In an effort to dutifully track Amazon's every move, several news outlets are speculating on the e-commerce giant's entry into cryptocurrencies related to a recent purchase of three amazon-crypto domain names. Here's hoping buying Whole Foods with Bitcoin is coming shortly...
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Amazon teases cryptocurrency ambitions with domain purchases
Now, according to Whois data, an Amazon subsidiary registered amazoncryptocurrencies.com, amazoncryptocurrency.com, and amazonethereum.com on Oct. 31. The news was first reported by DomainNameWire, and, as they wrote, Amazon might just be buying up the names so nobody else can profit off a feigned association with their brand. Coindesk pointed out that Amazon registered amazonbitcoin.com four years ago, and that just redirects to the company's regular homepage.
