OneGold Adds BitPay for Cryptocurrency Payments

ATLANTA–(BUSINESS WIRE)–BitPay,
the largest global blockchain payments provider, today announced OneGold,
a marketplace to securely and conveniently buy, sell and redeem digital
gold and other precious metals founded by APMEX and Sprott, is accepting
Bitcoin and Bitcoin Cash. The OneGold online marketplace is designed for
investors and combines the key benefits of physical gold and silver with
those of blockchain-based digital assets.

“Cryptocurrency is an ideal payment method for ecommerce and precious
metals where the risk of chargebacks, fraud and identity theft with
traditional credit cards is high,” said Sonny Singh, Chief Commercial
Officer at BitPay. “BitPay and APMEX have worked together for years,
making it easy for APMEX to accept cryptocurrency. When they started
OneGold, we were ready to help them accept Bitcoin and Bitcoin Cash
through BitPay.”

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