The digital currency Bitcoin has recovered from its low from last week.
On Monday afternoon, a Bitcoin cost more than $ 38,000 again.
This is the highest level since mid-June.
A week ago, Bitcoin cost less than $ 30,000, at least at times.
Other cryptocurrencies also increased significantly.
The digital currency is very susceptible to rumors - one way and the other.
And so it was the case this time too.
Franz Nestler
Editor in business.
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The online giant Amazon is currently involved, at least indirectly. A management position for the crypto sector is advertised in a job advertisement. It's about a senior role in the Payment Acceptance and Experience team. In addition, a payment strategy in the field of digital currencies and blockchain is to be established. In addition, the newcomer should also be familiar with the digital currency plans of the central banks.
Numerous considerations quickly made the rounds: For example, the company could perhaps accept Bitcoin as a means of payment - as, for example, the electric car manufacturer Tesla has shown. But this assumption was only temporary. Tesla boss Elon Musk justified this with environmental concerns, as the digital currency devours huge amounts of electricity. Musk is now clearly more conciliatory, which should also have contributed to the recovery of the digital currencies. But Amazon could also work on its own digital currency and thus follow the example of Facebook. The company worked with Libra on its own application for blockchain technology. However, this has met with a lot of resistance from politics and the supervisory authorities, so that the plans have meanwhile been significantly reduced.
As usual, Amazon did not want to comment on the speculation about digital currencies.