The online retailer Amazon has received this week confirmation that its hypothetical creation of An "Amazon coin" would be positive, while Starbucks mainstream consumer company, talked about plans to use Blockchain on the Starbucks app, also suggesting the possibility of creating their own currency for the use of l & # 39; application.

Just over half of the 1,000 respondents who used Amazon in the past month said they would use the cryptocurrency of the online retailer in the event that Amazon embarks on creating of the coin nicknamed "Amazon Coin", a survey conducted by LendEDU on February 27th.

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LendEDU also asked same people surveyed if they were using a bank account created by Amazo n as their main account – 44.50% said yes – or they would use an Amazon savings account – 49.6% said that & # 39; s They would do it

In total, the survey asked 17 questions about respondents' views on possible extensions of Amazon beyond online retail, such as # 39; involvement in pharmaceuticals, mortgages, life insurance, etc.

In response to the general question of whether these respondents trust Amazon A total of 61% said that they trusted Amazon more or less than the traditional banks.

Although Amazon has not announced its intention to create its own digital currency, it has ventured into the Blockchain technologies that are behind it. most cryptocurrencies. Last December, Amazon Web Services (AWS) signed an agreement with R3 to use its platform Corda Blockchain

This week, Howard Schultz, Executive Chairman of Starbucks, said in an interview with Fox Business that He saw Blockchain technologies as something that Starbucks will use to go from the front:

"I think Blockchain is probably the rails in which an application embedded in Starbucks will sit above."

Schultz, whom the interviewer reported as not being a Bitcoin fan, added that compared to Starbuck's testing a cashless store, Starbucks told him -Even could create its own digital currency to be used on their integrated application.

"This is not Bitcoin, but I believe that given the framework and the platform that we have on our digital mobile application, we could be there. one of the first companies to have an exclusive digital currency. "

Last week, Fundstrate strategist Tom Lee had suggested in a report that Amazon and Starbucks were likely to implement the technology Blockchain and "Announce Crypto-Strategy" this year.