AMC , one of the biggest memestocks of them all , is embracing another meme power player : cryptocurrency . And its chief operating officer is really excited about it .
CEO Adam Aron proudly twinge on Friday that the company would now have a mountain of cryptocurrencies for on-line payment . Prefacing with “ drumroll , please , ” Aron denote that bitcoin , ethereum , bitcoin cash , and litecoin were welcome at AMC , sum that the movie theater chain also accepts Apple Pay , Google Pay , and PayPal .
“ Big newsflash ! As promised , many novel way NOW to pay online at AMC,”Aron wrote . “ We proudly now bear : drumroll , please … Bitcoin , Ethereum , Bitcoin Cash , Litecoin . Also Apple Pay , Google Pay , PayPal . unbelievably , they already calculate for 14 % of our total online minutes ! Dogecoin next . ”
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He then retweeted a meme of himself photoshopped on a gold dogecoin .
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— Salvatore – Memelord Extraordinaire 🍿 🦖 ( @SalMemeLord)November 12 , 2021
significantly , Aron said cryptocurrency can be used for online purchases , so it does n’t front like you ’ll be able to use it to buy anything in - individual at the moment . ( As far as payment goes , the Vergepoints out that PayPal seems to be the only style to make up with cryptocurrency right now ) . AMC previously already allow for customers topurchase endowment cardswith cryptocurrency .
Aron ’s announcement does n’t come up as a surprisal . Over the past fewmonths , he ’s been take a firm stand to shareholders that the company was work on accepting cryptocurrency for online payments . He even pulled a varlet out ofTesla CEO Elon Musk ’s playbookand created two Twitter polls to take the world whether AMC shouldaccept dogecoinandshiba inu . ( coincidently , Musk liked Aron ’s dogecoin poll , which made the AMC CEO gofull stan ) .
First,@elonmusklikes my Dogecoin Twitter Poll on Tuesday . Now , no less than entrepreneur extraordinaire@mcubanreplies to another of my Dogecoin tweets on Wednesday — offer up how we can move forward with Doge . I am so charmed by the interest in#AMCandDogecoin!pic.twitter.com/1gDuPoyLRn
— Adam Aron ( @CEOAdam)September 24 , 2021
Why is Aron so into with cryptocurrency , you ask ? It all comes down to the company’snew shareholders , the retail merchant investors who rallied together onReddit ’s r / wallstreetbetsthrough meme to avail keep the party afloat at the beginning of the yr ( and stick it to Wall Street ) . In June , Aron announced that these shareholder owned more than 80 % of the society and promise to give them free popcorn .
“ We form for them . I play for them , ” Aron said in June . “ By definition , their interest and passions are important to AMC , their ambitions and passions are important to me . ”
One of those passions take place to be cryptocurrency , according to Aron . And he ’s felicitous to bind . That’seasier saidthan done , though .
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