Fast-Food Chain Chipotle Will Now Accept Cryptocurrency in US Stores

Chipotle, the popular Mexican-style fast-food restaurant chain, will now accept cryptocurrency payments through Flexa, a digital payments platform. With the latest move, customers will now be able to buy food items in any of the nearly 3000 Chipotle restaurants in the United States with their preferred cryptocurrencies. Chipotle Now Accepting Cryptocurrency Payments Flexa announced the partnership on Wednesday which will enable the fast-food chain to accept all the 98 cryptocurrencies which Flexa currently supports including Bitcoin (BTC), Ether (ETH), Dogecoin (DOGE) and seven U.S. dollar-pegged stablecoins like USD Coin (USDC). Bitcoin, but make it **burritos.** We’re delighted to share that @ChipotleTweets is now accepting payments in #bitcoin, #ether, #dogecoin, and more, exclusively through Flexa. https://t.co/W0ktwPX7i3 — Flexa (@FlexaHQ) June 1, 2022 Even Dogecoin influencer Matt Wallace tweeted that the meme-based cryptocurrency is now acceptable in the fast food store. Chipotle JUST ACCEPTED #DOGECOIN AND IS OFFERING 10% OFF!!! — Matt Wallace (@MattWallace888) June 1, 2022 Chipotle has briefly experimented with cryptocurrencies in the past. In April 2021 to celebrate National Burrito Day, it gave away $100,000 worth of Bitcoin along with free burritos and claimed it was the first U.S. restaurant brand to offer a crypto giveaway. Chipotle even caught the metaverse hype early when it set up a virtual restaurant on Roblo...