Walmart seeks to hire crypto expert

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Walmart is looking to hire a cryptocurrency project manager, according to a job description on the company’s website.

Bloomberg first spotted the listing on Sunday, which is looking for a digital currency and cryptocurrency product manager responsible for driving the retail giant’s digital currency strategy.

“As one of the largest retailers and e-commerce companies, Walmart offers a wide range of payment options to its customers,” the list says. “You will provide the leadership necessary to identify technology and customer trends and the investments required to take advantage of those trends. ”

The person will help the company identify crypto related investments and partnerships and lead projects related to blockchain assets. The ideal candidate should have 10+ years of product or project management experience and understand the cryptocurrency ecosystem.

The salaried position would be based at Walmart’s corporate headquarters in Bentonville, Arkansas, as part of the company’s accounting and finance department.

Walmart’s foray into digital currency comes after Amazon posted a job posting seeking a “digital currency and blockchain product manager” last month.

An Amazon spokesperson said in a statement to CNBC that it is exploring ways to get involved in cryptocurrency.

We were inspired by the innovation happening in the cryptocurrency space and explore what it might look like on Amazon. We believe the future will be built on new technologies that enable modern, fast and inexpensive payments, and hope to bring that future to Amazon customers as soon as possible.

In other crypto news, a Dogecoin music festival is expected to take place in October.

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