The digital currency “Dogecoin” despite its controversial and different beginnings from most of the beginnings of other encrypted digital currencies, as it began in the form of a joke, turns day after day to prove itself that it is not just for jokes 🙂

Latvian-based airline airBaltic has reaffirmed its pro-crypto approach by enabling customers to make reservations using cryptocurrency, including:

Ethereum, Dogecoin and Bitcoin Cash.

These cryptocurrencies have joined the previous list of four stablecoins and bitcoin.

Using the digital currency “DOGE” to book flights:

AS Air Baltic, also referred to as airBaltic, is the national airline of Latvia that has previously offered a pro-cryptocurrency approach for years.

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In 2014, the company became one of the first airlines to accept cryptocurrency payments in booking airline tickets.

earlier in the day, announced AirBaltic has announced the addition of a new set of cryptocurrencies that allow customers to choose from more cryptocurrencies when booking flights.

As we have been told, digital currencies Ethereum, “Dogecoin” and Bitcoin Cash, Added to the list of cryptocurrencies that already exist are:

GUSD, USDC, PAX and BUSD as well as Bitcoin.

AirBaltic has added new cryptocurrencies with the help of crypto payment service provider BitPay.

It should be noted that unlike Tesla, which recently enabled BTC to buy its vehicles and said it would keep the money in bitcoin, airBaltic instantly converts cryptocurrency into fiat currency.

Meaning when users choose the desired service on the “airBaltic” website, the prices will be shown in Euros, but when they pay for it, the selected cryptocurrency will be converted into Euros automatically at the spot exchange rate set by BitPay.

Martin Gauss, CEO of airBaltic, said:

As an innovative airline, we are always looking for ways to improve the customer experience starting with the booking process.

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Over the past 1,000 years, 1,000 customers have used the cryptocurrency payment option, which may not seem like a huge number, but it still provides passengers with a unique payment option that is hard to find anywhere else.

Dogecoin adoption expands:

DOGE has been growing rapidly in popularity recently, perhaps led by the continued support of Elon Musk on Twitter.

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After dozens of his pro-DOGE tweets, the cryptocurrency has received widespread attention from other celebrities, such as rapper Snoop Dogg.

The snowball effect kicked in, and the DOGE cryptocurrency became a sensation among famous individuals.

Dogecoin has reached the NBA with the Dallas Mavericks enabling its payment process.

Asked why his team added DOGE as a payment option for the Dallas Mavericks, club owner Mark Cuban stated:

Because we can.

The increased use of DOGE has led to an increase in the price of the coin.

DOGE is up more than 800% since the start of the year and hit a new all-time high last month.

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