American multinational entertainment giant AMC is getting very excited virtually blockchain technology, and the company's CEO is publicly mulling the issuance of its own cryptocurrency.

During an interview with CNBC on Midweek, AMC CEO Adam Aron discussed the firm's crypto ambitions. There were no solid details, but the company boss did brand some revealing comments.

"Nosotros've fabricated a lot of noise in the concluding few months almost getting hyperactive in cryptocurrency."

He then canvassed the possibility of AMC issuing its ain coin, stating, "There are a lot of reasons why AMC could exist a successful issuer of cryptocurrency likewise as a redeemer of cryptocurrency." He added that this was just one of half a dozen ideas the company is working on at the moment.

AMC is very forrard-looking with regards to digital assets. In August, the house stated that it intended to have the infrastructure in place to accept Bitcoin payments for picture show tickets by the stop of this year.

The post-obit month, the theater behemothic expanded on those crypto payment options by including Ether (ETH), Litecoin (LTC) and Bitcoin Cash (BCH). At the time, Aron commented that moviegoers were keen to utilise crypto every bit a payment method for their tickets and concessions at AMC theatres.

In early on Oct, AMC added Dogecoin (DOGE) to the list of crypto payment options post-obit a Twitter poll that Aron held that resulted in 68% voting for DOGE from more than than 140,000 participants.

On Oct. 6, the visitor announced digital souvenir cards that tin be purchased with crypto and redeemed for tickets and AMC e-card purchases.

Related: AMC Theatres debuts crypto payments for e-gift bill of fare purchases

Token issuance for listed companies in the United States may be no piece of cake job with e'er-increasing regulatory hurdles to overcome. Social media giant Facebook is finding this out the hard way as the scrutiny directed toward its cryptocurrency issuance plans continues to mount.

AMC shot to fame due to investor momentum earlier this year when share prices surged after becoming a meme stock favored by retail traders on Reddit'due south infamous r/Wallstreetbets forum. At the time of writing, AMC shares were trading at $xl.86, down marginally on the week, but upward six.ii% since the beginning of October.