Colin McRae’s long-lost rally car reportedly sold for Bitcoin at auction
Three months after embracing crypto, Lloyds Auctions house reportedly sold a legendary rally car for $360,000 in Bitcoin. Bitcoin (BTC) adoption is growing in the auction world, where privacy is a key concern. An anonymous buyer purchased a legendary rally car driven by iconic rally figures Colin McRae and Carlos Sainz, which was thought to be long-lost in an auction for half a million Australian dollars ($360,000) and reportedly used Bitcoin as a payment method.Australian auction house Lloyds Auctions announced that the 1994 Subaru Prodrive 555 Group A World Rally Championship Car had....
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