Blue Origin, founded by Jeff Bezos, has partnered with Shift4 Payments to let customers pay for New Shepard suborbital flights in cryptocurrencies and stablecoins, including Bitcoin, Ether, Solana, USDt, and USD Coin.
Tickets can be purchased directly using wallets such as MetaMask and Coinbase. The company has already flown more than 75 passengers past the Kármán Line, the recognized boundary between Earth’s atmosphere and space.
Shift4 CEO Taylor Lauber said the partnership aligns with its mission to extend commerce into space, while its head of crypto, Alex Wilson, noted growing demand for high-value purchases in digital assets.
Blockchain has already found its way into space, both culturally and technically, such as in 2022 when NFT project Azuki sent its “Bobu the Bean Farmer” character on a SpaceX/NASA mission.
The initiative positions Blue Origin at the intersection of cutting-edge payment technology and commercial space exploration, expanding access for crypto-wealthy customers eager to experience space travel.
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