Crypto-adoption is one of the major driving forces that will send our favorite digital assets to the Moon in terms of value in the crypto markets. We are always reminded of the 10,000 BTC pizza purchase of 2010 that could be worth a few million with today’s value of Bitcoin. But that purchase was necessary to popularize Bitcoin as a medium of exchange for the purchase of goods and service. That particular purchase even kick-started the use of Bitcoin as a store of value to the point where Wall Street firms want a piece of the action.
Yes. Wall Street wants in on Bitcoin. The owners of the New York Stock Exchange (Intercontinental Exchange) has partnered with Microsoft, Starbucks, BCG, and others, to launch the Bakkt Company. The latter firm aims at making Bitcoin and all digital currencies, more visible as viable investment options as well as digital assets to be used in the day to day purchases of goods and services. This is where Starbucks comes into play.
A better explanation of how Starbucks will push the adoption of Bitcoin was given by CNBC’s Brian Kelly in a commentary only a few hours after the Bakkt announcement was made. Mr. Kelly stated that:
“Starbucks are going to allow you to take your crypto and effectively load up a US Dollar card with it. We do not have a problem with that payment system here in the US.
This is more about a move forward and if you look at Starbuck’s history, they are really at the forefront of digital payments particularly in the retail space. To have them involved is more of a signal that this is becoming more of a mainstream.
If you go globally, they are talking about Bitcoin as a global currency…which I believe it could be…People are going to start using Bitcoin to buy their coffee if their currency does not work well.”
With Bakkt being slated to start operations in November, this is where we get the timeline of us being able to purchase coffee using BTC by then. It could be sooner or later and depend on how Starbucks wishes to spearhead the adoption of BTC.
Either way, this is huge news and in the desired direction of Bitcoin and other digital assets, being adopted as a means of investing as well as paying for day to day items such as coffee at Starbucks. This, in turn, means that their value in the crypto-markets could reach for the Moon.
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