Amazon.com Inc.’s payments team is exploring letting customers use cryptocurrencies to pay for their orders -- a development that’s roiling digital currency markets. An Amazon job posting published online last week seeks a “Digital Currency and Blockchain Product Lead.” After Insider reported the existence of the posting earlier, Bitcoin surged near US$40,000. Amazon shares were up less than 1 per cent in New York at 9:39 a.m. “You will leverage your domain expertise in Blockchain, Distributed Ledger, Central Bank Digital Currencies and Cryptocurrency to develop the case for the capabilities which should be ... (full story)