AMC Theaters will start accepting payments in Dogecoin and Shiba Inu in the coming weeks

In 2021, the company began accepting four cryptocurrencies: BTC, ETH, LTC, BCH

01.03.2022 - 07:20

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What’s new? The CEO of AMC Entertainment Holdings, Adam Aron, has announced that AMC Theatres will be accepting payments in two popular cryptocurrencies, Dogecoin and Shiba Inu, in March. AMC Theatres’ IT department says Bitpay will be launched for AMC online payments by 19 March and for mobile apps by 16 April or a few days earlier.

This might rev up the Cryptocurrency fans amongst you. AMC IT says that BitPay will be live for AMC online payments on our web site by March 19, and live on our mobile apps by April 16. Possibly a few days earlier. BitPay, and therefore soon AMC, accepts Doge Coin and Shiba Inu. pic.twitter.com/M8lM3Rz2vY— Adam Aron (@CEOAdam) February 28, 2022

How did events develop? The CEO promised the crypto community that AMC Theatres will accept DOGE and SHIB payments. He posted a poll on Twitter about Dogecoin in September 2021 and about Shiba Inu in October. Then in November, Aron stated that he had convinced the crypto payment service provider Bitpay to support Shiba Inu.

In 2021, Aron also announced that AMC Theatres had started accepting four cryptocurrencies: BTC, ETH, LTC, BCH. However, customers can only pay with these cryptocurrencies through their Paypal accounts.

What is known about the company? AMC Entertainment, aka AMC Theatres, is the largest movie exhibition company in the USA, Europe, and the world. The company owns or operates about 950 theaters and 10 500 screens worldwide.

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