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Colossal mainstream telecom provider AT&T announced it now accepts Bitcoin payments for bills, via BitPay.
AT&T Now Accepts Crypto
According to a May 23 statement on att.com, âAT&T* will now accept online bill payments through BitPay, a respected cryptocurrency payment processor. AT&T becomes the first major U.S. mobile carrier to provide a cryptocurrency payment option to customers.â BitPay will now appear as a payment choice when clients pay online or through myAT&T app usage, the statement noted.
AT&T Communications Finance Business Operations vice-president Kevin McDorman said in the statement:
âWeâre always looking for ways to improve and expand our services [âŠ] We have customers who use cryptocurrency, and we are happy we can offer them a way to pay their bills with the method they prefer.â
In the fall of 2018, the crypto space also saw Ohio take a shine to Bitcoin, allowing residents to pay their taxes in the asset, via BitPay.
Conceived in 2011, the crypto payment operation BitPay Inc. is âthe largest bitcoin payment processor in the world, serving industry-leading merchants on six continents,â according to BitPayâs website.
Adoption In The Works
Mainstream adoption for cryptocurrencies is at the doorstep of the industry, with big businesses utilizing blockchain, mainstream entities looking to trade crypto and new entities, such as AT&T, now allowing bitcoin as a payment method.
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