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Crypto Mining Firm BitNile to Start Bitcoin-Based Marketplace Next Year

Bitcoin mining firm BitNile (NILE) plans to set up a bitcoin-based marketplace in the first half of next year to reduce the complexity of transacting in bitcoin.Read MoreCoinDesk

Bitcoin mining firm BitNile (NILE) plans to set up a bitcoin-based marketplace in the first half of next year aiming to reduce the complexity of transacting in bitcoin.

BitNile intends for the marketplace to be a multi-vendor e-commerce platform, available via a mobile or web application that can provide multiple services including payment processing, according to an announcement on Thursday.

The Last Vegas-based firm’s aim is to make transacting in bitcoin more attractive both by making it convenient and by offering lower transaction fees than in traditional e-commerce.

BitNile may also be looking to diversify its business away from bitcoin mining, given the squeeze the industry has experienced in recent months with bitcoin’s depressed price combined with high energy costs cutting into mining firms’ margins.

The grim outlook was compounded further earlier this week when the Bitcoin network’s mining difficulty surged to an all-time high, meaning it has never been harder for miners to extract new bitcoin.

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