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The Canadian real estate mar-                                                   • Over 100,000 merchants
                                                                                         worldwide accept bitcoin,
                                                                                         including Microsoft, Ex-
         ket is beginning to see a hand-                                                 pedia

         ful of sellers and buyers ready                                                 • Calgary reno company

                                                                                         could be 1st in Canada to
         to use bitcoin as payment                                                       accept Bitcoin, Ethereum

                                                                                         payments


         Ryan DeLuca, professional standards     Derryn Shrosbree.                       • TD Bank halts allowing
         advisor at the Real Estate Council of   "I'm an ex-derivative trader from Wall   customers to use credit
         British Columbia, tells BNN the three   Street, so I don't mind volatility that   cards to buy cryptocur-
         main risks associated with this type of   much," said Shrosbree. "I believe     rency
         transaction.                            in cryptocurrency… I think it's the
                                                 future."                                • BC couple accepting
         Toronto man will only sell his condo    To prove his point, Shrosbree listed    Bitcoin for their $2.78-
         for Bitcoin and here's why - CBC.ca     his two-bedroom Mississauga, Ont.,      million home - Global
          "For example, if I live in a country   condo for sale for 35 Bitcoin, which at   News
         where I can't get my money out of the   the time of writing this article would
         country but I can get it into Bitcoin,   value the home at about $450,000.       Общее число
         then it gives me the opportunity to                                              биткоинов в мире
         enter the Toronto real estate market,"   A Qualicum Beach, B.C. couple is        ограничено 21
         said Starke. If it sells, the condo will   accepting Bitcoin (BTC) as payment    миллионом, при
         be the first in Canada to do so for     for their oceanfront property. The five-  этом скорость
         cryptocurrency.                         bedroom, five-bath home                  выпуска («майнинга»
         When most people hear the word                                                   или «добычи»)
         Bitcoin, they think zero regulation and  There are currently about 12 Canadian   новых биткоинов
         unpredictability, basically the Wild    homes listed on Bitcoin's real estate    уменьшается каждые
         West of currency. But not businessman  website.                                  4 года примерно
                                                                                          вдвое. Поэтому со
           BitPay Launches Prepaid Visa                                                   временем создание
                                                                                          новых монет
           Card that Accepts Bitcoin Cash                                                 становится все
                                                                                          более медленным и
                                                                                          ресурсозатратным,
                                                                                          а, значит, растет и
                                                                                          стоимость биткоина.
                                                                                          Применительно к
                                                                                          инвестированию
                                                                                          – это означает,
                                                                                          что биткоин будет
                                                                                          демонстрировать
                                                                                          долгосрочный рост
                                                                                          цены и со временем
                                                                                          сможет принести
                                                                                          хорошую прибыль.


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