With Bitcoin Price Passing $500, What Could You Spend Your Bitcoin on?
Bitcoin is often called “the most disruptive technology on the planet”. Now with the steady comeback of Bitcoin, why not keep with the trend of disrupting the status quo, and spend your BTC on some more ‘disruptive technologies’? A disruptive technology is defined as “an innovation that creates a new market and value network and eventually disrupts an existing market and value network, displacing established market leaders and alliances.” We looked at a number of innovative products that can be called “disruptive innovations”, all of which can be purchased via the disruptive technology....
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One of the more common ways for consumers to spend Bitcoin is by buying gift cards from various retailers and outlets. Popular Bitcoin gift card services will often offer a small discount on every purchase. Giving consumers an extra incentive to spend digital currency. A recent survey by CardCash shows how Starbucks gift cards are a clear fan favorite, whereas Visa Gift Cards are far less preferable. Most of these trends seem to correlate with how consumers would spend USD balances on gift cards, though.
Bitcoin crashed below $30,000 on Friday as traders panicked about a technical flaw that allows people to spend the same crypto unit twice.