Major online retailer Amazon's IT service direction company may be considering driving adoption in the digital asset space among its customers.

According to a Saturday chore posting, Amazon Web Services' New York office is hiring a Financial Services Specialist who "understands the overall cryptocurrency and digital asset ecosystem," with feel in blockchain and distributed ledger technology. The company said the position would work with regulators, financial institutions and capital market operators to explore how they might benefit from digital asset adoption.

The prospective employee would encourage those in senior positions at major global financial institutions to "transform the way they transact digital assets," including cryptocurrencies, fundamental bank digital currencies, stablecoins, security-backed tokens, asset-backed tokens and nonfungible tokens. In addition, they must have at least vii years of experience in fiscal services business organisation development "with exposure to distributed ledger or blockchain technologies."

Amazon has previously posted job opportunities requiring experience in the digital asset space. In February, the online retailer said it was seeking a software development director in United mexican states to help launch "a new payment product" aimed at allowing residents to buy cryptocurrencies with cash then they could spend digital currency while shopping on Amazon.

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An Amazon spokesperson has denied the company would exist supporting cryptocurrency payments including Bitcoin (BTC) on its platform in a July report. All the same, they said the retailer was "focused on exploring" the possibility of adopting digital assets.