Aussie Tech Company Asta the Latest to Pay Employees in Bitcoin

Asta Solutions, a Melbourne-based technology consultancy, has become the latest company in Australia to offer employees the opportunity to be paid in bitcoin.

The company announced its innovative decision last week on LinkedIn and Twitter and joins several other Australian companies such as Finder, Living Room of Satoshi and BTC Markets that are providing employees with the option to be paid in bitcoin.

A number of Australian companies are now also accepting bitcoin as payment. These are great indicators of an increase in bitcoin adoption in the country.

Global Push in Companies Adopting BTC

There has been a recent worldwide uptrend of companies offering to pay employees in bitcoin as well as accepting it as payment for goods and services. Multibillion-dollar company MicroStrategy announced three months ago that it would be paying its board of directors in bitcoin:

Also in April, English professional football club Southampton FC allowed its players the option to be paid in bitcoin. Mecum, a large auction house for collector cars, started accepting crypto as payment in May. Mecum will also accept other cryptocurrencies, such as Ethereum, Dogecoin, and Bitcoin Cash. And just last month, Australian auction house Lloyds announced it would accept major cryptocurrencies as payment for collector or sports cars.