AMC says it will let people buy movie tickets with bitcoin this year

Movie theater chain and so-called meme stock AMC announced Monday that it’s working to let customers use bitcoin this year to buy tickets and concessions when purchased online.

CEO Adam Aron made the announcement on a conference call Monday evening with analysts to discuss the company’s second-quarter earnings report. Aron said the movie theater chain will have the technology systems in place to accept the cryptocurrency as payment by the end of the year, as well as payment options such as Apple Pay and Google Pay.