Major Auction House Christie’s Accepts Bitcoin for Painting Worth Estimated $...

Major Auction House Christie’s Accepts Bitcoin for Painting Worth Estimated $...

British auction house Christie’s will accept bitcoin and ether for a painting worth an estimated $6 million. The digital wallet used to pay for the painting must be held at one of the approved custodians, such as Coinbase, Fidelity, Gemini, or Paxos. Paying for Paintings With Bitcoin at Christie’s Christie’s, one of the largest auction houses in the world, will accept cryptocurrency for a painting by Keith Haring at its “20th/21st century” sale in London next week. Katharine Arnold, co-head of post-war and contemporary art for Christie’s in Europe, told....


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