EY Switzerland, World Top Four Accounting Firm, to Accept Bitcoin

EY Switzerland, World Top Four Accounting Firm, to Accept Bitcoin

EY Switzerland will become the first advisory firm in the world to accept Bitcoin. Formerly known as Ernst and Young, the professional service company announced via a press release on Friday, that it would be integrating Bitcoin as part of a greater digitization process. All EY Switzerland employees will be issued Bitcoin wallets through a custom wallet app. This will also include a publicly accessible two-way Bitcoin ATM at its headquarters in Zurich. As EY Switzerland CEO Marcel Stalder notes, the pro-Bitcoin push is necessary to get his company and employees familiar with Blockchain....


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