Just in time for DogeDay, online electronics retailer Newegg announced it’ll happily take Dogecoin as legal tender.
„We are now accepting #dogecoin as an official payment method via BitPay. Simply click „Edit” in the payment section during checkout, select @BitPay, and complete your transaction,” the Newegg Twitter account tweeted late yesterday. The news was timed to coincide with everyone’s favorite new, ironic stoner holiday, DogeDay, also known as 4/20.
We are now accepting #dogecoin as an official payment method via BitPay.
Simply click „Edit” in the payment section during checkout, select @BitPay, and complete your transaction.
Happy #DogeDay to all, let’s share the good news https://t.co/Fht42HlwTi pic.twitter.com/VoBKip1nqQ
— Newegg (@Newegg) April 20, 2021
Newegg was founded in 2001 by Taiwan-born American entrepreneur Fred Chang, in Los Angeles. In 2014, it became one of the first companies to accept Bitcoin as a payment method. Since then, it has added Bitcoin Cash
