More And More Companies Embracing Cryptocurrency – CBS Miami

  MIAMI (CBSMiami) - Cryptocurrency has been big with investors trading the digital currency, but has yet to break through with consumers as a common way of buying and selling goods. That could change as more companies are now using Bitcoin. When baseball recently welcomed spectators again, it was the beginning of something new in the home of Oakland A's, California. Fans watched from a season suite paid for with Bitcoin. This marked the first time cryptocurrency was used to buy a Major League Baseball ticket. CONTINUE READING: Stimulus Check Update: Will there be a fourth relief payment? "We thought starting with the suite sales, which is typically around $ 65,000 a year and Bitcoin is approaching 60,000. We said it was the perfect time to demonstrate this and see if it had some traction" said Dave Kaval, President of Oakland A. Given the location of the team, Kaval said, it makes sense that they should be the first professional baseball team to try this out. “Our fans are all over the Bay Area in Silicon Valley. I think there is an opportunity down the line where even sponsors could theoretically pay with bitcoin and we could use other aspects of cryptocurrency in our business. " CONTINUE READING: "The caskets are getting smaller": The community advocates justice for Elijah LaFrance Other companies also welcome the change. Elon Musk recently announced that people can use Bitcoin to get away with a Tesla, and in Nashville, TN, the Bobby Hotel said it is now accepting cryptocurrency for weddings. With the Venmo payment app, customers can now also buy and sell cryptocurrency. San Francisco doctor Paul Abramson started accepting Bitcoin nine years ago but said it wasn't easy. "It's pretty difficult for us to convert it to dollars in an efficient way right now," he said, "and the tax ramifications are a little less clear these days, so we're really just trying to limit our exposure in some way." Bitcoin transactions at the moment. " MORE NEWS: Centner Academy's Miami Private School will not employ COVID-19 vaccinated staff The wild fluctuations in value of cryptocurrency keep many people from jumping on the bandwagon. It is therefore not clear whether the use of digital money will ever be as widespread as dollars and cents. continue Reading

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