Based On A Twitter Poll, Airbnb Users May Get Crypto Payment This Year
Brian Chesky, CEO of Airbnb has hinted that the popular travel home-booking company may soon accept crypto payments based on a recent Twitter poll. Chesky Says Users Want Crypto A growing number of businesses are making crypto payment available to their customers. However, some businesses are taking an unusual approach to cryptocurrency adoption. The #1 feature users are requesting in 2022, according to Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky, is the feature to pay for bookings in cryptocurrencies. “If Airbnb could launch anything in 2022, what would it be?” Chesky tweeted over the weekend.....
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AirBnB's CEO suggested that the platform's possible crypto payment option would not be restricted to one or two digital currencies. Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky tweeted a poll on Monday asking his roughly 400,000 followers what they wanted from the rental platform in 2022.Chesky has today revealed that the majority of respondents want to be able to pay with Bitcoin (BTC) or other popular digital currencies when renting their next house or apartment on Airbnb. Other requests included clear pricing displays, a loyalty program for visitors, up-to-date cleaning charges, and enhanced customer....
Brian Chesky - CEO of Airbnb - has asked his 24,000 Twitter followers early Friday whether or not his company should be next in line to accept bitcoin. His tweet was met with a significant amount of support from other Twitter users. But will it be enough to convince the company to do so? Established in 2008, the Andreessen Horowitz-backed (along with others) service allows users to find unoccupied spaces for short-term rentals around the world. Accepting bitcoin may allow short-term tenants to pay their landlords using the digital currency, but it's simply too soon to speculate Airbnb's....
Popular travel website Airbnb could soon accept cryptocurrencies for payments, CEO Brian Chesky has hinted. “Like the revolution in travel, there is clearly a revolution happening in crypto,” he added. Airbnb’s CEO Says ‘There Is Clearly a Revolution Happening in Crypto’ The CEO of Airbnb, Brian Chesky, asked on Twitter earlier this week, “If Airbnb could launch anything in 2022, what would it be?” On Tuesday, he revealed that he received 4,000 suggestions, noting that the most popular one is for his company to accept crypto payments. He....
Bitcoin facilitates the carrying of large amount of currency without the constant fear of getting mugged while traveling. What could be inferred from Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky’s recent Twitter Q&A with people is that Bitcoin functionality tops the list of requested improvement to Airbnb. It was the number one requested improvement, even topping a loyalty scheme. The speculations about Airbnb adding Bitcoin to its accepted payment options had sparked after the travel accommodation giant had acquired an unknown number of employees at social tipping startup ChangeTip. These speculations....
Airbnb has hired a team of engineers from CoinChange, a company that is responsible for ChangeTip. However, no venturing into Bitcoin or Blockchain is on the horizon. Airbnb spokesperson reveals to CoinTelegraphCT r: 33: "We are thrilled to bring some members of the ChangeTip team on as a part of Airbnb and joining the engineering team working on building our infrastructure. We are not acquiring the assets of the company, nor do we have any plans to incorporate BitcoinCT r: 8 into the Airbnb ecosystem.” Airbnb is a company whose business model has been subject to much debate. They....