Luxury Gym Brand Equinox Starts Accepting Payments In Crypto
Top scale gym/health club company Equinox will now be accepting payments in cryptocurrency. These places must be pretty swanky as it is $250 a month:
Equinox, The Luxury Gym Brand, Starts Accepting Payments In Crypto
Equinox reported a 122 percent increase in first-quarter revenue compared to the same period last year, while Crunch gyms reported a roughly 61 percent increase in first-quarter sales.
Equinox’s monthly membership price is $250. The list of cryptocurrencies, on the other hand, remains unknown, and Equinox is scheduled to make an official announcement Tuesday.
The American premium fitness company is far from the first luxury brand to begin accepting cryptocurrency payments.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk said in March last year that anyone in the United States may pay for their electric car with Bitcoin, and he also began accepting Dogecoin for Tesla merchandize.
The San Jose Sharks became the first National Hockey League team to enable fans to purchase season tickets and suite leases using cryptocurrency last summer.
Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi announced in February that the ride-hailing app would begin accepting cryptocurrency payments in the future.
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