"Cryptocurrency enthusiasts: you likely
know @AMCTheatres has announced we will accept Bitcoin for online ticket and
concession payments by year-end 2021. I can confirm today that when we do so,
we also expect that we similarly will accept Ethereum, Litecoin, and Bitcoin
Cash," Aron tweeted.
Bitcoin was recently adopted as legal tender
earlier this month by El Salvador. However, the world-first move was beset by
teething problems, as an angry protest by mistrustful citizens, technological
glitches, and a dip in the cryptocurrency clouded the rollout.
The bold experiment got off to a bumpy start
when shortly after midnight, Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele complained the
government-backed Bitcoin app was not available on various Internet platforms
including Apple and Huawei.
Bukele used his Twitter account to press
online stores to stock the app, or digital wallet, known as Chivo, and Huawei
later began making it available. But when the app proved unable to cope with
user registrations, the government unplugged it in order to connect to more
servers and increase capacity.
Still, as the app began appearing on more
platforms, Bukele was by afternoon retweeting videos posted on social media
with people making payments using Bitcoin at retailers in El Salvador including
McDonald's and Starbucks. Starbucks' El Salvador unit said it was accepting
Bitcoin for purchases at its restaurants, drive-through facilities or to go.
© Reuters
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