Major Venezuelan Satellite TV Provider Enables Bitcoin and Other Cryptocurren...
Venezuelan customers from the biggest satellite TV provider in the country are now able to pay their monthly bills via cryptocurrencies. Simple TV announced it had enabled the feature to its over four million users, whose company was the replacement of Directv. Company Expects to Cut Dependency on Fiat Dollar According to the announcement, the provider arranged a partnership with Panamanian firm Cryptobuyer, and Simple TV’s landing page is now showing the option to pay via cryptos. Customers could send their payments in bitcoin (BTC), dash (DASH), litecoin (LTC), ethereum (ETH),....
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