Wayi International Plans to Accept Bitcoin and Launch Exchange in Taiwan
Wayi International Digital Entertainment of Taiwan is looking to do some interesting things with bitcoin. This week, the company announced their online shopping enterprise, Wmall, would accept the digital currency beginning early next year. But perhaps more interestingly is the fact that the company is aiming to be the first bitcoin exchange in Taiwan. It's quite brilliant, actually. The plan is to allow consumers to first pay for their products on Wmall with bitcoin. From there, the company will acquire an amount of their choosing. With that volume, they will then launch the exchange,....
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Taiwanese digital entertainment company Wayi is aiming to become Taiwan's first bitcoin exchange, and announced it will soon begin accepting bitcoin as a payment option on its shopping site. Wayi International Digital Entertainment, which operates gaming portal Wayi.com.tw and online marketplace Wmall.com.tw, released a statement saying Wmall's new system will launch on 1st January. Wayi will be the first large Taiwan-based company to offer this option. Wayi also plans to start Taiwan's first bitcoin exchange service, allowing people to buy bitcoins with local currency. The latter move is....
This week, Wayi International announced Wmall will begin accepting Bitcoins early next year. From their statement it looks like Wayi wants to take it one step further and establish the first Taiwan Bitcoin Exchange. Taiwan News: Talk of the Day - Bitcoin to be introduced in Taiwan. "Wayi International Digital Entertainment Co. announced Wednesday that its online shopping site Wmall will begin to accept Bitcoin payments next year. The OTC (over-the-counter) market-listed company, which focuses on the research, development and distribution of online games, will be the first Taiwanese company....
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