Alternative Currency

NYC Real Estate Brokerage Now Accepting Bitcoin: Publicity Stunt or Real Move Toward Alternative Currency?

By Joanna England / January 7, 2014 /

Word comes that Manhattan real estate brokerage Bond New York is now accepting Bitcoins as payment for real properties. Bond, a firm launched at the beginning of the new millennium, says it’s the first brokerage to the accept alternative peer-to-peer currency. Here’s what they had to say in a news release: “Right now a bitcoin…

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Can You Buy a House With Bitcoin? Alternative Currencies on the Rise As Realtors Market Homes to Tech-Savvy Set

By Joanna England / December 18, 2013 /

This Hamptons home can be yours for $799,000, or 1,445 in Bitcoin … wait, that’s 1,444 in Bitcoin … no, it’s 1,445. Yeah, 1,445. While the value of Bitcoin, an alternative currency launched in 2009, is still wildly fluctuating, the novelty isn’t. But this listing, a Southampton, NY, cottage owned by Phillip Preuss, isn’t the…

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