{"id":41811,"date":"2019-10-21T01:14:17","date_gmt":"2019-10-21T01:14:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www2019.dash.org\/?p=41811"},"modified":"2021-09-18T11:42:47","modified_gmt":"2021-09-18T11:42:47","slug":"retailers-are-rushing-into","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.dash.org\/news\/retailers-are-rushing-into\/","title":{"rendered":"Retailers are rushing into crypto\u2013is this the start of mass adoption?"},"content":{"rendered":"
Real-world crypto adoption is booming, according to a slew of recent announcements. Earlier this month,\u00a0Crypto.com<\/a>\u00a0made their Pay Checkout plugin available for\u00a0WooCommerce<\/a>\u00a0merchants, which it claims make up about 30 percent of the world\u2019s online stores.<\/p>\n Payments and privacy coin\u00a0Dash<\/a>\u00a0recently announced partnerships with a number of payment providers that reach millions including\u00a0Overstock.com<\/a>. Some of\u00a0France’s largest retailers<\/a>\u00a0meanwhile, are planning to accept Bitcoin come 2020; you can buy bitcoin from\u00a07-Eleven<\/a>\u00a0in the Philippines, and an Icelandic firm just\u00a0settled a payment from IKEA<\/a>\u00a0using the Ethereum blockchain. It\u2019s even\u00a0possible to use cryptocurrencies<\/a>\u00a0to buy food at refugee camps.<\/p>\n So, is this finally crypto\u2019s big break? Nearly.<\/p>\nCrypto retail is still in its early stages<\/h4>\n