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Newegg Accepts Bitcoin
Major electronics retailer starts taking BTC via BitPay.
BTC Price
$640
Location
City of Industry, CA
Importance
72/100
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Newegg, one of the largest online electronics retailers, began accepting Bitcoin through a partnership with BitPay. Because so much early mining hardware — GPUs, ASICs, and PSUs — was bought on Newegg, the move let miners spend the coins they earned right back into their rigs, making it one of the most fitting merchant integrations of the era.
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#newegg#retail#bitpay
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