BitPay Reaches 2,000 Merchants
BitPay announces it now supports over 2,000 merchants worldwide.
BitPay, a major Bitcoin payment processor, announced that it had signed up more than 2,000 merchants by mid-January 2013. This marked a sharp rise in real-world adoption, with businesses ranging from online shops to small local merchants accepting Bitcoin payments.It was an early signal of infrastructure forming around Bitcoin as a usable payment network, not just a speculative asset.