5 February 2014

Tea Merchant Builds Coinbase Alternative for Litecoin Processing

When online farm-direct tea marketplace Tealet first contemplated accepting bitcoin, it did so because it perceived there would be an overlap between its customer base and the emerging virtual currency users.


As CEO Elyse Petersen told CoinDesk this October, both the company and bitcoin users are dedicated to “trying to cut out the middlemen”.


However, Petersen had no idea just how enthusiastic the response would be. In the months since, Tealet has relocated from Hawaii to a new home in Las Vegas. There, it’s found itself taking on a role as an ambassador for the cryptocurrency community, both to interested customers as well as other tech startups that want to replicate its success.


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February 05, 2014 at 07:00PM