Dental Clinic in Ontario to Accept Cryptocurrency for Its Services
Southdown Dental, a clinic in Mississauga, Ontario, is introducing a new payment option. Patients will soon be able to pay with cryptocurrency for its services. The dental clinic says it will take digital money for any procedure, from regular checkups to children’s braces. Canadian Dental Clinic Meets Rising Demand for Crypto Acceptance The dental clinic is stepping into the crypto world to address a “growing positive sentiment towards cryptocurrency.” Its management noted the increased use of digital coins in Canada’s consumer and services industry. Cryptocurrency....
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Bitcoins can buy you everything from lunch and international flights to alleged hits on other human beings, if you're that way inclined. Now, in Poland, they can also be used for healthcare. A dentist in Kielce in central Poland is offering a 10% discount for customers who pay with bitcoin. Profident, which also makes dental equipment, says it is Poland's and possibly Europe's first dental clinic to accept bitcoin payments. As with other bitcoin-accepting businesses in other parts of the world, the company cited bank transaction fees as a reason to move towards bitcoin payments. "I have....
Cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex has asked its Ontario users to withdraw their funds since they will no longer have access to any services offered by Bitfinex in March.
Bitfinex Stops Providing Services to Ontario Customers
Crypto exchange Bitfinex announced Friday that it is making changes to the services it provides to Ontario customers.
Effective immediately, the firm said that “Ontario customers who do not have balances on the platform will have their accounts closed.”
In addition, those who do not have open positions in the....
A London clinic has completed a hair transplant paid for in bitcoin. Vinci Hair Clinic, located in London's medical treatments hub Harley Street, said it completed the hair transplant on 18th Dec for the price of 11.538461 BTC. The clinic said its hair transplant patient was a 32-year-old man from the Middle East who wanted to remain anonymous. The patient paid the clinic in bitcoin, which was worth $6,000 at the time, which the clinic immediately converted to GBP. "We started to take bitcoin seriously in November when we got inundated with requests to pay in bitcoins," said Vinci managing....
A Miami-based cosmetic treatments clinic has decided to accept bitcoin as payment for services. Vanity Cosmetic Surgery, which specializes in plastic or reconstructive treatments, is now allowing its patients to pay in bitcoin, which is a first. "We are the only cosmetic medical center to officially accept bitcoin in the world as a valid form of payment," says Carlos Yela, advertising and PR manager for the clinic. Bitcoin as a payment method for customers was an idea brought to management by Yela, who has been put in charge of spearheading the medical centers' online presence. He said:....
Need a hip replacement? Got some bitcoins burning a hole in your wallet? Well, why not hop on a plane to Lithuania, where a local orthopaedic clinic has recently announced it will provide treatments in exchange for bitcoin. Nordorthopaedics, an orthopaedic surgery in Vilnius, Lithuania's capital city, began accepting bitcoin payments earlier this month. However, it hasn't yet received a client willing to pay with the currency. The clinic employs 50 medical staff, including five surgeons. It serves a largely foreign clientele, with customers from Sweden, Russia, the UK and the US.....