SecondMarket Now Buying Bitcoin From the Public

SecondMarket Now Buying Bitcoin From the Public

Have a chunk of bitcoin you want to sell? SecondMarket might be willing to scoop it up from you. The company, which manages the Bitcoin Investment Trust, has set up a page on their website dedicated to the cause. SecondMarket is currently buying bitcoin. Any bitcoin holders interested in selling blocks of bitcoin can benefit from our deep knowledge base of the bitcoin markets. Here are the outlined steps to completing such a transaction, according to SecondMarket: Seller completes a New Account Profile (NAP) form. SecondMarket notifies seller of approval to trade once compliance procedures....


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