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Major Australian Supermarket Chain Now Accepts Bitcoin
Slowly but surely, bitcoin is gathering momentum as a payment method. The list of retailers accepting crypto payments continues to expand. Most recently, IGA, a major Australian supermarket network started accepting payments in bitcoin.
Paying for Groceries with BTC Now a Reality
IGA is a network of independent retailers comprising over 1400 stores spread all over Australia. Now, these stores are accepting payments in bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.
According to Nugget’s News reports, TravelbyBit co-founder Caleb Yeoh collaborated with IGA Supermarkets Australia to equip each of its supermarket checkouts with a TravelbyBit’s point-of-sale (PoS) device that supports payments in Bitcoin, Ether (ETH), Litecoin (LTC), and Binance Coin (BNB). Yeoh told Nugget’s News,
“Regardless of whether I’m buying eggs, milk, fruit, or vegetables, I now have a way to pay for my groceries with cryptocurrency. The same goes for any other cryptocurrency owners shopping at Bowen Hills IGA.” – Yeoh”
TravelbyBit services the travel and tourism industry and its mission is to facilitate travel bookings using bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.
TravelbyBit has also built a point-of-sale (POS) terminal for merchants who wish to accept cryptocurrencies. As Bitcoinist reported, in October 2018, Binance partnered with TravelbyBit to introduce a point-of-sale (POS) payment system to incorporate blockchain technology in major airports around the world. In pursuit of this effort, Binance said it had invested over USD 2.5 million.
Supermarkets All Over the World Are Increasingly Accepting Bitcoin
Retailers all over the world are accepting Bitcoin. For example, in December 2018, news outlet Portal do Bitcoin reported that a major Brazilian supermarket chain, Oasis Supermercados, had started accepting payments in bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, using Coinwise as the payment platform.
Later, in June 2019, Slovenian Tuš supermarkets also announced they were accepting cryptocurrency payments through the EliPay POS.
Some Argentinian retailers are also accepting payments in crypto. Most notably, in September 2018, La Nación reported that a butcher shop in Cordoba city was accepting payments in Bitcoin.
The fact that retailers around the world are increasingly accepting bitcoin contradicts what bankers and regulators believe. Specifically, on July 11, 2019, Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell, during his Senate testimony on monetary policy, told senators that Bitcoin was taking over gold functions in the global economy such as a store of value. But Powell ignored Bitcoin’s increasing adoption as a payment method.
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