{"id":6792,"date":"2021-07-27T21:59:43","date_gmt":"2021-07-27T20:59:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/?p=6792"},"modified":"2021-07-27T21:59:51","modified_gmt":"2021-07-27T20:59:51","slug":"dash-introduces-online-shopping-app-for-stores-across-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/dash-introduces-online-shopping-app-for-stores-across-america\/","title":{"rendered":"Dash introduces online shopping app for stores across America"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Dash launches an app known as DashDirect that allows<a href=\"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/santander-blocks-binance-payments-for-uk-users-after-barclays-ban.html\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"5822\"> consumers to pay with Dash<\/a> at over 155,000 physical locations and 125 online retailers.<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Dash-introduces-online-shopping-app-for-stores-across-America.png\" alt=\"Dash introduces online shopping app for stores across America\" class=\"wp-image-6793\" width=\"614\" height=\"344\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Dash has announced the release of DashDirect, a consumer app that allows users to spend DASH in retailers across the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dash announced on Tuesday that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=Dash+launches+consumer+app+for+shopping+in+stores+across+America&rlz=1C1SQJL_enNG889NG889&oq=Dash+launches+consumer+app+for+shopping+in+stores+across+America&aqs=chrome..69i57j69i60.1658j0j9&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=Dash+launches+consumer+app+for+shopping+in+stores+across+America&rlz=1C1SQJL_enNG889NG889&oq=Dash+launches+consumer+app+for+shopping+in+stores+across+America&aqs=chrome..69i57j69i60.1658j0j9&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">new customer-focused app<span class=\"wpil-link-icon\" title=\"Link goes to external site.\" style=\"margin: 0 0 0 5px;\"><svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" style=\"height:16px; 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