{"id":41055,"date":"2021-04-20T12:12:54","date_gmt":"2021-04-20T09:12:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=41055"},"modified":"2025-08-30T17:02:59","modified_gmt":"2025-08-30T14:02:59","slug":"newegg-adds-dogecoin-as-a-payment-option","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/newegg-adds-dogecoin-as-a-payment-option\/","title":{"rendered":"Newegg adds Dogecoin as a payment option"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The American online electronics retailer Newegg has added Dogecoin as a payment option via the BitPay processing service.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We are now accepting <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/dogecoin?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#dogecoin<\/a> as an official payment method via BitPay. <\/p>\n<p>Simply click \\&#8221;Edit\\&#8221; in the payment section during checkout, select <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BitPay?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@BitPay<\/a>, and complete your transaction. <\/p>\n<p>Happy <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DogeDay?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#DogeDay<\/a> to all, let&#8217;s share the good news \ud83d\ude80<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Fht42HlwTi\">https:\/\/t.co\/Fht42HlwTi<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VoBKip1nqQ\">pic.twitter.com\/VoBKip1nqQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Newegg (@Newegg) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Newegg\/status\/1384356278638571525?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 20, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>In 2014, the online retailer began accepting Bitcoin. Newegg representatives described the current hype around digital assets as undeniable.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><em>&#8220;The recent rise in the price of Dogecoin underscores the need to simplify shopping for customers using this popular cryptocurrency,&#8221; said Newegg&#8217;s senior brand manager Andrew Choi.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>On April 16, the Dogecoin<a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/dogecoin-nears-0-40-mark\"> reached an all-time high<\/a> above $0.30. The next day, the cryptocurrency<a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/dogecoin-price-falls-40-in-24-hours\"> lost 36% in value<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, April 20, Dogecoin was trading around $0.40. Over the 24 hours, the coin rose 5.08% and held fifth place in the ranking of the largest crypto assets by market capitalization at $51.3 billion (per CoinGecko).<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><em>Earlier, Cardano&#8217;s IOHK CEO Charles Hoskinson <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/charles-hoskinson-urges-move-away-from-proof-of-work-and-predicts-dogecoin-crash\">described Dogecoin as a bubble<\/a> and predicted the coin&#8217;s collapse.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Subscribe to ForkLog news on <a href=\"https:\/\/vk.com\/forklogcom\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">VK<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The American online electronics retailer Newegg added the Dogecoin (DOGE) cryptocurrency as a payment option via the BitPay processing service.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":41056,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[252,99],"class_list":["post-41055","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-bitpay","tag-dogecoin"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"25","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41055","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41055"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41055\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41057,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41055\/revisions\/41057"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41056"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41055"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41055"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41055"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}