A new partnership between Bitpay and Verifone could allow you to soon buy pizza with cryptocurrency

A new partnership between Bitpay and Verifone could allow you to soon buy pizza with cryptocurrency

Buying pizza with dogecoin or litecoin might soon be possible. A new partnership between crypto payments processor BitPay and Verifone, the maker of credit card readers, is aiming to allow customers to use their cryptocurrency to pay for products later this year, according to a . "If they decide to buy a pizza with Visa or AmEx or crypto, we don't care," Mike Pulli, chief executive officer of Verifone, . "We just want to give them the flexibility to pay the way they want to." Users with approved crypto wallets, like Blockchain.com and BitPay, can use one of 11 difference cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin, dogecoin, and litecoin, to make purchases. Once at checkout, customers will choose their crypto wallet on the device generally used as a card reader. The consumer will then scan QR code from the screen using their crypto wallet to complete the transaction. Merchants will receive the crypto in US dollars in their bank accounts. "The new solution enables merchants to broaden their customer base and promote crypto acceptance while being protected from the price volatility of the cryptocurrency markets," Verifone said in the press release. Verifone said its merchant base has been looking to tap into