McDonald Set To Accept Payments In Tether And Bitcoin In Lugana, Switzerland
The American multinational fast food chain McDonald’s has started accepting payments in Bitcoin and Tether in Switzerland’s city of Lugana, populated by around 63,000 people. The announcement comes in a tweet by Bitcoin magazine on October 3. And it posted a video in which a customer ordered food using McDonald’s kiosk and paid for it […]
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The global fast food chain is among the first to participate in a crypto-friendly experiment in the town of Lugano. Multinational fast food chain McDonald’s started to accept Bitcoin (BTC) as a payment method in the 63,000-populated city of Lugano in Italian Switzerland, which is becoming a hotspot for crypto adoption in Western Europe. A one-minute video of ordering food on McDonald’s digital kiosk and then paying for it at the regular register with the help of a mobile app was uploaded on Twitter by Bitcoin Magazine on Oct. 3. The Tether (USDT) logo could be spotted next to the Bitcoin....
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Residents of the Switzerland city will be able to pay taxes, parking tickets, public services and tuition fees using crypto. Switzerland’s southern city of Lugano plans for many local businesses to accept some cryptocurrencies as "de facto" legal tender as part of a partnership with Tether (U.Speaking at the city’s Plan B event on Thursday, Tether chief technical officer Paolo Ardoino said the firm had set up a 3 million-Swiss franc fund in collaboration with Lugano officials to encourage adoption of Bitcoin (BTC), Tether (USDT) and the LVGA token for shops and businesses across the city.....