Twitch.tv, the online video streaming service, has been acquired by Amazon.
This news comes after several weeks of rumours of both Amazon and Google wanting to acquire them. The deal, announced by Amazon yesterday afternoon, is for a cool $970 million cash.
Amazon and Bitcoin
As a result, it’s now technically correct to say “Amazon accepts Bitcoin”, since Twitch.tv began accepting Bitcoin earlier this month.
Amazon, however, has been adamant in their stance against Bitcoin. During an interview back in April, Amazon’s head of payments Tom Taylor said in an interview “we’re not hearing from customers that [Bitcoin is] right for them and don’t have any plans with Amazon to engage Bitcoin.”
Taylor didn’t, however, rule out the possibility of Amazon embracing Bitcoin in the future. Could their acquisition of Twitch.tv be just what the company needs to realize the market they’re missing out on?
Amazon Acquires Bitcoin-Accepting Twitch.tv
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