THELOGICALINDIAN - Uber has reportedly called Expedia arch Dara Khosrowshahi as its new CEO Under Khosrowshahis advance Expedia started accepting bitcoin He is additionally a claimed broker in Bitcoin startup 21 Inc
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Uber Picked Bitcoin-Friendly Chief
Uber Technologies Inc reportedly chose Expedia CEO Dara Khosrowshahi as its new CEO on Sunday, according to two sources with ability of the matter. Bloomberg reported:
Khosrowshahi began confined as the CEO of Expedia in August 2005, allowance the aggregation extend its all-around attendance to added than 60 countries. “Under his leadership, Expedia, Inc. has developed to become the better online biking aggregation in the world,” his business profile shows. The Brown University alum became the accomplished paid CEO in the S&P 500 in 2015, with advantage accretion $94.6 million, according to a report aggregate by Equilar and the Associated Press.
In March 2015, he alone invested an bearding bulk in the $116 actor Series B fundraising annular for 21 Inc. In addition, his Linkedin contour shows that he is a affiliate of the able Bitcoin P2P Digital Currency group.
If Khosrowshahi accepts Uber’s offer, he would be replacing architect Travis Kalanick, who resigned afterwards a actor revolt. At columnist time, he has not yet accustomed the offer.
Expedia & Bitcoin
During Khosrowshahi’s leadership, Expedia started accepting bitcoin on June 11, 2014. However, the advantage is alone accessible for auberge bookings, which is still the case today. For flights, the alone acquittal options are debit/credit cards and Masterpass currently.
Bitcoin payments for Expedia are processed by Coinbase. Customers advantageous with bitcoin are directed to Coinbase’s website. Michael Gulmann, Expedia’s carnality admiral of all-around product, explained at the time that “Coinbase anon converts all chump bitcoin affairs into U.S. dollars with its burning barter feature, so we at Expedia never absolutely aggregate or authority any bitcoin.”
Uber & Bitcoin
While Uber does not acquire bitcoin, some Uber drivers accept apart explored the option.
In July 2016 in Argentina, Uber drivers began accepting payments application Bitcoin wallet and agenda account Xapo to bypass a political roadblock endlessly them from accepting acclaim cards aural the country. News.Bitcoin.com reported at the time how holders of the Xapo debit agenda could use Uber’s absolute agenda readers, giving Argentinians a way to pay for their Uber rides in accession to cash. The political embargo endlessly Uber from application acclaim cards did not affect Xapo’s debit agenda back they are topped up application bitcoin, Xapo explained.
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