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Looking to book a hotel room in Russia but finding yourself short on funds? No problem, just dip into your bitcoin account! Perhaps amidst fears of low attendance numbers, some hotels in the host country are allowing visitors to pay for their stays with cryptocurrency.

Apartment Malina, a hotel near Kaliningrad says they’re jumping on the trend early. They believe that payment methods like bitcoin will soon be just as common as using a credit card. It will be interesting to see how this move works out!