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:yell: It's RefreshFriday | @BenHadley has his hands in just about everything and one of those things is how dealers can easily accept cryptocurrency as a payment form for vehicle purchases, down-payments, service & parts, etc.

We are going to spend most of this show talking about WHY. Why should anyone care about crypto and actually put it into business practice?

This is going to be a touchy subject for some. Ben, Alex, and I have spent some time down the "Creature from Jekyll Island" rabbit hole. We have a lot to say on the future of our currencies, and we fully anticipate this show being put in the looney
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You've been warned.

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If I were to pitch accepting crypto to our dealership group, these would probably be their biggest pushback items based on their pre-conceived perceptions (if they even know what it is)
  1. There are not very many crypto people out there
  2. Do we even have the type of inventory a crypto buyer would want?
  3. How am I going to train all of our f&i managers on this?
  4. Crypto buyers are techy and probably wouldn't buy any backend products
  5. Would we get enough business to justify the monthly fee and training required?
  6. I heard crypto was dying on the news
 
If I were to pitch accepting crypto to our dealership group, these would probably be their biggest pushback items based on their pre-conceived perceptions (if they even know what it is)
  1. There are not very many crypto people out there
  2. Do we even have the type of inventory a crypto buyer would want?
  3. How am I going to train all of our f&i managers on this?
  4. Crypto buyers are techy and probably wouldn't buy any backend products
  5. Would we get enough business to justify the monthly fee and training required?
  6. I heard crypto was dying on the news
 

✨ AI Highlights

A RefreshFriday webcast with Ben Hadley explores why car dealers should consider accepting cryptocurrency for vehicle purchases, down payments, and service transactions, touching on broader questions about the future of currency. The most substantive insight comes from a commenter with enterprise-level crypto integration experience, who notes that dealers typically shouldn't hold speculative crypto on their books and should instead convert earnings to cash immediately, with stablecoins being the more practical option for merchants. Several replies appear to be spam or bot-generated, so the genuine discussion is limited but the accounting, AML compliance, and volatility risk points offer real practical value.

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