{"id":14649,"date":"2018-02-23T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-02-22T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www2019.dash.org\/2018\/02\/23\/80-year-old-singaporean-bitcoin-investor-goes-on-cryptocurrency-only-vacation-in-australia-leaves-all-cash-and-cards-behind-coffee-using-dash\/"},"modified":"2021-09-18T11:37:52","modified_gmt":"2021-09-18T11:37:52","slug":"singapore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.dash.org\/news\/singapore\/","title":{"rendered":"80-year-old Singaporean bitcoin investor goes on cryptocurrency-only vacation in Australia, leaves all cash and cards behind (coffee using dash)"},"content":{"rendered":"
February 22, 2018<\/p>\n
Robert, an 80-year-old bitcoin investor from Singapore who goes by only his first name, went on a vacation in Australia. Not quite newsworthy so far, but there\u2019s a catch: the Singaporean was unwavering in his decision to leave all cash and credit cards behind and pay for his entire vacation with cryptocurrency, and cryptocurrency only.<\/p>\n
Robert, who claims to be a veteran bitcoin investor and hodler, picked Brisbane as his Australian vacation destination.<\/p>\n
Not only did he manage to rise to the self-imposed challenge and book his entire stay in Brisbane exclusively using cryptocurrency \u2014 he was impressed at how easy and smooth it all proved to be.<\/p>\n
Flights, airport transfers, hotel, meals, entertainment, rides around the city \u2013 you name it, all paid for with bitcoin<\/a> and, whenever possible, other cryptocurrencies.<\/p>\n Brisbane was not an accidental choice for Robert\u2019s cryptocurrency-only vacation. Dubbed \u201cAustralia\u2019s new world city\u201d, Brisbane is embedded in the technology sector and has increasingly become known as a tech hub and startup paradise.<\/p>\n