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Denison Accepts Bitcoin for Yacht Sales, Charters

Denison Yacht Sales says it now will accept Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies as payment for yacht sales and charters. Denison made the decision after several clients asked to pay in cryptocurrencies. “Bitcoin does a lot of things that are really unique on terms of efficiencies,” said Bob Denison, the president of Denison Yacht Sales. “One of them was privacy and security for the person that owns the Bitcoin currency. It allows buyers to send money any day at any time of day, so there are no physical restrictions, like a bank not being open.” He said that Bitcoin “just added…

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Greenline Now Takes Bitcoin, a Currency that’s Worth Half What It Was in December

Greenline, the innovative Slovakian builder now on its third generation of hybrid drives, is also setting a new standard in accepting payment for its boats. In fact, Greenline became the first builder to take bitcoins, starting with the Düsseldorf show in late January, and it says it also will take bitcoins at the Miami show this week. The problem is that the value of bitcoin, the world’s leading cryptocurrency, fluctuates widely and is now worth just half of what it was in mid-December. Bitcoin reached its peak value in mid-December when it passed $19,850. It then plunged to under $12,000…