Atlanta– September 4, 2014, BitPay, the world’s leading bitcoin payment processor, announced today that the MIT COOP is accepting bitcoin as payment. The MIT COOP already offers a bitcoin exchange in its store and now is the first major university bookstore to add the digital currency as a payment method. With the growing interest in bitcoin concentrated on university campuses, the bookstore is paving the way for the growth of bitcoin commerce among students and schools worldwide.
