states that the team is “seeking an experienced product leader to develop Amazon’s Digital Currency and Blockchain strategy and product roadmap.” It continues, “you will leverage your domain expertise in Blockchain, Distributed Ledger, Central Bank Digital Currencies and Cryptocurrency to develop the case for the capabilities which should be developed, drive the overall vision and product strategy, and gain leadership buy-in and investment for new capabilities.”
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy (then CEO of AWS) has mentioned in the past that the company wasn’t that focused on blockchain technology, yet Amazon was “watching it carefully.” It looks like their stance may have changed…
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Bitcoin Spikes to Over $39K
Bitcoin almost tested $40k level on Monday after a 12% spike in less than 8 hours. The leading crypto has been climbing up since July 20th. The coin increased almost 30% since then and trades at around $38.5k at the time of writing.
The reasons for the recent price surge might be related to Amazon’s Bitcoin-friendly news, its possible integration with Twitter, and institutional money inflows. The market is also coming to terms with the idea of Chinese cryptocurrency crackdown.
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The social media platform is going to integrate Arbitrum, which will allow them to create their own layer-2 rollup. This will improve the community points system, one of the most recognizable features of Reddit.
Now, in the r/Cryptocurrency subreddit, it’s possible to earn Community Points in the form of Moon tokens. The integration of Arbitrum may help to allow faster and cheaper transactions for the platform’s tokens.
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NFTs of Nelson Mandela Novels to Be Sold at Auction
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Nelson Mandela is a famous revolutionary, philanthropist, and statesman from South Africa who served as president from 1994 to 1999. He left a tremendous cultural heritage including his books.
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