Bitcoin Is Digital Gold. But Will You Buy a Sandwich With It?

  • Coinbase, BitPay report jump in payments amid price surge
  • Wider adoption hampered by rising transaction times and costs

Why Ethereum and Bitcoin Are So Popular Lately

Lock
This article is for subscribers only.

For digital-marketing agency Cooperatize.com, taking bitcoin for payment was easy enough, all co-founder Roger Wu had to do was obtain a digital wallet. To promote the move in 2014, he even penned a blog post for Forbes explaining the decision.

The number of transactions the New York-based firm has made since? Zero.