STARBUCKS to accept Bitcoin??

“I don’t believe that bitcoin is going to be a currency today or in the future,” the coffee chain’s executive chairman and former CEO HOWARD SCHULTZ ....

“I personally believe that there is going to be one or a few legitimate, trusted digital currencies off of the blockchain technology,” Schultz said, according to FactSet’s transcript and recording for the conference call.
The Seattle company isn’t announcing that it’s launching a new cryptocurrency, and it’s still working on understanding the crypto world as it looks to get involved, Schultz hastened to add.

“I don’t want anyone to hang up on this call and assume that we have this all figured out, because we don’t, or that we’re making a significant investment in this, because we’re not,” he said. But “we have something to offer the companies that are chasing this.