Amazon will launch digital currency project in Mexico?

On the morning of February 1 1, CoinDesk reported that Amazon will launch the digital currency project in Mexico. Amazon is recruiting a software development manager for Digital and Emerging Payments (DEP) to develop a new payment product that enables customers to convert cash into digital currency.

The digital and emerging payment department intends to launch the product in Mexico first. Follow-up actions will be extended to Brazil and India. It is reported that the digital currency project will focus entirely on payment services in emerging markets.

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Types of digital currency

According to the relationship between digital currency and the real economy and real money, it can be divided into three categories:

First, it is completely closed and has nothing to do with the real economy. It can only be used in specific virtual communities, such as World of Warcraft Gold;

Second, you can buy it with real money, but you can't exchange it for real money. It can be used to buy virtual goods and services, such as? Facebook? Credit;

Third, it can be exchanged and redeemed with real money in a certain proportion, which can not only buy virtual goods and services, but also buy real goods and services, such as Bitcoin.