At This Airport, You Can Shop With Bitcoin

Brisbane Airport is making new innovations. Traveler can shop there using bitcoin. Brisbane Airport will be the first airport in the world to do this. Bitcoin is a cryptocurrency aka virtual currency that is busy discussed today. Its value continues to rise, so it is estimated to grow to 40 times its current value. Many people use bitcoin as a means of buying and selling, as well as investment. Brisbane Airport in Australia will also accommodate the traveler bitcoin users to transact with merchants located at the airport terminal. Quoted detikTravel from media iT News and The Sun, Monday (12/2/2018) Brisbane Airport will be the first airport in the world to receive bitcoin as a means of exchange and payment of shopping. They will work with a start up company called TravelbyBit. "Many people in the world are investing in cryptocurrency and many of them are traveling across the country so it makes sense to offer digital currency trading experience within our terminal We are proud to be the first airport in the world to be involved in this," said Roel Hellemons , General Manager of Brisbane Airport Corporation quoted from iT News. In addition to bitcoin, Brisbane Airport is expected to receive transactions with other types of cryptocurrencies, such as Litecoin, Ethereum, Dash, and Steem.