{"id":5008,"date":"2022-10-26T16:08:00","date_gmt":"2022-10-26T08:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.boatshowchina.com\/?p=5008"},"modified":"2022-10-28T16:11:11","modified_gmt":"2022-10-28T08:11:11","slug":"borrow-a-boat-to-accept-crypto-currencies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.boatshowchina.com\/en\/latest-news\/archives\/5008","title":{"rendered":"Borrow A Boat to accept crypto currencies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Follows success of&nbsp;crypto currency payments at sister charter operation HELM<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Charter firm&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.borrowaboat.com\/\">Borrow A Boat<\/a>, has today announced it will accept crypto currencies as payment for yacht charters. It&nbsp;follows the successful introduction of payment using crypto currencies by its premium bespoke charter broker HELM \u2013 acquired by the Borrow A Boat group in June 2021 \u2013 Through HELM, the group was the world\u2019s first yacht charter specialist to offer this payment service.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"517\" height=\"402\" src=\"https:\/\/www.boatshowchina.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/1026boa_en.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5009\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.boatshowchina.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/1026boa_en.png 517w, https:\/\/www.boatshowchina.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/1026boa_en-300x233.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 517px) 100vw, 517px\" \/><figcaption>Matt Ovenden, CEO of Borrow A Boat and Co-founder of Helm, Peter Harrison<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Customers booking through&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.borrowaboat.com\/\">Borrow A Boat<\/a>&nbsp;will be able to pay for their yacht charter by transferring the relevant amount of crypto currency to Borrow A Boat\u2019s Kraken Business Wallet (public ID: AA21 N84G OENQ CUHA).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Matt Ovenden, CEO &amp; Founder of Borrow A Boat says: \u201cFollowing HELM\u2019s successful introduction of crypto payments last year, we feel the time is right to bring this modern, easy and convenient payment method across our group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhilst payment using crypto currency is still in the minority, having this capability allows us to open up the world of yacht charter to a wider \u2013 and in many cases younger \u2013 client base, who are keen to dip their toes into the world of boating.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAnd for those who prefer to book their charter to the last minute, the speed of crypto payments enables customers to confirm a booking, transfer funds securely and instantly and within 24 hours.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ovenden&nbsp;adds, \u201cThe introduction and application of new technologies is continually helping us revolutionise the charter industry and enabling this payment method helps us to continue on our mission to create a more accessible, flexible and inclusive boating industry for all.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">HELM founder Peter Harrison says, \u201cAccess to crypto currencies like Bitcoin and Ethereum provide our clients with a speedy, secure and seamless service. Now that there are several established exchanges, getting and using coins is incredibly easy and convenient.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">source:ibi<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Charter firm Borrow A Boat, has today announced it will accept crypto currencies as payment for yacht charters. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":5009,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5008","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-news","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boatshowchina.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5008","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boatshowchina.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boatshowchina.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boatshowchina.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boatshowchina.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5008"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.boatshowchina.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5008\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5011,"href":"https:\/\/www.boatshowchina.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5008\/revisions\/5011"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boatshowchina.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5009"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boatshowchina.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5008"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boatshowchina.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5008"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boatshowchina.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5008"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}