BitSo Acquires Opponent to Mousetrap Mexican Bitcoin Market
Mexican Bitcoin exchange BitSo recently acquired competitor Unisend Mexico with the aim of mousetrapping the maximum regional market share. According to the available reports, the aforesaid deal is relatively very small to what we normally encounter in digital currency markets. However, its impact is expected to be amplified in a developing Bitcoin word in Mexico. BitSo, which is comparatively a smaller exchange than its multi-million dollar counterparts, is aiming to be the earliest companies to tap on Bitcoin's potential in this Latin American region. The saying perfectly reflects in the....
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