Altcoin News: Microsoft Added Bitcoin to Currency List in Excel

May 28, 2019, by Marko Vidrih on ALTCOIN MAGAZINE

Microsoft has added the ability to select BTC as the currency in the Excel spreadsheet program.

Microsoft has long been exploring the possibilities of cryptocurrency and blockchain. For the first time, the company added the option to pay in Bitcoins for its digital products in 2014. Then, customers from the United States had the opportunity to use cryptocurrency to buy games and videos for Windows, Windows Phone and Xbox platforms.

In addition, recently LVMH, Microsoft and ConsenSys have created a blockchain platform for authentication of luxury goods, and a little earlier, Microsoft launched the user identification tool on the Bitcoin blockchain.

Recall that in February, Google added the BTC symbol to the keyboard for iOS devices, and since June 2017, the Bitcoin symbol has become part of the Unicode standard (Unicode) version 10. Although Apple has not yet officially added the BTC symbol, in September last year two Bitcoin symbols were added to the mobile operating system as part of the Siri Shortcuts application.

Author: Marko Vidrih