THELOGICALINDIAN - Airbnb confirms that it is attractive to abutment cryptocurrency The aggregation has additionally offered to accommodate apartment for up to 100000 Ukrainian refugees According to the European Union about four actor bodies may try to leave Ukraine because of the Russian invasion
Airbnb’s CEO Discusses Cryptocurrency and the Refugee Crisis in Ukraine
The CEO of Airbnb, Brian Chesky, talked about cryptocurrency and his company’s efforts to advice Ukrainian refugees in an account with CNBC Tuesday. According to its website, Airbnb has about 6 actor alive listings worldwide, with added than 4 actor hosts. There are 100,000 cities and towns with alive Airbnb listings.
Chesky was asked if Airbnb supports crypto back some bodies in Ukraine are aggravating to booty payments in cryptocurrency afterward Russia’s invasion. He replied:
He continued: “I went on Twitter in the alpha of the year and I asked a association on Twitter if Airbnb can barrage annihilation in 2022, what would it be? The cardinal one acknowledgment was [to] add crypto payments, so I accept a aggregation attractive into that.”
While allegorical that Airbnb does not accept annihilation apropos crypto payments to advertise yet, the CEO emphasized:
Noted that it is absurd that annihilation crypto will be implemented “that quickly,” Chesky said: “So appropriate now we’re absolutely focused on is accouterment apartment for refugees. That’s what I’ve mobilized a aggregation to do.”
Airbnb has been cerebration about cryptocurrency for absolutely some time. In its announcement filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in November aftermost year, the close named blockchain and cryptocurrencies as some of the technologies it is considering.
Airbnb appear Monday that it is alms chargeless acting apartment for up to 100,000 refugees from Ukraine. Since the alpha of the Russian invasion, added than 600,000 civilians accept fled Ukraine, according to the UN. The European Union estimates that up to four actor bodies may try to leave Ukraine because of the Russian invasion.
“We accomplished out to governments in Poland and Germany and Hungary and Romania, and countries alike west of them to action assistance,” the Airbnb CEO explained.
“We’ve been extensive out to our hosts. We’ve anchored allotment and so we’re able to abode up to 100,000 refugees,” he shared. “Frankly, we can abode as abounding refugees as we accept hosts.”
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