While this seems like purely speculation at this point. James Altucher, a former hedge fund manager and venture capitalist turned blogger seems to think Amazon will be incorporating bitcoin payments as soon as October 26, 2017
According to James Altucher, Amazon executive Scott Mullins confirmed Amazon will accept #bitcoin by as early as October,
— Joseph Young (
Developing story: pic.twitter.com/9t9ZjySV01) September 23, 2017
While most early bitcoin enthusiasts know that they already can use bitcoin to make payments (and save 15%) through purse.io, this would bring enormous exposure and "legitimacy" to people and businesses worldwide that are on the fence about cryptocurrencies.
Looking forward to watching how this plays out!