Microsoft Limits Bitcoin Usage But Has No Plans To Add Ether
Whether or not it is due to low transaction volume or any other reason, an announcement has been posted on the Microsoft Store as to how they are no longer accepting Bitcoin payments. Or to be more precise, they are not doing so for Windows 10 or Windows 10 mobile. Users are still able to spend existing balances but new deposits are no longer available. It would appear as if Microsoft is trying to make a push for replacing Bitcoin with Ethereum across all of their offerings. One the one hand, the company, is pushing hard to promote their Ethereum blockchain-as-a-service product while they....
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Microsoft wants to know if gamers would spend crypto at the Xbox online store. Tech giant Microsoft seems to be considering introducing Bitcoin (BTC) payments at its Xbox gaming console online store.According to a March 21 Reddit post on r/XboxSeriesX, Microsoft has put out a survey asking Xbox users about their preferred payment options at its online store.“Which of these other payment methods would you like to use on Xbox?,” the purported survey asks, listing Bitcoin as one of the potential payment methods. The same photo has also been circulating across several other subreddits....
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