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Starbucks blockchain, use crypto to pay coffee

In a press release published today, August 3rd, the Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) revealed its plan to launch bitcoin futures in May that will debut together with their new platform called Bakkt.

“Bakkt is designed to serve as a scalable on-ramp for institutional, merchant and consumer participation in digital assets by promoting greater efficiency, security and utility,” explained Kelly Loeffler, CEO of the company.

“We are collaborating to build an open platform that helps unlock the transformative potential of digital assets across global markets and commerce”.

The collaboration sees a lot of interesting and well-known companies such as Starbucks, Microsoft and BCG.

Starbucks explained its idea to allow clients to use digital currencies as a method of payment.

“Starbucks will play a pivotal role in developing practical, trusted and regulated applications for consumers to convert their digital assets into US dollars that can be used at Starbucks,” said Maria Smith, Vice President of partnerships and payments.

This is a huge news not only for crypto-fans, and Barry Silbert wrote on Twitter his appreciation:

Among the other Bakkt’s investors, there are also Pantera Capital and Susquehanna, while other participants include M12, Microsoft’s venture capital arm, and Fortress Investment Group.

Amelia Tomasicchio
Amelia Tomasicchiohttps://cryptonomist.ch
Esperta di digital marketing, Amelia inizia a lavorare nel settore fintech nel 2014 dopo aver scritto la sua tesi di laurea sulla tecnologia Bitcoin. Precedentemente è stata un'autrice di diversi magazine crypto all'estero e CMO di Eidoo. Oggi è co-founder e direttrice di Cryptonomist, oltre che Italian PR manager per l'exchange Bitget. E' stata nominata una delle 30 under 30 secondo Forbes. Oggi Amelia è anche insegnante di marketing presso Digital Coach e ha pubblicato un libro "NFT: la guida completa'" edito Mondadori. Inoltre è co-founder del progetto NFT chiamati The NFT Magazine, oltre ad aiutare artisti e aziende ad entrare nel settore. Come advisor, Amelia è anche coinvolta in progetti sul metaverso come The Nemesis e OVER.
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