The company had put a short notice online saying users could “no longer redeem bitcoin” into their accounts. However, after the world noticed this statement, Microsoft said it was all a mistake, and it would continue to accept top-ups in the virtual currency.
The company apologized for the information that was inadvertently posted to a Microsoft site, which has been corrected.
Microsoft introduced the Bitcoin payment feature at the end of 2014.
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