Ebay CEO Talks NFTs and Crypto, Exec Says Company Continues to ‘Evaluate Othe...

Ebay CEO Talks NFTs and Crypto, Exec Says Company Continues to ‘Evaluate Othe...

The president and chief executive officer of Ebay, Jamie Iannone, discussed the possibility of digital currency acceptance on the online auction website and non-fungible token (NFT) sales in a recent interview published on February 27. Iannone stressed that currently, Ebay doesn’t accept cryptocurrencies but in March, the company plans to go “deeper on all of these things, payments, advertising, our focus categories.” Ebay CEO Jamie Iannone: ‘Without Any Official Announcement, People Started Trading NFTs on the Platform’ There are a few online....


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