NASDAQ-Listed Eyewear Company Coastal.com to Soon Begin Accepting Bitcoin
Yet another large online retailer is announcing their support for bitcoin payments. This time around it's the folks at Coastal.com, a NASDAQ-listed eyewear company established in 2000. The company announced Tuesday plans to begin accepting bitcoin in the next few months, making them the first major eyewear company in the space to do so. "As an e-commerce company, we're excited to see digital currency gaining momentum," says Roger Hardy, CEO of Coastal.com. "We're continuously looking for new innovative approaches in order to best service our customers." The company - like Overstock.com -....
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