Bitcoin to the sky: Emirates to accept BTC payments and launch NFT collectibles

Emirates, the largest hose successful the United Arab Emirates (UAE), announced that it has plans to instrumentality Bitcoin (BTC) payments and motorboat nonfungible tokens (NFTs) to beryllium traded done the company's websites. 

In a media gathering held astatine the Arabian Travel Market, the main operating serviceman of Emirates, Adel Ahmed Al-Redha reportedly stated that the Dubai-based hose volition beryllium onboarding caller employees who volition beryllium focused connected blockchain-related projects specified arsenic the crypto payments, blockchain tracking, metaverse and NFTs.

According to Al-Redha, the hose is looking into utilizing blockchain to support craft records. Additionally, the hose enforcement besides noted that it whitethorn usage the metaverse to alteration its processes specified arsenic operations, training, website sales, and different airline-related experiences into the integer world. The airline’s COO believes that this volition marque the processes "more interactive."

Apart from these, Al-Redha besides mentioned that the hose manufacture is dilatory making a comeback arsenic determination are much and much travelers coming in. To grow its reach, the steadfast is embracing caller technologies specified arsenic a Bitcoin outgo work and NFT collectibles to beryllium traded.

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Airports and airlines astir the globe person been looking into ways to integrate blockchain-based technologies and crypto payments. In February 2021, Air France partnered with respective organizations to make a blockchain-based system that verifies COVID-19 trial results.

In March 2021, the Latvian hose airBaltic has added Dogecoin (DOGE) and Ether (ETH) into its outgo options. The hose has been accepting BTC since 2014 and allows the usage of different currencies similar USD Coin (USDC), Binance USD (BUSD) and Gemini Dollar (GUSD).

Back successful October 2021, Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele announced that the hose Volaris El Salvador volition judge BTC payments. The announcement followed El Salvador's propulsion for BTC adoption erstwhile it declared BTC arsenic ineligible tender.