TL;DR Breakdown: Popular Mexican retailing and banking company, Grupo Elektra, will support the Bitcoin Lightning network.The network allows for a faster and cheaper transaction with Bitcoin, and it’s ideal for micropayments. A major financial and retail company in Mexico, Grupo Elektra, will soon begin to accept payments in Bitcoin, according to the billionaire owner, Ricardo Salinas Pliego. The adoption of the leading cryptocurrency Bitcoin (BTC) for payment has risen significantly over the years, especially through the Bitcoin Lightning concept. Soon the retail company will become one of the major Latin American corporations to support the Bitcoin second layer payment protocol. Grupo Elektra to support BTC payments The Mexican billionaire recently tweeted that the Bitcoin Lightning network will be implemented on Grupo Elektra stores. The Bitcoin payment network will enable the customers to easily pay for items on the store with BTC without having to worry about slow transactions or expensive transaction fees usually experienced in the main Bitcoin network. Very soon we will have this in our Elektra store network. #Bitcoin #LightningNetwork https://t.co/Y4n7pAsBS0— Ricardo Salinas Pliego (@RicardoBSalinas) September 5, 2021 Prior to the Grupo Elektra announcement, the billionaire had disclosed that his bank, Banco Azteca, will become the first to support Bitcoin in Mexican. This is not completely surprisi...
