BitPay Study: Bitcoin is Now an Every-Day Currency
Digital currency enthusiasts around the world are doing their best to convince people that Bitcoin has shifted from being a speculative investment to an everyday currency. A recent study conducted by Bitpay, the world’s leading Bitcoin payment processor, confirms that statement. BitPay Number Crunching. Because of Bitcoin’s disruptive nature, the digital currency is in a prime position to set a lot of new and unexpected trends. Granted, Bitcoin is still speculative, and its price volatility is still present, but more people now value Bitcoin as a currency. For BitPay, having processed over....
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