Chairman and CEO of AMC Theatres, Adam Aron announced that in 60-120 days, visitors will be able to pay for tickets and concessions via Shiba Inu (SHIB). The executive said that crypto payment service provider BitPay agreed to support the token meeting his request.
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Attention #SHIBArmy: Our friends @Bitpay decided to support Shiba Inu specifically because I asked, so AMC can take Shiba Inu for online payments of movie tickets and concessions. @AMCTheatres to be the first @bitpay client to accept Shiba Inu. Timing 60-120 days. This is a WOW! pic.twitter.com/F54i22hHDv
— Adam Aron (@CEOAdam) November 15, 2021
With this, AMC becomes BitPay's first client to accept SHIB.
Earlier, Aron created a tweeter poll asking users if they want the movie company to take SHIB. The answer of the majority (81%) was positive.At the moment, Shiba Inu is the 11th largest crypto with a market cap of $27.6 billion. The price of the token is $0.00005044, around 42% down from its all-time high reached on October 28.
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Last week, AMC started accepting payments in Bitcoin, Ether, Litecoin, and Bitcoin Cash, adding Dogecoin probably will be next to join this list. Currently, the company allows purchasing digital gift cards paying in DOGE.