[2018-01-29] Japanese Consumer Electronics Retailer Accepts Bitcoin

[Rick Nolan]

Yamada Denki, one of the largest Japanese consumer electronics retailer, has partnered with Bitflyer to trial bitcoin payments starting on January 27. Initially, two of Yamada Denki Labi stores in Tokyo will accept bitcoin and the company plans to implement the digital currency payment option nationwide in the future.

Source: https://hype.codes/japanese-consumer-electronics-retailer-accepts-bitcoin

[1Referee]

I constantly see articles regarding this or that retailer in Japan accepts Bitcoin (which is great obviously), but I wonder if anyone has actual statistics of how much usage these Bitcoin payments enjoy. In most cases it's BitFlyer acting as gateway, but they don't seem to release any figures concerning merchant revenue in Bitcoin. Bitcoin has been booming in Japan for quite some time now, and I am interested to see if that even stretches out in the way that people use it as currency (especially with the fees) to purchase stuff, and not just to nurse their investment greed.