Apple hires cryptocurrency experts. Is adoption approaching?
Apple is seeking a corporate development manager for "alternative payments," suggesting its interest in the cryptocurrency space.
A job posting posted this week stating that applicants must have experience in alternative and emerging payment solutions. Key qualifications include having more than five years of work experience in industries such as digital wallets, deferred payment services and cryptocurrencies.
The incoming manager, who will work from Apple's headquarters in Cupertino, California, will be responsible for concluding new business deals with "alternative strategic payment partners."
Already now Apple is not totally foreign to the world of virtual currencies, even if the connection is indirect: for example Coinbase plans to accept payments with Apple Wallet for the purchase of virtual currencies. Coinbase's support page says it "currently does not support Apple Pay, but we hope to soon offer a faster and safer way to spend cryptocurrency for iOS users."
Cryptocurrency investors and enthusiasts have interpreted Apple's job search as an interest in using virtual currencies in their payment system.
Apple has so far not made public statements about its plans for the cryptocurrency space and has not immediately responded to requests for information on the published job search. Indeed, Apple Pay Vice President Jennifer Bailey said in 2019 that the company believed that cryptocurrencies had "interesting long-term potential." Has the "Long Term" arrived?
If Apple announced a form of acceptance of virtual currencies in its wallet, we would have a very strong boost in prices. if we think that Tesla alone pushed Bitcoin by 16% on the announcement of the acceptance of the virtual currency. Apple would also give a much higher colo.
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