Bitcoin can now be used on Apple Pay

Apple added Bitcoin to Apple Pay shortly after Tesla CEO Elon Musk voiced interest in Dogecoin cryptocurrency. Tesla also said that its cars will accept bitcoins for payments in the near future.

Apple has added Bitcoin to Apple Pay. According to the statement made by BitPay, the cards used here can now be added to Apple Wallet. Prepaid Mastercard users of the Bitcoin wallet BitPay in the USA will now be able to add their cards to Apple Wallet and use Bitcoin for purchases online via Apple Pay. The BitPay Wallet application supports not only Bitcoin, but also cryptocurrencies Ether and Bitcoin Cash, as well as dollar-pegged stablecoins USD Coin, Gemini Dollar, Paxos Standard and Binance USD. In addition, the company plans to add new supports for Google Pay and Samsung Play by the end of March. BitPay CEO Stephen Pair said in a statement: “We have thousands of customers using the BitPay Card. The addition of Apple Pay to this system and the fact that we will soon add Google and Samsung Pay to this team means that the BitPay Card will be used in more places and more easily.