A Singapore bar that bills itself as the world’s highest cryptocurrency club is offering a New Year’s Eve package that includes a limousine pick-up and butler service—but it’ll cost you a whole bitcoin. The party at Skyline is called “Bianco”, with revellers dressed in white enjoying a night of drinking and dancing before watching the New Year’s fireworks display over the waterfront..
While the club has run the night before, it is the first time they are offering a bitcoin deal, and customers can also pay in regular cash. The New Year idea came after the bar ran other successful virtual currency-themed nights for people in the financial technology sector, which is booming in the city-state..
Skyline was the first club in Singapore to accept cryptocurrencies when it started taking payments in Ethereum, a bitcoin rival. “We had a couple of cryptocurrency after-parties here, and we have also themed a night … called Crypto Thursdays,” Rajamanickam told AFP..
But most transactions are still in regular cash and there was skepticism among some customers about using bitcoin, due to its surging price and recent volatility. But bitcoin has slipped back after a series of warnings from governments—including Singapore—and analysts about the risk and volatility associated with cryptocurrencies..
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