Shiba Inu joins Bitcoin and Ethereum As a payment method on AMC.
Finally, Adam Aron, the CEO of AMC Theatres, fulfilled his promise and onboarded the two most popular tokens, Dogecoin (DOGE) and Shiba Inu (SHIB), for online payments AMC Theatre’s official website.
“Your replies might break the internet, given your clear enthusiasm and interest in cryptocurrency. As promised, the amctheatres.com website now accepts Dogecoin and Shiba Inu for online payments! A special shout out to @BitPay for helping us to make this happen.”
Your replies just might break the internet, given your clear enthusiasm and interest in cryptocurrency. As promised, the https://t.co/SPYfKWXcwi web site now accepts Dogecoin and Shiba Inu for online payments! A special shout out to @BitPay for helping us to make this happen. pic.twitter.com/6bwPvQfEet
— Adam Aron (@CEOAdam) March 10, 2022
Shiba Inu lead developer Kusama was also intrigued by the update and said it is the start of a strong friendship.
Fantastic and hopefully just the start of a strong friendshib .@CEOAdam https://t.co/w5ZLyAe5tP
— Shytoshi Kusama™ (@ShytoshiKusama) March 10, 2022
Today fulfilling the promise, AMC CEO first confirmed on Feb 28th that Doge and Shib would come as early as March on AMC as a payment method, saying, “This might rev up the Cryptocurrency fans amongst you. AMC IT says that BitPay will be live for AMC online payments on our website by March 19 and live on our mobile apps by April 16. Possibly a few days earlier. BitPay, and therefore soon AMC, accepts DogeCoin and Shiba Inu.”
AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc is an American movie theater chain headquartered in Leawood, Kansas, and the largest movie theater chain in the world. Founded in 1920, AMC has the largest share of the U.S. theater market and is also the largest movie theater chain in the world. It has 2,866 screens in 358 theatres in Europe and 7,967 screens in 620 theatres in the United States.