Apartment Bought In Mexico For 5.78 Bitcoin
The purchase marks Latin American real estate market leader La Haus’ first home sale for bitcoin.Latin American real estate platform La Haus has made its first home sale for bitcoin two months after it announced it would start accepting the peer-to-peer currency as payment for property sales in Colombia and Mexico.A Peruvian woman exchanged 5.78 BTC for an exclusive apartment located in one of the most highly valued areas of the city of Tulum, Mexico's Riviera Maya, the company announced on Wednesday.“One of the aspects that most seduced us when incorporating this payment method, in....
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