Philadelphia Gets Its First Bitcoin Condo Offerings
Philadelphia’s first condominiums available for purchase in bitcoin will have their first open house today in the city’s historic Manayunk district. Susanna Kunkel, a veteran Philadelphia realtor, arranged the bitcoin offering as a way to entice tech-savvy, entrepreneurial-oriented buyers who are an important customer for modern urban condominiums. The four condos from Falcon Condominiums range in size from 2,024 to 2,293 square feet of interior space. The initial asking price for each is 795 bitcoin. Manayunk, a National Historic District, is a commercial neighborhood teaming with....
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PHILADELPHIA, PA February 25, 2016 — The fifth most populated city in America now has a new Bitcoin ATM for residents to purchase the digital currency. Coinsource, the national machine teller network, announced the installment of their product at the Philly Dream Shop at 254 South St. in central Philadelphia. The Philly Dream shop is neighborhood shop that’s graced the historic section of Philadelphia for over a half a decade. The colorful merchant is well-known in the area and the shop gets a lot of foot-traffic. Visitors can find the store at the corner of South Street and S 3rd Street....
Bitcoin users have not been shy about using the currency to make large purchases in the past. With the wide range of Bitcoin-friendly retailers on the Internet, it’s become even easier to purchase everything from land to jewelry with the digital currency. As of January 17, 2016, in Philadelphia, you could buy a condo. The new Bitcoin-friendly condominiums went up for sale in the city’s historic Manayunk district at a price of around $365,000 – or 795 bitcoins, according to Curbed. This makes them the first condos in the city to be sold with Bitcoin users in mind. A quick look at the Falcon....
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