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Mercado Bitcoin and Proprietà, a digital real estate consultancy in Rio de Janeiro, closed a partnership that allows the payment with cryptocurrencies of up to 100% of the sale value of the properties. The initiative does not involve leasing. The real estate firm has confirmed that it has identified increased interest in negotiations with alternative assets such as cryptocurrencies, said Alexandre Trope, CEO of Proprietà.
To make the payment in cryptocurrencies, the customer will have a videoconference with representatives of Proprietà and Mercado Bitcoin. At that moment, the transaction amount in reais will be converted into the cryptocurrency chosen by the customer. In addition, the transfer between wallets will be completed. To complete the deal, both seller and buyer need to have an account on the Mercado Bitcoin.
With the partnership, Mercado Bitcoin expands its operations in the payment of goods with cryptocurrencies. There is growing market demand in this regard, according to Reinaldo Rabelo, CEO of the exchange. The brokerage has similar partnerships with developers Even and Melnick and with the online vehicle dealership NetCarros.
Mercado Bitcoin Reduces Staff
Last Wednesday (1), amid the fall in cryptocurrency prices, which affects the profitability of companies in the sector, 2TM, the group that owns the Bitcoin Market, laid off 90 of its 750 employees in the country, according to a note published by Valor Econômico. Here, too, the broker joins other technology companies that readjust their operations, even after receiving millions in contributions from new partners – and/or due to the pressure of these new partners. In the case of 2TM, there was a contribution of US$ 250 million a year ago, which made it a unicorn.
In the United States (US), Coinbase warned that it has frozen hiring, while the Gemini Trust, of the twins Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, co-founders of Facebook, announced that it intends to reduce its staff by 10%. Same reason that made the The reason is the fall of the market, the same , as the industry trades fall. In the Middle East, Rain Financial, exchanges in the region, would also be laying off, according to Bloomberg. Outside the crypto world, Elon Musk is also saying he will lay off 10% of Tesla’s workforce.
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