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Emirates is closer to accepting crypto for flights.

The airline giant has been promising to accept Bitcoin as a payment method since 2022, but it might finally happen next year thanks to a preliminary deal with Crypto.com to explore integrations with the crypto trading platform’s payment service.

Smaller airlines like Latvia’s airBaltic and Japan’s Peach Aviation adopted cryptocurrency payments years ago, but Emirates would be the largest to do so.

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