Japanese chain of electronics stores Yamada will start taking bitcoin for payment

Japan's largest chain of consumer electronics stores, Yamada Denki, announced a partnership with the bitFlyer exchange and the beginning of testing of acceptance of payments in the crypto currency of bitcoin. This is written by Bitcoin.com .

As the newspaper notes, at first bitcoin will be taken by two Tokyo stores of the Yamada Denki network. However, representatives of the retailer insist that in future the new payment option will be available in the whole country.

Also according to representatives of Yamada Denki, their shops are visited by many foreigners, many of whom own a crypto currency. This is one of the main reasons for adding "digital gold" as a payment option.

The limit for buying for a crypto currency will be 300 thousand yen (approximately $ 2,760). It is also known that the first 500 customers will receive a bonus of 500 yen from bitFlyer.

In addition, representatives of the company announced the launch of various initiatives aimed at promoting a new payment method that will promote the popularization of bitcoin in the country.

Recall, almost immediately after the adoption in April last year of the famous law on the legalization of crypto currency in Japan, began to take bitcoin a large chain of electronics stores Bic Camera .