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Since the Covid-19 outbreak, contactless payments have been trending more so than they ever were before. There are a number of traditional services that remove cash from the equation, but cryptocurrencies also provide the same ends except the means are decentralized.<\/p>\n
This week the Austrian payment processor\u00a0Salamantex<\/a>\u00a0announced that 2,500 merchants in the country will be able to support three different crypto assets via the system. The three supported assets include ethereum (ETH<\/a>) dash (DASH<\/a>) and bitcoin (BTC<\/a>).<\/p>\n \u201cOwners of [cryptocurrencies like] bitcoin and dash can be excited. From this summer on, they can spend their coins at more than 2,500 merchants using [the]\u00a0A1 Payment service<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 provided the merchant has activated the feature,\u201d<\/em><\/strong> Salamantex wrote.<\/p>\n The Salamantex team also mentioned how Austrians really like cash, but Covid-19 has changed that trend a great deal. Before the coronavirus outbreak, Austrians were extremely proud of cash and this was reflected in a\u00a0large poll<\/a>\u00a0during the parliamentary election in late September 2019. One young Austrian woman interviewed during the poll said she liked cash because \u201cyou don\u2019t leave a trace.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cAlthough Austria is traditionally a country with a high affinity for cash, the last few months have led to a mind shift after people were called upon by the government and retailers to primarily switch to cashless payment transactions as far as possible,\u201d<\/em><\/strong> the Salamantex announcement detailed. The company added:<\/p>\n Crypto assets have seen wider adoption in recent weeks, as news.Bitcoin.com recently\u00a0reported<\/a>\u00a0on the Australia Post providing bitcoin (BTC<\/a>) purchases via Bitcoin.com.au. Further, Centrapay revealed\u00a02,000 Coca-Cola brand vending machines<\/a>\u00a0in Australia and New Zealand that now support\u00a0BTC<\/a>\u00a0payments<\/p>\n Salamantex COO, Markus Pejacsevich is trying to usher in the same type of crypto payment adoption in Austria.<\/p>\n \u201cOur goal is to make paying with digital currencies at the checkout as easy and natural as we have been used to with credit cards for decades,\u201d Pejacsevich said. \u201cThe acceptance of cryptocurrencies opens up new affluent customer groups and enables merchants to position themselves as pioneers in their industry.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Source:\u00a0https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/over-2500-austrian-merchants-can-now-accept-cryptocurrency-payments\/<\/a>\n\n
With the integration of the Salamantex service software into the complete A1 payment package, Austrian retailers can now offer another payment option and thereby accept common cryptocurrencies.<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n<\/blockquote>\n