A Japanese
company will start paying part of its employees’ salaries in Bitcoin, as it aims
to get better understanding of the virtual currency, a spokeswoman said on
Friday.
GMO
Internet, which operates a range of web-related businesses including finance,
online advertising and internet infrastructure, will start paying up to 100,000
yen ($890) monthly by Bitcoin to its employees in Japan from February next
year.
“Employees
can receive salaries by Bitcoin if they want to,” company spokeswoman Harumi
Ishii told AFP.
“We hope to
improve our own literacy of virtual currency by actually using it,” she said.
The offer
will be open to around 4,000 employees of the GMO group in Japan, she said.
The company
started a Bitcoin trading and exchange business in May.
And next
month, it will join the so-called “Bitcoin mining” business — gaining the right
to receive new Bitcoins as a reward for helping keep the network secure by
approving transactions.
World
Bitcoin prices have surged globally this year, soaring from less than $1,000 in
January to $17,000 this week.
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