Amazon Starts Hiring Developers For Its Digital Currency Division

Amazon starts hiring developers for its digital currency division as well as engineers for a digital currency project to be launched in Mexico so let’s read more in our latest crypto news.

Amazon starts hiring software engineers and developers for its Digital and Emerging payments and a few of the job posts mentioned a new digital currency payment produced that will be launched in Mexico. Andy Jassy who launched the Amazon Managed Blockchain services as the AWS CEO will now be taking over as CEO this year.

After the news came out over the past week that Tesla purchased $1.5 billion in BTC back in January, the speculations increased about which corporate player will be the next one to put some more money in BTC on its books or to make a new bullish move and attract crypto-using customers. Online retailer Amazon has the entire crypto industry watching over closely and remains committed to the fiat while experimenting with alternatives. Amazon’s Digital and Emerging payments division is now working on a new digital currency project that will be launched in Mexico.

The company is looking to hire software development managers and engineers as per the Amazon jobs website. The post read:

“We are looking for a leader to help us launch a new payment product stating with Mexico as our initial launch country. This product will enable customers to convert their cash in to digital currency using which [sic] customers can enjoy online services including shopping for goods and/or services like Prime Video.”

The earliest job posting was listed back in October but was recently updated. The job post doesn’t have plenty to go on as digital currency is able to refer to any number of digital payment methods. Amazon has its own currency already which is an equivalent of the Disney Dollars which can be used on the Appstore’s “in-app items like boosters, gems, and power-ups.”

However, now is the perfect time for Amazon to make a new move in the crypto space and create a game token. Jeff Bezos, Amazon’s CEO now prepares to step down and to make space for Amazon Web Services CEO Andy Jassy who was the one that launched the Amazon Manager Blockchain service. Jassy will inherit a company that doesn’t allow buyers to use PayPal nor Bitcoin but incentivizes the customers to use its branded card and to collect interest. This means that a move into crypto will make plenty of financial sense.

Regardless of the direction that this company takes, It most certainly can afford an experiment and the next thing that could happen is well a new digital currency.