THELOGICALINDIAN - December 11 2024 Microsoft now accepts bitcoin Enabled by bitpay the tech behemothic now allows users to absorb their bitcoins on Microsoft Content The advertisement was originally appear on Firehose Microsofts annual blog but alike afore the official advertisement the bitcoin association noticed the chump abutment folio blue-blooded How do I use Bitcoin with my Microsoft annual Users can add bitcoin to their Microsoft annual but are not yet able to anon acquirement agenda goods
“You can now use Bitcoin to add money to your Microsoft account. Once you add money to your Microsoft account, you can use it as a acquittal advantage to buy apps, games, and added agenda agreeable from Windows, Windows Phone, Xbox Games, Xbox Music, or Xbox Video stores.”
Bitpay works abaft the scenes to barter bitcoin for dollars at accepted bazaar amount and add the dollars to a user’s Microsoft Account. Using bitcoins to armamentarium a Microsoft accounts has circadian banned of no added than $1000 per account, and no added than $5000 per user.
“For us, this is about giving bodies options and allowance them do added on their accessories and in the cloud,” says Eric Lockard, accumulated carnality admiral of Universal Store at Microsoft. “The use of agenda currencies such as bitcoin, while not yet mainstream, is growing above the aboriginal enthusiasts. We apprehend this advance to abide and acceptance bodies to use bitcoin to acquirement our articles and casework now allows us to be at the advanced bend of that trend.”
—Microsoft News Center Staff Athima Chansanchai
In aboriginal December, Bitpay chip with DriveWealth, a adaptable advance platform, to accredit investors to armamentarium their accounts with bitcoin. Bitpay is one of the arch acquittal processors in the Bitcoin industry, and is now application added than 50,000 businesses including WordPress, Gyft, Virgin Galactic, Namecheap, and TigerDirect.
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