Founded in 1921, Avnet is one of the oldest major American electronics companies. On March 19, 2019, it announced that customers will be able to pay for goods and services using bitcoin and bitcoin cash via BitPay.
CEO Alex Adelman says that while working at Ebates, he learned "why people buy, how people use cashback programs," — the hows and whys that would eventually lay the foundation for building Lolli's bitcoin-back platform.
In the pursuit of mass adoption, decentralization shouldn’t be our goal, but instead a means to achieve the many different, and equally important, goals that exist for cryptocurrency users.
Reporter Colin Harper wraps up his week of living on bitcoin in San Francisco with visits to 20 Mission and bitcoin artist cryptograffiti. But first, he'll have to survive a storm out on the bay.
Colin Harper continues his San Francisco experiment, spending bitcoin and attending a meetup in a crypto-friendly bar with some great, diverse company.
Living on bitcoin has been a bit of an uphill battle. On Day 4 of his experiment, reporter Colin Harper tries out some gift card options and moves into the Crypto Castle.
Reporter Colin Harper desperately combs the streets of San Francisco, hoping to find someone — anyone — who will accept payment in bitcoin on Day 3 of his experiment.
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