AutoCoinCars, the Nottingham-headquartered car marketplace that allows dealerships to advertise their cars for sale to cryptocurrency users, is celebrating after the first ever sale of an Ariel Atom in Bitcoin.
The deal for the iconic Ariel Atom 3.5R model was sealed by one of its partner dealerships, Supercar Clinic on Halliwell Road, Bolton, which completed the sale of the supercar to an undisclosed client in a deal worth £64,995 (circa 3.6 Bitcoin at the time).
Luke Willmott, co-founder and COO of AutoCoinCars, which has over 850 dealerships using its platform, is also the owner of Castle Gym which recently announced it has been forced to close.
Luke says: “There’s no secret that business has been challenging of late with Castle Gym and that has taken a huge amount of my resources, both financial, mental and emotional but that’s the life of an entrepreneur.
“Thankfully, I have diverse business interests and a fantastic team behind me and with AutoCoinCars we are constantly involved in new developments. I am still working hard behind the scenes on something with regards to Castle Gym but in the meantime, to have a world first with such an iconic UK brand is pretty awesome.
“We now have over 850 dealerships on our platform as more and more people seek the flexibility of buying with cryptocurrency. There has often been criticism of cryptocurrency in that it is not tangible. However, we can now help people to unlock the potential of their portfolio by converting their Bitcoin into physical assets and we’re delighted to be part of this world first.”
