SoftBank-backed travel booking platform GetYourGuide has announced its expansion in the United States, having sold more than 45 million tours in 170 countries. It is launched with a Dogecoin (DOGE) payment option.

According to a press release, GetYourGuide’s expansion to the United States will allow travelers across the country to “maximize every trip with a wide selection of experiences verified by our local experts in the country’s top tourist destinations.”

The platform is available in 14 different languages ​​and offers 40 currency payment options, including DOGE payments through BitPay. Speaking to CryptoGlobe GetYourGuide CMO, Emil Martinsek, said the memes-inspired cryptocurrency was the company’s first foray into crypto, adding:

Doge has some advantages like speed and transaction costs, but we don’t plan on stopping there as we continue to help clients go beyond a year of virtual – videoconferencing, streaming, currencies, short positions – to physical and unforgettable things to do.

The move comes after DOGE’s price jumped 4,000% in a year, in part thanks to celebrities like Musk, Kiss frontman Gene Simmons, billionaire Mark Cuban, Snoop Dogg and others who tweeted jokes about it, fueling its growth.

The cryptocurrency hit an all-time high of $ 0.74 last month, but crashed along with the larger cryptocurrency market. The memes-inspired cryptocurrency was created in 2013 as a joke, but its community is notorious for facing up to philanthropic projects, which included assistance to charities.

Looking at his price chart, a pseudonymous cryptocurrency analyst and bitcoin bull predicted that Dogecoin’s price is “programmed” to dip to $ 0.05 and that even Tesla CEO Elon Musk would be unable to. to save. His prediction is based on a head and shoulders pattern.

GetYourGuide was backed by SoftBank in a $ 484 million fundraising round in 2019 and raised an additional $ last year133 million thanks to a funding round led by US private equity firm Searchlight Capital. The funds were raised in the form of a convertible note.

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