“Burger King is watching new trends closely, so we decided to launch this project. Cryptocurrency payments are the immediate future,” Medovoy explains.
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Bitcoin is moving into new markets fast. It seems everyone, everywhere is trying to get into the crypto scene. Bitcoin was the best performing currency in 2016 and looks to be giving it great run in 2017. Whole countries and large corporations are starting take a serious look at Bitcoin now. Russia is seeing a huge surge in interest with Bitcoin recently and are expected to officially acknowledge and regulate cryptocurrency in the future.
"Burger King Russia will begin accepting Bitcoin in 2017. This decision was made due to the success of cryptocurrency."
They are looking for a developer to implement their POS systems to accept Bitcoin.
“The company plans to announce the winner of the tender for development of software that would enable us to accept bitcoins,” details the Russian Burger King’s general director. “The contractor will have to develop solutions for Burgerking.ru, the mobile apps for Android and iOS, and cash registers on R-keeper,”