Airbnb Could Start Crypto Payments, CEO Hints After Twitter Survey

Airbnb, the popular accommodation-booking platform, is eyeing a pie of the rising user base of digital assets.

While trading in cryptocurrency rose to unprecedented levels last year, investors hope the new year would also be rewarding. Multiple platforms are trying to tap the emerging market with a host of services to their customers. These include an option to pay in crypto coins for goods and services people avail. Airbnb, the popular accommodation-booking platform, is eyeing a pie of the rising user base of digital assets. Its CEO Brian Chesky has said that the top feature users want Airbnb to launch, in 2022, is to be able to pay for bookings in cryptocurrency.

This demand was revealed during a Twitter survey he conducted recently. Chesky asked Twitter users, “If Airbnb could launch anything in 2022, what would it be?" Two days later, he posted the results by sifting through the nearly 4,000 suggestions he received. The top six were:

1. Crypto payments

2. Clear pricing displays