“I don’t think it’s quite ready yet to be tender,” said the CEO of the online marketplace, which specializes in artisanal and vintage trinkets, before elaborating: “You need a lot of people holding it before it is actually useful as a form of tender. Never say never, but I don’t think 2021 is the year when we would prioritize that.”

"After the heady excitement of Bitcoin’s bull run, online gift store Etsy makes it clear that not everyone’s caught up in the hype."

>"After the heady excitement of Bitcoin’s bull run, online gift store Etsy makes it clear that not everyone’s caught up in the hype."

Bitcoin is still too speculative and volatile for the online artisanal marketplace.