Uber again said that it considers Crypto (USDC, USDT) year after considering BTC payments
Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi said the giant ride on the hailing explored the use of crypto as a payment method, marked in the third time the company had made claims since 2021.
Speaking Thursday to Bloomberg Tech Conference in San FranciscoKhosrowshahi said the company is in the “study stage” of reviewing stablecoins for operational use.
“I think Stablecoins is one of the more interesting crypto instantiations with practical benefits beyond being a store of value,” Khosrowshahi said.
Uber is an early member of the Diem Association (formerly Libra), who joined 2019 to support the META initiative now defunct stablecoin aimed at restoring global payment.
“You can have your opinions on Bitcoin, it’s a proven commodity, and people are different from where it goes. But the Stablecoins seems a bit promise, especially for global companies that are moving money around the world,” Khosrowshahi continued on Thursday. “That is very interesting to us, and we will definitely look at it.”
Statements boast what khosrowshahi told CNBC in September 2021When he said Uber would “view” the reception of BTC and other cryptocurrencies in payment.
At this time, he removed any plans to put the crypto on the company’s balance sheet, saying, “Keep our cash safe.”
Later, in February 2022, Khosrowshahi told Bloomberg That the company will “fully” accept cryptocurrencies as a form of payment to “some point” in the future, but emphasized that the time is not yet correct.
“We’re talking all the time,” Khosrowshahi said at that time. “As the exchange mechanism becomes cheaper and more friendly to the environment, I think you’ll find us leaning against the crypto a little more.”
When he made comments associated with crypto in 2021, BTC exchanged flat for the next three months.
However, his comments in February 2022 arrived Sunday before the beginning of a seizure of the main market correction industry, which began that spring.
