Mexico’s E-Commerce Giant Brings Bitcoin Payments to 7,000 Merchants
Mercado Libre Mexico, Mexican eBay subsidiary and Mexico’s largest e-commerce platform with over 100 million users and 7 million unique sellers, has begun to accept bitcoin payments due to increasing demand from its customers and merchants. Founded in 1999, MercadoLibre is an Argentine online marketplace currently oeprating in Brazil, Mexico, Peru and other Latin American countries. MercadoPago, one of the platforms 4 main solutions is MercadoLibre’s safety payment system, in which sellers allow buyers to choose from various payment methods. With the integration of bitcoin, merchants can....
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