Among the main advantages offered by opening a merchant account to accept payments in cryptocurrency, financial technology specialists say:

No need for intermediary banks, which slows down the flow of funds to the company's account;
Work in non-stop mode. Unlike the banking system, bitcoinomics works without holidays and weekends;
Minimal commission for transactions. Commission for transactions with bitcoins is fractions of percent, which is several times lower than transaction fee with credit and debit cards;
Simplicity and availability of cross-border payments. Opening a merchant account to accept cryptocurrencies is a real opportunity for small e-commerce companies to go international;
Absence of a single digital bank and, as a consequence, control over transactions and restrictions on payments;
Protection of personal data. Blockchain technology ensures the confidentiality of information about the wallet owner, which virtually nullifies the likelihood of fraud;
Increasing popularity of mining. The open code of algorithm allows every user, possessing a computer with necessary capacity and special software, to mine cryptocurrency;
Irreversibility of transactions. Transactions made by means of a merchant account in cryptocurrency do not imply the possibility of return of payment, unlike payments using bank cards;
Possibility to convert into fiat currencies.