{"id":16355,"date":"2017-04-28T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-04-27T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www2019.dash.org\/2017\/04\/28\/dash-focuses-on-use-as-currency-with-3-new-partnerships\/"},"modified":"2021-09-18T11:39:54","modified_gmt":"2021-09-18T11:39:54","slug":"dashfocus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.dash.org\/news\/dashfocus\/","title":{"rendered":"Dash Focuses On Use As Currency With 3 New Partnerships"},"content":{"rendered":"
Three separate partnerships this week are seeing Dash<\/a> further integrate itself as a currency for everyday payments.<\/p>\n Gift card operator BitCart<\/a>, payments gateway CryptoWoo<\/a> and Venezuelan exchange Cryptobuyer<\/a> have all added the altcoin to their books.<\/p>\n \u201cOne of the most important things we need to do to help cryptocurrency adoption grow is to give potential users a strong reason to overcome the technical hurdles and start using digital currencies every day,\u201d CEO Daniel Diaz said in a press release Wednesday.<\/p>\n BitCart offers gift certificates for Amazon with a 20 percent discount for paying with Bitcoin and will shortly begin working with Hotels.com to add similar functionality.<\/p>\n \u201cOffering a 20 percent discount on Amazon purchases is a powerful incentive for new users to try Dash out, learn about it and most importantly and start realizing its benefits,\u201d Diaz added.<\/p>\n This week saw rival Bitcoin gift card business Gyft receive scorn<\/a> on social media for initially refusing to refund a customer who was banned from Amazon for using what the website described as \u201cinvalid\u201d gift certificates.<\/p>\n \u201cDash allows our merchant platform to completely eliminate the chance of chargebacks and it opens up more options to anyone in the world,\u201d BitCart CEO Graham De Barra added.<\/p>\n Dash will also become the fourth currency merchants can accept using CryptoWoo\u2019s plugin, alongside Bitcoin, Litecoin and Dogecoin.<\/p>\n Its entry into the Venezuelan exchange<\/a> market meanwhile appears to be a direct challenge to Bitcoin, the country\u2019s interest in cryptocurrency spiking<\/a> as its national currency devalues further and further.<\/p>\n The press release even suggests Dash would become \u201ca viable alternative to the Bolivar.\u201d<\/p>\n