BitPay Sees 6,260% Increase in Bitcoin Black Friday Sales
Payment processor BitPay recorded a record number of transactions during the 'Bitcoin Black Friday' event on 29th November, accounting for 6% of all bitcoin transactions on the day, according to an announcement from the company. "[The bitcoin economy] is soaring ... as merchants are seeing tremendous value in accepting bitcoin payments," said BitPay CEO Tony Gallippi. BitPay said it processed 6,296 bitcoin transactions on Black Friday this year. Transaction volume grew by just under 6,260% compared to a year earlier - BitPay processed 99 transactions on the same date last year. Merchants....
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Digital currency processor BitPay has today released some impressive statistics from the Bitcoin Black Friday event that took place this past Friday. Bitcoin Black Friday, as the name would suggest, is a play on the traditional Black Friday shopping day, in which retailers heavily discount their prices. Likewise, many businesses online that accept Bitcoin joined in on the fun, and so Bitcoin Black Friday was born. The payment processor said that on November 29th, they processed 6,296 transactions - making the day the most popular in the history of "bitcoin commerce", as noted by the BitPay....
While cryptocurrencies have seen their values rise significantly during the last three months many digital asset holders will be spending their tokens for holiday gifts and Black Friday deals. Bitcoin Black Friday will be on November 26 this year and the crypto payments firm Bitpay has announced a slew of merchants that will offer deals for shoppers paying with digital assets.
Bitpay Merchants Offering Black Friday Deals
The world’s largest cryptocurrency payments provider Bitpay has revealed a number of merchants the company is partnered with that will offer deals for....