North American retail giant Walmart is looking for an experienced crypto expert who can develop and drive an ambitious digital currency strategy and production roadmap.

In the listing for the role, Walmart indicates information technology is looking for someone who has a runway record in leading and scaling businesses, with at to the lowest degree x years of experience in production/plan management and technology-based product commercialization. The platonic candidate should take expertise in cryptocurrencies and blockchain-related technologies and in-depth noesis of the crypto ecosystem and its core actors.

Walmart has hinted at the focus of its hereafter digital currency strategy by noting that information technology already enables a "broad gear up of payment options for its customers" — although non yet in cryptocurrency. Back in 2022, Walmart had already filed a patent for a blockchain-based United States dollar-backed digital currency that was, at the time, similar to Facebook's early proposals for what was so known as Libra.

This year, Walmart created a fintech venture called "Hazel," which could reportedly be poised to offer a wide range of financial services integrated into a "mobile-showtime 'super-app.'"

Walmart's hereafter Digital Currency and Crypto Product Pb will exist based in the visitor'due south dwelling house office in Bentonville, Arkansas. In improver to developing and driving an overall crypto strategy, their primal tasks volition exist to involve identifying customer needs and translating them into product requirements; forging partnerships with product, technology and design leaders; committing to a crypto production roadmap and driving the project's execution; and identifying crypto-related investment opportunities and partnerships.

Amidst Northward American megafirms, Walmart is not alone in seeking to integrate digital currency into its e-commerce and wider business strategy. This Feb, Amazon posted a task list for a leader to oversee a new digital currency service in Mexico that would allow users to spend digital currency while shopping.

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In addition to its slow foray into digital currency proper, Walmart'due south blockchain-related projects have to appointment centered on using the technology for applications that include supply chain management, client marketplaces and smart appliances.