First Cryptocurrency Freight Deal Takes Russian Wheat to Turkey

  • Prime Shipping Foundation piloted blockchain payment system
  • Vessel carried 3,000 tons from Rostov to Samsun in December
Photographer: Krisztian Bocsi/Bloomberg
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Cryptocurrencies are making inroads into food commodity trading.

The first freight deal settled in Bitcoin was executed last month on a vessel carrying wheat from top shipper Russia to Turkey, according to Prime Shipping Foundation, the venture behind the transaction.