Uber will consider accepting payments in cryptocurrency, CEO Dara Khosrowshahi told CNBC.

According to him, the company had already discussed the idea of ​​​​buying bitcoins, but abandoned it. The company will explore the possibility of accepting payments in cryptocurrencies and implement this opportunity if it will be useful. Khosrowshahi emphasized that Uber will not accept cryptocurrency “just like that.”

“We are going to keep our money safe. We do not engage in speculation ... The advantage of our company lies in the business that we have built, and not in investments, ”said the CEO ..

The comments come days after Tesla announced that it had bought $1.5 billion worth of bitcoin and plans to start accepting the digital currency as payment for its products.

Due to the depreciation of the currency, the company suffered a loss of about $101 million. Tesla indicated that in March 2021, part of the bitcoins was sold and $128 million was received for them.

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