Key facts:
In addition to bitcoin, Simmons also accepts ETH and LTC.
The mansion is being sold for USD 13 million.
The rock star and member of the well-known band Kiss, Gene Simmons, has put his mansion up for sale for USD 13 million in the US and accepts its equivalent in bitcoin (BTC), ether (ETH), Ethereum’s native cryptocurrency, and litecoin (LTC), among other digital currencies.
The house located in Las Vegas is 1,000 m², consists of three floors with six bedrooms, eight bathrooms and 11 parking spaces. In total, the mansion is within a property that exceeds 4,000 m², according to reported a medium specialized in rock.
The reason for the sale was not exposed by the artist, but it should not be surprising that he accepts cryptocurrencies as a form of payment for the mansion, since Simmons is also an entrepreneur and businessman who for a few years has invested in digital assets. The most recent was his endorsement of the cryptocurrency cardano (ADA).
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“Why did I buy cardano (ADA)? Well, for one thing, it’s affordable for almost everyone. It’s pennies compared to my other holdings, like bitcoin.” express Simmons on the social network Twitter.
The artist made the comparison between ADA and BTC, in February 2021, when the market leading cryptocurrency was hovering around the price of USD 50,000. In that sense, he said that “everyone should be able to pay for cryptocurrencies. and here’s one [ADA] in which I believe».
However, for that same month last year, Simmons tweeted that I had bought and was holding BTC, ETH, LTC and other crypto assets.
Simmons rose to fame with the rock band Kiss, which formed in New York in 1973 and has sold more than 80 million albums worldwide.
More home sales in bitcoin
Sell properties in bitcoin has become increasingly commonas cryptocurrency adoption grows.
In fact, one of the largest real estate companies in the United States, Caruso Properties, indicated that it accepted bitcoin for paying rent for about 350 real estate units combinedbetween commercial, entertainment and residential developments, as reported by CriptoNoticias.
The real estate sector in Latin America has not missed the opportunity to offer houses in bitcoin. One of the companies that has made it possible is LaHaus, a real estate company that operates in Mexico and Colombia.