GOING MAINSTREAM: Bitcoin is catching on at US online merchants including Overstock.com and Expedia, as customers use a digital currency that just a few years ago was virtually unknown but is now showing some staying power. — Reuters
NEW YORK: Bitcoin is catching on at US online merchants including Overstock.com and Expedia, as customers use a digital currency that just a few years ago was virtually unknown but is now showing some staying power.
Though sales paid for in Bitcoin so far at vendors interviewed for this article have been a fraction of 1%, they expect that as acceptance grows, the online currency will one day be as ubiquitous as the Internet.
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