Agora Commodities Reports $10 Million in Bitcoin Sales
Agora Commodities has managed to sell more than $10m-worth of gold and silver for bitcoin since it started accepting the cryptocurrency last year. The firm points out that bitcoin gained more than 4000% in value last year, although that's not the company's primary focus, which is more on shiny, tangible commodities rather than digital currencies. The biggest rush came in late 2013, as the price of bitcoin skyrocketed. Clearly, there were many speculators who decided to trade in their bitcoins for precious metals. Just getting started. Agora Commodities is a relatively young company, but it....
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Agora Commodities, a company specializing in selling investment-grade precious metals, announced today that they've sold $10 million worth of gold and silver paid for in bitcoin. The impressive figure comes nearly one year after the company announced it would be accepting the digital currency - some time before the secondary "rush" of interest that took place in late 2013 (following the price spike in November). Agora dubs itself as "one of the earlier innovators in the Bitcoin market" and has become the world's largest bitcoin-to-bullion dealer in the world. Aside from gold and silver,....
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