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Can your client pay with Bitcoin? Ethics issues to consider

By Karen Rubin on November 14, 2019
Posted in Competence, Fees

Bitcoin has come a long way since 2010 when Laszlo Hanyecz made the first Bitcoin purchase by paying 10,000 Bitcoins for two Papa John’s pizzas – a pizza order that today would have been worth over $80 million.

In addition to the pizza giant, some law firms are now accepting cryptocurrencies in exchange for legal…

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