--- title: Who is Accepting Bitcoin Now? October 2014 description: itBit’s monthly series, Who is Accepting Bitcoin Now?, highlights companies and organizations around the world that have joined the Bitcoin movement. image: https://insights.paxos.com/hs-fs/hub/424565/file-2099512402.png --- [![itBit](https://insights.paxos.com/hubfs/itBit-Careers-Square.svg)](https://www.itbit.com/) [![itBit](https://insights.paxos.com/hubfs/itBit-Careers-Long.svg)](https://www.itbit.com/) [OPEN TRADING ACCOUNT](https://exchange.itbit.com/signup) [SUPPORT](https://www.itbit.com/contactus) [LOGIN](https://exchange.itbit.com/login) - [Exchange](https://www.itbit.com/exchange) - [OTC Trading](https://www.itbit.com/otc) - [Market Data](https://exchange.itbit.com/markets) - [Blog](https://www.itbit.com/blog) - [Exchange](https://www.itbit.com/exchange) - [OTC Trading](https://www.itbit.com/otc) - [Market Data](https://exchange.itbit.com/markets) - [Blog](https://www.itbit.com/blog) # [ITBIT TRADING BLOG](https://www.itbit.com/blog) ## Who is Accepting Bitcoin Now? October 2014 November 11, 2014 at 11:00 AM | [itBit](https://insights.paxos.com/blog/author/itbit) *![Who_is_Accepting_Bitcoin_Now_-_10-2014](https://insights.paxos.com/hs-fs/hub/424565/file-2099512402.png)* *As digital currencies gain legitimacy, their acceptance for goods, services and donations will continue to grow. Each month, itBit’s Who is Accepting Bitcoin Now? series highlights notable companies and other organizations around the world that have joined the Bitcoin movement.* October saw a number of retailers, universities and other businesses begin to accept bitcoin. The digital currency can now be used to attend a college football bowl game in the United States, purchase real estate in Brazil and place a wager online. ## Retailers ### [Showroomprivé.com](http://showroomprive.com/) French fashion retail company Showroomprivé.com **[recently partnered](https://www.cryptocoinsnews.com/european-fashion-retailer-showroomprive-now-accepting-bitcoin/)** with bitcoin payment processor Paymium to allow customers to pay for their purchases with bitcoin. This option will be available for customers in France, the Netherlands, Spain, Italy, Belgium, Poland and the UK. ### [Shopify](http://www.shopify.com/) Shopify has now **[partnered with GoCoin](https://www.cryptocoinsnews.com/shopify-partners-gocoin-bring-bitcoin-payment-option-120000-merchants/)** allowing all of its 120,000+ merchants to accept payment with bitcoin as well as other digital currencies. ### [GMO Payment Gateway](http://corp.gmo-pg.com/en/ir?_ga=1.103458567.608594508.1415421830) GMO-PG, which provides payment services to over 48,000 Japanese online merchants, **[recently partnered](http://www.coindesk.com/bitflyer-gmo-48000-online-stores-japan/)** with bitFlyer to allow customers of those companies to make bitcoin payments starting in November. ### [CeX](https://uk.webuy.com/) Electronics retailer CeX is now accepting **[bitcoin as payment](http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/11169814/CeX-to-adopt-Bitcoin-across-the-UK.html)** in all of its centrally owned stores throughout the United Kingdom. The company will also hold bitcoin rather than immediately exchange it for fiat currencies as is common with many companies that accept the digital currency. ## On Campus ### [Georgia Tech](http://www.gatech.edu/) The U.S. university recently partnered with BitPay to allow students, faculty and staff to **[use bitcoin to fund their BuzzCards](http://college.usatoday.com/2014/10/08/georgia-tech-now-accepting-student-purchases-via-bitcoin/)**. The cards are used to pay for food, laundry, parking and other on-campus goods and services. Bitcoin can also be used as a payment option at concession stands at Georgia Tech sporting events. ### [Flinders](http://www.flinders.edu.au/) Australia’s Flinders University will **[accept bitcoin](http://www.businessinsider.com.au/flinders-is-the-first-australian-university-to-accept-bitcoin-2014-10)** at its New Venture Institute’s Venture Dorm, a 12-week entrepreneurial education program. Flinders is Australia’s first university to accept digital currency. ### [Bitcoin St. Petersburg Bowl](http://stpetersburgbowl.com/) The college football bowl game played annually in St. Petersburg, Florida will, for the next several years, be dubbed the Bitcoin St. Petersburg Bowl. BitPay and ESPN **[partnered on the sponsorship deal](http://online.wsj.com/articles/bitpay-to-sponsor-st-petersburg-bowl-in-first-major-bitcoin-sports-deal-1403098202)****.** Tickets for the game as well as associated merchandise will be available for purchase with bitcoin. ## Gaming ### [Cozy Games](http://www.cozygames.com/) Cozy Games partnered with GoCoin to become the first **[regulated online gambling platform](http://www.marketwired.com/press-release/gocoin-prepares-cozy-games-to-accept-bitcoin-and-cryptocurrency-payments-1960333.htm)** to allow payments using digital currencies. ### [Gambit.com](https://www.gambit.com/) Gaming website **[Chess.com](http://www.chess.com/)** has a new sister site, Gambit.com, where users can compete in arcade style games and place wagers in real-time. These **[wagers can be placed in bitcoin](https://www.cryptocoinsnews.com/chess-com-bitcoin-sister-platform-called-gambit-com/)**. ## Bitcoin Adoption Around the World ### DC Area Food and Drink In Washington D.C., aerospace expert Steve Davis **[began accepting bitcoin](http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/youngandhungry/2014/10/27/mr-yogato-and-thomas-foolery-accept-bitcoin/)** at his bar, **[Thomas Foolery](http://thomasfoolerydc.com/)**, and his yogurt shop, **[Mr. Yogato](http://www.mryogato.com/)**. ### Brazilian Real Estate Brazil real estate company **[Tecnisa](http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=pt&u=http://www.tecnisa.com.br/&prev=search)** is now **[accepting bitcoin](http://www.coindesk.com/tecnisa-latin-america-billion-dollar-merchant/)**, making it the largest Latin American company to accept bitcoin (based on revenue). ### European Coffeehouses **[Paralelní Polis](http://www.paralelnipolis.cz/en/)**, a coffeehouse in Prague, **[only accepts payment in bitcoin](http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/innovations/wp/2014/11/05/i-bought-coffee-at-the-prague-cafe-that-only-accepts-bitcoin-heres-what-it-was-like/)**. ### Polish Medical Care A private hospital in Warsaw, Poland owned by the **[Medicover Group](http://www.medicover.pl/en/default.aspx)** will now accept **[bitcoin as payment](http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/bitcoin-payments-accepted-surgery-major-polish-hospital-warsaw-1471703)** for a wide range of healthcare services, including major surgeries. ### [Dutch Bitcoin Boulevard](http://www.denhaag.nl/en/residents/to/Bitcoin-Boulevard-on-The-Hagues-Avenue-Culinaire.htm) A couple of streets in The Hague in the Netherlands recently **[launched Bitcoin Boulevard](https://www.cryptocoinsnews.com/bitcoin-boulevard-bitcoin-part-everyday-life-dutch-neighbourhood/)**. 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