CHARLOTTE, NC. — It appears innovation comes naturally to Nasiyr Bey. The proprietor of Aroma Cigar Lounge on Monroe Highway is at all times searching for new concepts. So when he researched cryptocurrency, it was a no brainer to include the decentralized digital cash based mostly on blockchain know-how into his enterprise.
“It’s the future; all the pieces’s going digital, know-how is altering. We’re in a brand new age,” says Bey.
Earlier than the pandemic, he began accepting crypto funds for his cigars, lighters, wine, and different merchandise. Utilizing some extent of sale system referred to as Pundi X., It takes credit score and debit playing cards and sure crypto cash like Bitcoin and Ethereum. Now, Bey says about 20% of his gross sales are from crypto.
“Lots of people had been hesitant. They didn’t know what it was. They actually was attempting to grasp it.”
Solomon RC Ali is a Charlotte resident, profitable businessman, and buyer of Bey’s. He says crypto ensures shoppers extra safety than money or playing cards would.
“He has a solution to truly simply construct it out as a result of he’s on the proper place on the proper time in historical past,” Ali says.
