The world’s largest online retailer may soon start accepting Bitcoin payments, according to an insider who chose to remain anonymous. The company has confirmed it’s exploring cryptocurrencies.

A poll conducted by American analytics firm Gallup has found that since 2018, Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies have gained momentum among U.S. investors. It found that 6% of its 1,037 respondents own BTC, a 4% rise from 2018.

Leading decentralized exchange Uniswap has delisted a number of tokens from its application’s interface. The delistings were made by Uniswap Labs, the software developer that built the front-end of the exchange’s web portal.

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Top stories in the Crypto Roundup today:

• Amazon is Looking to Accept Bitcoin Payments, Insider Says
• 6% of American Investors Own Bitcoin, New Poll Shows
• Uniswap Delists Tokens from Its Interface as Regulators Close In
• Daily Movers – MATIC, DOGE, SUSHI
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Amazon is Looking to Accept Bitcoin Payments, Insider Says

Amazon has listed a job posting for a Digital Currency and Blockchain Product Lead to create a vision and roadmap for new payments solutions with the company. An insider has now claimed the firm is looking to accept bitcoin payments, and later on launch its own token.

In a statement shared with media outlets, an Amazon spokesperson suggested the world’s largest online retailer is considering enabling cryptocurrency payments. Per an insider, the plans run much deeper:

“This isn’t just going through the motions to set up cryptocurrency payment solutions at some point in the future – this is a full-on, well-discussed, integral part of the future mechanism of how Amazon will work.”

The insider added that the plan begins with Bitcoin which is the “key first stage” of the project and “the directive coming from the very top... Jeff Bezos himself.” Ethereum, Cardano, and Bitcoin Cash will also be added as payment methods, the insider added.

They claimed Amazon has been working on integrating cryptocurrencies since 2019 and the “entire project is pretty much ready to roll.” After all of these cryptoassets are launched, Amazon is set to launch its own native token, the insider explained.

6% of American Investors Own Bitcoin, New Poll Shows

A poll conducted by American analytics firm Gallup has found that since 2018, Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies have gained momentum among U.S. investors. It found that 6% of its 1,037 respondents own BTC, a 4% rise from 2018.

Gallup’s Investor Optimism poll defines U.S. investors as “adults with $10,000 or more invested in stocks, bonds or mutual funds.” Of the survey’s respondents, 13% under fifty hold BTC, with the number being 3% among senior investors.

In 2018, 80% of investors revealed they had an interest in buying Bitcoin, while this year 70% of investors expressed interest in the flagship cryptocurrency.

The poll also revealed awareness about cryptocurrencies has been growing. In 2018, investors familiar with crypto were a minority at 48%, while this year 62% revealed they are familiar with the nascent space.

Uniswap Delists Tokens from Its Interface as Regulators Close In

Leading decentralized exchange Uniswap has delisted a number of tokens from its application’s interface. The delistings were made by Uniswap Labs, the software developer that built the front-end of the exchange’s web portal.

Uniswap Labs has pointed out that the protocol remains immutable and that the front-end is separate from the Uniswap protocol itself, which runs on smart contracts on the Ethereum blockchain.

“These changes pertain to the interface at app.uniswap.org — the Protocol remains entirely autonomous, immutable, and permissionless.”

In a blog post, the firm hinted that increased regulatory pressure likely influenced its decision to delist the tokens. It considered the actions “consistent” with those taken “by other DeFi interfaces.” Delisted tokens include assets that could be classified as securities, including tokenized stocks.

Daily Movers – MATIC, DOGE, SUSHI

Several tokens are leading the charge in the last 24-hour period. Some of these are well-known cryptocurrencies with more liquid trading pairs, so we’ll be focusing on these over low-cap cryptos that may have higher percentage changes.

Polygon (MATIC) - Matic provides scalable, secure and instant transactions using sidechains based on an adapted implementation of Plasma framework for asset security and a decentralized network of Proof-of-Stake (PoS) validators. In short, it allows anyone to create scalable DApps while ensuring a superior user experience in a secure and decentralized manner.

Dogecoin (DOGE) - Dogecoin was created back in 2013 as a joke. The cryptocurrency’s community is well-known for taking on philanthropic projects, which included helping charitable organizations. It made headlines in 2014 after raising more than $25,000 worth of DOGE to let the Jamaican bobsleigh team attend the Winter Olympics in Sochi.

Sushi (SUSHI) - SushiSwap is designed to be an evolution of #Uniswap with $SUSHI tokenomics. SushiSwap protocol better aligns incentives for network participants by introducing revenue-sharing & network effects to the popular AMM model.

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