Bitcoin, the popular and misunderstood cryptocurrency has gradually made its way into different aspects of everyday commerce. The first Bitcoin ATM franchise opened this year, and a hundreds of retailers have begun accepting the currency in addition to fiat currency.
Wednesday, Los Angeles-based Ritz Plumbing and Heating became the first plumbing company to accept Bitcoin as a form of payment for customer invoices. Like almost 30,000 other merchants, Ritz is utilizing BitPay for its payment services.
While BitPay is a private company, an IPO is expected from the company within the next two to five years. In the meantime, it is becoming the biggest name in Bitcoin merchant services.
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