Could Dell Be Expanding Bitcoin Acceptance to Brazil?
Computer manufacturing giant Dell made headlines not terribly long ago for deciding to accept bitcoin on their online store seemingly out of the blue. And now, it seems, they may be looking to expanding that acceptance to Brazil. That assumption of sorts is based a tweet from the official Dell in Brazil account (discovered and posted by a user on Reddit.com), which recently asked users about their interest in the digital currency: Você já usa #Bitcoin? Conte-nos sua opinião sobre o dinheiro digital. pic.twitter.com/Dx0yeeRsCq. - Dell no Brasil (@DellnoBrasil) August 23, 2014. Translated:....
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