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Phillips Auction Featuring Basquiat Painting Worth $70M to Accept Bitcoin, Ethereum Payments

DIGIT — Wed, 02 Mar 2022 19:30:54 +0000

On May 18, the auction house Phillips will be hosting an evening sale featuring the work of the American artist Jean-Michel Basquiat. Phillips’ Evening Sale of 20th Century & Contemporary Art will auction Basquiat’s “Untitled, 1982” piece worth an estimated $70 million. According to the announcement, Phillips has revealed the auction will accept ethereum or […]

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AMC to Accept Bitcoin for Movie Tickets and Concessions by End of 2021

DIGIT — Tue, 10 Aug 2021 14:00:30 +0000

AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc., plans to accept bitcoin by the end of 2021 according to CEO Adam Aron on an earnings call on Monday. Aron said the movie theater chain will start accepting the leading crypto asset once the company has information technology (IT) systems in place. AMC Plans to Accept Bitcoin According to Firm’s […]

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Palantir to Accept Bitcoin for Services, Considers Keeping BTC on Its Balance Sheet

DIGIT — Tue, 11 May 2021 18:30:53 +0000

Palantir Technologies, the Peter Thiel-backed, American software company specializing in big data analytics, announced Tuesday that company plans to accept bitcoin for services. Further, like a variety of corporate entities that are accepting and holding bitcoin, Palantir is considering keeping the asset on its balance sheet. Palantir Enters the Crypto Economy On Tuesday, Palantir Technologies […]

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Spanish Healthcare Group to Accept Cryptocurrency Payments, Citing Interest in ‘Bitcoin Revolution’

DIGIT — Tue, 04 May 2021 08:00:13 +0000

Cryptocurrency regulation is still an ongoing topic for the Spanish government and regulators, with some not too friendly measures against crypto ads or enhancing tax rules. However, adoption is on the rise in different industries, and the healthcare sector is joining the frenzy. Patients Could Pay With Digital Assets Starting June 1 According to Forbes […]

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Elon Musk: Bitcoin is on the verge of seeing broader acceptance by finance

DIGIT — Mon, 01 Feb 2021 07:38:15 +0000

Bitcoin is about to see broader adoption in the traditional finance world, says the world’s richest man.

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BTC billionaire Tim Draper to Elon Musk: I’d buy the Tesla Cybertruck with Bitcoin

DIGIT — Sat, 30 Jan 2021 13:00:00 +0000

Tim Draper, the billionaire Bitcoin investor who is also an early investor in Tesla, reacted to Elon Musk’s Bitcoin moment.

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Bitcoin Bar ‘Room 77’ Shuts Down

DIGIT — Mon, 19 Oct 2020 17:00:45 +0000

Room 77, the German bar and restaurant that claims to be the first retail outfit in the world to accept bitcoin payments, has shut down. Cypherpunk Holdings chief economist Jon Matonis broke the news on Twitter. Bar owner Jorg Platzer later confirmed it on Reddit. “Room 77 is closing for good,” Platzer revealed in a […]

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Online Data Analysis Points to Venezuela Accepting BTC for Passports

DIGIT — Fri, 26 Jun 2020 16:30:37 +0000

During the last week, a number of bitcoiners have been discussing Venezuela’s Administrative Service for Identification, Migration, and Foreigners, also known as SAIME accepting bitcoin payments for passport applications and renewals. A number of crypto journalists couldn’t confirm whether or not it is true, but evidence shows that SAIME was and still might be accepting […]

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Pine64 Drops BitPay Before First Bitcoin Payment Over Twitter ‘Outcry’

DIGIT — Sat, 16 May 2020 10:34:43 +0000

The latest revolt against the controversial BitPay appears to result in open-source competitor BTCPay getting its business.

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