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Title: [2014-04-08] Stradivarius Masterpiece bought for Bitcoin
Post by: aliceHortrex on April 08, 2014, 10:28:56 AM
Lovely violin

http://cointelegraph.com/post/stradivarius_masterpiece_bought_for_bitcoin#.U0POWPl_tqU (http://cointelegraph.com/post/stradivarius_masterpiece_bought_for_bitcoin#.U0POWPl_tqU)


Title: Re: [2014-04-08] Stradivarius Masterpiece bought for Bitcoin
Post by: bryant.coleman on April 08, 2014, 02:22:08 PM
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“At the same time, last year LeoGroup became the first financial service in US to accept Bitcoin. We had a prospective client who only wanted to pay with Bitcoin, which we accepted”.


It is always good to see big names accepting Bitcoin.


Title: Re: [2014-04-08] Stradivarius Masterpiece bought for Bitcoin
Post by: FeedbackLoop on April 08, 2014, 05:09:53 PM

Thanks for posting.

Recommended reading also because of the derivatives aspect and CFTC involvement.



Title: Re: [2014-04-08] Stradivarius Masterpiece bought for Bitcoin
Post by: kjlimo on April 08, 2014, 07:30:14 PM
Awesome!  Was looking for an "in" with the orchestra types ;)


Title: Re: [2014-04-08] Stradivarius Masterpiece bought for Bitcoin
Post by: freedomno1 on April 09, 2014, 03:49:01 AM
Lovely violin

http://cointelegraph.com/post/stradivarius_masterpiece_bought_for_bitcoin#.U0POWPl_tqU (http://cointelegraph.com/post/stradivarius_masterpiece_bought_for_bitcoin#.U0POWPl_tqU)

We believe it’s a musical gold, we calling it now – but it became logistically difficult to deliver gold bullions and gold coins, I can see that being a challenge this is a neat purchase and the CFTC helped with it.
http://blogs.wsj.com/moneybeat/2014/03/11/cftc-studying-jurisdiction-over-bitcoin/