Bitcoin Payments Make Debut at Mexican University
A coffee shop located on the campus of Mexico's Universidad de las Américas Puebla (UDLAP) is now accepting bitcoin for purchases. With the announcement, the 8,000-student university becomes the latest to host opportunities for young people to use and learn about the emerging technology. While the first in the Latin American region, UDLAP joins Canada's Simon Fraser University (SFU), Spain's Pompeu Fabra University and MIT in the US on the list of colleges that host bitcoin ATMs or accept bitcoin for payment in school stores. The bitcoin processing integration was provided by Latin....
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