Bitcoin fever hits US real estate market
Miami
BITCOIN fever has hit the US real estate market, especially that of Florida, offering foreign investors a way to dodge currency controls at home and US economic sanctions.
As of the end of last year, the digital currency was listed as a way to pay for some 75 properties for sale, especially in south Florida and California, according to the real estate firm Redfin.
"Bitcoin accepted" is a message now seen in the description of homes for sale in the Miami area.
One seller is going even farther, saying he will take only bitcoin (33 of them to be exact) for his half-million-dollar downtown condo in the Florida metropolis.
Bitcoin has been on a roller coaster ride of late, shooting up to nearly US$20,000 a piece in mid-December and then dr…
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