Over the years, and especially after his departure from Amazon, Jeff Bezos . The founder of Amazon began as a person who rarely spoke about anything other than his company, until his space initiatives with Blue Origin and his retirement from the day-to-day life of the internet retail giant has caused him to explore and give opinions on other themes. Among them, however, are rarely cryptocurrencies.
Unlike Elon Musk, Bezos has maintained throughout his career. Amazon as a company has experimented with blockchain technology, but when it was rumored in April 2021 that it would start accepting payment on its website with cryptocurrencies, the company came out to completely deny it.
In short, Bezos has never positioned himself for or against, nor is there any mention of him recognized in his old letters to shareholders, where, however, in the crypto world it has sometimes been understood that in favor of some Proposals typical of these technologies, such as the elimination of intermediaries.
Amazon has never clearly bet on cryptocurrencies
Hence, a few days ago it also had a certain impact in those spheres that Bezos began to follow Billy Markus, founder of dogecoin, the meme cryptocurrency that has been supported by Elon Musk. Bezos even called Markus ‘wise’ in a conversation about American politics, without hinting at what degree of irony or not there was.
Bezos began following Markus on Twitter earlier this month. He only follows 83 people on the platform, hence in some forums they were seen as a nod to the world of cryptocurrencies.
For his part, his heir as CEO of Amazon, Andy Jassy, said in a clearer way that he does not own any bitcoin or NFTs, but that he is optimistic about the future of these technologies.
“I don’t own bitcoin and we’re probably not close to adding any crypto as a payment mechanism on Amazon, but I do think it will become more common over time,” Jassy added.
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