Microsoft Press Office: “We’ve Restored Bitcoin as a Payment Option”

Microsoft Temporarily Halts Bitcoin Payment Services

Bitcoin Payment Options Restored On January 9
On January 9, after multiple press accounts detailing that Microsoft had stopped dealing with bitcoin due to “network instability,” a few new reports came out declaring that the company had restored bitcoin payment services. The publications news.com.au, Softpedia, and a few others stated that a Microsoft spokeswoman told them the “redeem bitcoin” button would be returning to the platform. Again our reporter Avi Mizrahi reached out to Microsoft’s press office to confirm the rumors that the company had restored bitcoin payments. The statement a Microsoft spokesperson provided to Mizrahi explains:We’ve restored Bitcoin as a payment option in our store after working with our provider to ensure lower Bitcoin amounts would be redeemable by customers.

The “Redeem Bitcoin” Feature Reappears
At the time of writing this article, some users in certain areas still cannot see the “redeem bitcoin” feature. However, news.Bitcoin.com was able to see the bitcoin payment option restored in a screen shot from one of our correspondents located in Israel. The “redeem bitcoin” option for denominations between $10-100 can now be accessed once again in the Microsoft account holder’s “payments and billing” section. What do you think about Microsoft restoring bitcoin payments? Let us know what you think about this story in the comments below. ** Additional reporting by Avi MizrahiImages via Microsoft, Pixabay, and Avi Mizrahi.
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