NEW: Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin now accepts Bitcoin for space travel. 🚀 https://t.co/eJQEuaoK33
JUST IN: Blue Origin, Jeff Bezos’ $180 billion space company, now accepts Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies for trips aboard its New Shepard rocket. https://t.co/kgKdSVEXw9
NYSE-listed integrated payments company Shift4 Payments has announced a partnership with Jeff Bezos’ space travel company Blue Origin to enable customers to pay for space trips using cryptocurrencies and stablecoins, including Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana, USDT, and USDC. https://t.co/MAVT2Ksvgr
Blue Origin, the spaceflight company founded by Jeff Bezos, will begin accepting cryptocurrency as payment for seats on its New Shepard suborbital rocket. The payments option is being enabled through a partnership with NYSE-listed Shift4 Payments, allowing customers to use Bitcoin, Ether, Solana and the stablecoins USDT and USDC to book flights. The initiative makes Blue Origin one of the first major commercial space operators to integrate digital assets directly into its ticketing system, broadening the practical use of cryptocurrencies beyond traditional goods and services.