However, Patrick Gauthier, vice president of Amazon Pay, told the media last month that Amazon does not intend to accept cryptocurrency payment because its market demand is not great at present. Therefore, Amazon's acquisition of cryptocurrency-related domain names may be just to protect its brand name.
The three domains acquired by Amazon are amazonethereum.com, amazoncryptocurrency.com and amazoncryptocurrencies.com.
DomainNameWire, a news website for domain name trading, first reported the news that Amazon acquired cryptocurrency-related domain names. The media said that Amazon registered these domain names on Tuesday.
The news came as the price of Bitcoin, the world's largest cryptocurrency, broke a new high of $6,600 on Wednesday, after the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) said it planned to launch bitcoin futures later this year.
There have been rumors in the market that Amazon will eventually accept cryptocurrency payments, such as Bitcoin, but Amazon has never acknowledged these rumors. Last month, rumors about Amazon accepting bitcoin payments pushed bitcoin prices up. 、
In any case, Amazon seems to intend to hold multiple cryptocurrency-related domain names. According to Coindesk, a cryptocurrency website, Amazon registered amazonbitcoin.com three years ago, and now users will go directly to Amazon.com by clicking on the website. (Compile/Set sail)