{"id":389861,"date":"2022-01-05T13:45:34","date_gmt":"2022-01-05T10:45:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/airbnb-users-want-crypto-payment-options-according-to-ceo-twitter-poll\/"},"modified":"2022-01-05T13:45:34","modified_gmt":"2022-01-05T10:45:34","slug":"airbnb-users-want-crypto-payment-options-according-to-ceo-twitter-poll","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/airbnb-users-want-crypto-payment-options-according-to-ceo-twitter-poll\/","title":{"rendered":"# Airbnb users want crypto payment options, according to CEO Twitter poll"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong># Airbnb users want crypto payment options, according to CEO <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a> poll <\/strong>&#8221;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.cointelegraph.com\/images\/840_aHR0cHM6Ly9zMy5jb2ludGVsZWdyYXBoLmNvbS91cGxvYWRzLzIwMjItMDEvZDg4MWNlMDEtNDk0Mi00OWFlLThiZjktOTZlZGM5NzRiM2UwLmpwZw==.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"post-content\" data-v-128018ef>Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bchesky\/status\/1477764672640073728\">tweeted<\/a> a poll on Monday asking his roughly 400,000 followers what they wanted from the rental platform in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Chesky has today revealed that the majority of respondents want to be able to pay with Bitcoin (BTC) or other popular digital currencies when renting their next house or apartment on Airbnb. Other requests included clear pricing displays, a loyalty program for visitors, up-to-date cleaning charges, and enhanced customer service.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Got 4,000 suggestions. Here are the top 6:<\/p>\n<p>1 &#8211; Crypto payments (top suggestion)<br \/>2 &#8211; Clear pricing displays<br \/>3 &#8211; Guest loyalty program<br \/>4 &#8211; Updated cleaning fees<br \/>5 &#8211; More long-term stays &amp; discounts<br \/>6 &#8211; Better customer service<\/p>\n<p>Already working on most, will look into others now! <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rxEM4BXZci\">https:\/\/t.co\/rxEM4BXZci<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Brian Chesky (@bchesky) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bchesky\/status\/1478553642357559296?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 5, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\nChesky also added that he has seen a number of token ideas, implying that Airbnb&#8217;s potential cryptocurrency payment selection will not be confined to one or two digital assets. Airbnb currently accepts Visa, MasterCard, <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">App<\/a>le Pay, Google Pay and PayPal as payment methods. The CEO also noted that the accommodation company has processed $336 billion in transactions since 2013.<\/p>\n<p>Chesky has been vocal regarding the potential of new technologies. In September, he\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/markets\/airbnb-ceo-hints-on-crypto\">told<\/a> Fox Business that the company had received a lot of inquiries regarding crypto payments:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;We get a lot of requests, I&#8217;ve been getting it for years, I have nothing to announce on it today.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>During a November <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/22783422\/airbnb-pandemic-ceo-brian-chesky-interview-travel-decoder-podcast\">interview<\/a> with Nilay Patel of The Verge, he was asked about his thoughts on the future of crypto and metaverse:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;We are definitely looking into it. Absolutely. Like the revolution in <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">travel<\/a>, there is clearly a revolution happening in crypto. Airbnb and crypto both have interesting relationships with trust.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong><em>Related: <\/em><\/strong><strong><em>Crypto exchange lists Airbnb derivatives contract ahead of IPO<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>He went on to note that Brian Armstrong, the CEO of Coinbase, was a former employee of Airbnb. The crypto buzz surrounding Airbnb comes amid a rise in competition from decentralized blockchain-based alternatives like Travala.com&#8217;s Dtravel, which provides a holiday rental service.<\/p>\n<p><template data-name=\"subscription_form\" data-type=\"crypto_biz\"><\/template><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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Chesky has today revealed that the majority of respondents want to be able to pay with Bitcoin (BTC) or other&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":389862,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/images.cointelegraph.com\/images\/1200_aHR0cHM6Ly9zMy5jb2ludGVsZWdyYXBoLmNvbS91cGxvYWRzLzIwMjItMDEvZDg4MWNlMDEtNDk0Mi00OWFlLThiZjktOTZlZGM5NzRiM2UwLmpwZw==.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[74867,74862,74863,74860,74891,74892,74355,73744],"class_list":["post-389861","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general","tag-altcoin","tag-bitcoin","tag-cryptocurrencies","tag-cryptocurrency-exchange","tag-ethereum","tag-tokens","tag-adoption","tag-airbnb"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/389861","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=389861"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/389861\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/389862"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=389861"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=389861"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=389861"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}