'But Can I Pay In Dogecoin?' How Crypto Twitter Is Reacting To News Of AMC Accepting Bitcoin

AMC Entertainment Holding Inc.’s AMC plan to begin accepting apex cryptocurrency Bitcoin BTC/USD as payment for move tickets and concessions by the end of the year has evoked mixed reactions from cryptocurrency fans and experts on Twitter.

What Happened: Dogecoin DOGE/USD YouTuber Matt Wallace retweeted Tesla Inc. TSLA CEO Elon Musk’s comments made in July, asking whether he can pay in Dogecoin.

@AMCTheatres https://t.co/q2ZKIOac9e
— Matt Wallace � (@MattWallace888) August 10, 2021

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David Gokhshtein, CEO of crypto media firm Gokhshtein Media, said he is surprised AMC Entertainment is not accepting Dogecoin, but noted that Bitcoin still brings adoption.

I’m surprised though that $AMC didn’t say $DOGE.

It just made sense. People like spending it.

But #Bitcoin still brings adoption.
— David Gokhshtein (@davidgokhshtein) August 10, 2021

CNBC’s “Squawk Box” co-anchor Andrew Ross Sorkin reacted to the news by taking a dig at Bitcoin fans.

“I can’t wait to use Bitcoin to buy my movie tickets” — said nobody who is invested in Bitcoin hoping it goes up. $AMC
— Andrew Ross Sorkin (@andrewrsorkin) August 9, 2021

However, Bitcoin billionaire and Gemini cryptocurrency exchange co-founder Tyler Winklevoss expressed his happiness with AMC’s move, saying that movies and bitcoin are his two favorite things.

$AMC to accept bitcoin. My two favorite things, movies and bitcoin
— Tyler Winklevoss (@tyler) August 10, 2021

A tweet by Anthony Pompliano, the head of Pomp Investments and a known Bitcoin proponent, that AMC will accept Bitcoin had 9,622 likes and 901 retweets at press time.

AMC says they will accept Bitcoin by the end of the year.
— Pomp 🌪 (@APompliano) August 9, 2021

Cryptocurrency expert Scott Melker, “The Wolf Of All Streets” as he is known on Twitter, said AMC’s move to accept Bitcoin will mean “probably nothing.”